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BND1: Maintain dry stone walls

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

What you must do to get paid for this SFI26 action and advice on how to do it.

£27 per 100 metres (m) for both sidesRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

CSP2: Rewetting supplement

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.

£181 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA)

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

This award is for BBSRC-funded research groups to pump-prime interactions with FAPESP scientists in Brazil. Applications must be made by a project lead who is currently in receipt of BBSRC research funding.

Up to £35kRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

CWT16: Manage lakes and bodies of water greater than 2ha

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.

£135 per hectare (ha) of lake or body of water per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure outlines: September 2026

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Apply for funding to purchase strategic infrastructure that will improve UK scientific capability and enable cutting-edge research of high priority to EPSRC. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

CoSTAR Satellite Labs: Accessible creative R&D infrastructure

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

Join the CoSTAR Network and host national infrastructure for creative sector research and development. Reduce barriers to creative businesses’ technology adoption and support commercialisation, scale up and investment for creative tech businesses. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

Up to £2mCloses 29 October 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Join the CoSTAR Network and host national infrastructure for creative sector research and development. Reduce barriers to creative businesses’ technology adoption and support commercialisation, scale up and investment for creative tech businesses. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

Up to £4mCloses 29 October 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

NERC-Innovate UK ICURe Engage programme

Innovate UK , Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Apply for NERC’s ICURe Engage four-week programme for those projects previously funded by NERC. The programme aims to identify potential beneficiaries and users of academic research, introduce participants to commercialisation tools, and foster entrepreneurship.

Amount not publishedCloses in 14 days (7 September 2026)UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Apply for funding to improve our understanding of how ecosystem change affects resilience, security and prosperity as part of the NERC-Defra co-funded Resilient Economy and Security through Ecosystem Transitions programme. You must be based at an eligible UK organisation to apply.

Up to £2.5mCloses 22 October 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million for project development studies to support the development of ultra long duration battery energy storage demonstrators in the UK.

Amount not publishedCloses 30 September 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Pre-announcement: Experimental medicine to define mechanisms of gambling disorder

Medical Research Council (MRC) , Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) , Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , UK Research and Innovation

Apply for funding for academically led experimental medicine studies in humans that deepen mechanistic understanding of the causal mechanisms underlying the effects of gambling activities, products and interventions in gambling disorder.

Up to £3mCloses 14 April 2027UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

EPSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Apply for funding to support your transition to research independence. This funding will enable you to develop your own research vision and lead a team. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding and it must be your first application to EPSRC as a project lead.

Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £13 million for building quantum computing software applications that show clear value and potential high impact on near term quantum computing systems.

Amount not publishedCloses in 22 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) , Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) , Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) , Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , Medical Research Council (MRC) , Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) , Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Apply for funding to deliver entrepreneurship-focused doctoral training. Applications can be led by organisations with standard and non-standard eligibility. The non-standard eligibility process will need to be completed before an award is made. An expression of interest is required by 21 September 2026 4:00pm UK time.

Amount not publishedCloses 22 October 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomy

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Apply for proof-of-concept funding to develop and deploy innovative autonomous solutions for atmospheric science research or autonomous aerial systems for environmental science. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.

Amount not publishedCloses 21 October 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Apply for access to Europe’s quantum computers through the EuroHPC quantum access pilot. Open to researchers exploring quantum computing and hybrid quantum and HPC work. UK applicants are eligible. No funding is provided.

Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

CAGF1: Manage high density in-field agroforestry

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.

£849 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more