Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences’ (OLS) Cancer Healthcare Goals programme, will invest up to £25.4 million, to support the clinical validation and evaluation of early cancer diagnostic technologies and devices.
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DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate 3
Innovate UK
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £20 million for late stage collaborative research and development projects. Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £33 million to develop device level hardware and associated software to meet the scale, programmability, and runtime performance needs of universal fault tolerant quantum computers.
UK-Singapore CRD 2026
Innovate UK
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Singapore. You must collaborate with at least one Singapore business applying under the equivalent Enterprise Singapore programme.
CUP8: Moderate livestock grazing on moorland
Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive
What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.
UKRI Translation: MRC Proof of Concept: stage one
Medical Research Council (MRC)
This funding opportunity was previously titled ‘Developmental pathway funding scheme: stage one’. Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions. You must be employed at a research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.
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.
ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 11
Innovate UK
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application.
Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Apply for funding for projects focused on speculative and high-risk fundamental research with the potential to deliver high reward and a step change in the explainability of future AI systems. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding.
CSP16 : Keep native breeds on grazed habitats supplement (50-80%)
Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive
What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.
CCT4: Create intertidal and saline habitat on arable land
Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive
What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.
CSP15: Invasive plant species control and management (upper rate)
Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive
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CPAC5: Upgrading Countryside and Rights of Way ‘open access land’ and public rights of way for cyclists and horse riders
Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive
What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.
Research Infrastructure Renewal
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Apply for capital funding to renew, replace and enhance capabilities for environmental science. The funding opportunity is for existing facilities, laboratories and other national capabilities which are demonstrably available for use by the wider environmental science community.
CAB18: Flower-rich grass margins, blocks, or in-field strips (on arable land or permanent crops)
Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive
What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.
CWD21: Restore wood pasture and parkland
Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Pre-announcement: Trust and confidence in policing: R&I Consortium
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) , Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) , Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) , Medical Research Council (MRC) , Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) , Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) , UK Research and Innovation
Apply for funding to develop and test dynamic tools and innovative approaches to measure public trust and confidence in policing by 2030. The tools and approaches developed will access the voices of underrepresented communities, assess the impact of police activity, and identify what builds public trust and confidence.
CHS7: Manage historic water meadows through traditional irrigation
Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive
What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.
CPAC2: Access for people with reduced mobility
Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive
What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.
Future computing paradigms Network Plus
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Opportunity to build a multidisciplinary Network Plus that will initiate UK collaboration in future computing paradigms and provide evidence-based recommendations for UKRI and government, shaping national research priorities. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.