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336 opportunities

Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2026

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Apply for funding to develop a large or complex scientific project. You must have already discussed your ideas with one of our programme managers and have been invited to submit a full proposal. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

Amount not publishedCloses in 4 days (27 August 2026)UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

UKRI Translation: EPSRC ACT Proof of Concept (invite only)

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Apply for follow-on funding to support early to mid-stage commercialisation of research in Advanced Connectivity Technologies. Applications must build on existing engineering and physical sciences research outputs. This funding opportunity is only for invited applicants.

Amount not publishedCloses in 11 days (3 September 2026)UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

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.

Amount not publishedCloses 16 December 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Canada-G7-Nordic call for proposals on quantum technologies

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Apply for funding to establish world-leading partnerships in quantum technologies with researchers in Canada and other participating G7 and Nordic countries. Proposals must include researchers from both the UK and Canada and may also involve eligible partners from other participating countries.

Up to £500kCloses 24 September 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Pre-announcement: Open-source semiconductor security platform development

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Apply for funding to support the development of an open-source hardware security research platform to strengthen the UK’s capability to design, test and assure secure hardware. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Innovate UK, on behalf of the 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.

Amount not publishedCloses 28 October 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Apply for supercomputer time to train and develop AI models through EuroHPC. Aimed at startups, small medium enterprises, industry and the public sector working on AI and data-intensive tasks. UK applicants are eligible. No funding is provided.

Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Optical wireless communications research and testing facility

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Apply for funding to establish optical wireless communications research and testing facility. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Up to £7.12mCloses in 23 days (15 September 2026)UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

AHRC responsive mode: catalyst awards

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

AHRC awards to support researchers without prior experience of leading a significant research project to accelerate their trajectory as independent researchers, to unlock their potential and build leadership and convenor experience. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Computing resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC facility (RAC19)

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Apply for computing resources on the STFC DiRAC High Performance Computing facility. DiRAC (Distributed Research Utilising Advanced Computing) supports STFC’s world class theory research programme including particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, astronomy, cosmology, solar system physics, and particle astrophysics.

Amount not publishedCloses in 25 days (17 September 2026)UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

UK Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme 2026

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Apply for this jointly funded opportunity between EPSRC and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) aiming to support two projects focused on the decommissioning of Fukushima and Sellafield.

Amount not publishedCloses in 16 days (8 September 2026)UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept supports arts and humanities activity that translate previously funded AHRC or UKRI projects into real world economic, societal, cultural or policy impact. This opportunity was previously known as AHRC responsive mode: follow-on funding for impact and engagement.

Up to £150kRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

EPSRC Programme grant full proposal

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Programme grants provide flexible funding to world-leading research groups addressing significant major research challenges. This funding opportunity is only for invited applicants. We will award 80% of the full economic costs (FEC) of the project.

Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

ESRC responsive mode: new investigator grants round two

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

This opportunity funds new researchers at the start of their careers to support them to become independent researchers through gaining experience of managing and leading research projects and teams. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

ESRC responsive mode: research grants round two

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

This opportunity funds researcher-driven basic, applied, and strategic research from any disciplines and on any topics in ESRC’s remit, as long as the social sciences are more than 50% of the focus and effort. You can be based at any eligible UK research organisation to apply for ESRC funding.

Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

PRF2: Camera or remote sensor guided herbicide spraying

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

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

£43 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

CWD7: Manage scrub and open habitat mosaics

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

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

£350 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

CWD8: Create scrub and open habitat mosaics

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

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

£588 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.

Amount not publishedCloses 23 September 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to develop innovative solutions for automation and robotics in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. This funding is from the Farming Futures R&D fund.

Amount not publishedCloses 30 September 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity