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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.

£1,000 – £1.22mCloses 30 September 2026UK-wide
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Early Independence: Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2026 (Fellowship)

UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Apply for this Early Independence Fellowship to support you to establish your own research niche and independence. You must hold a doctorate or evidence equivalent research experience and be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.

Up to £6mCloses 30 September 2026UK-wide
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Farmer Collaboration Fund

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

This fund is not yet open for applications. The Farmer Collaboration Fund (FCF) aims to support farmers, land managers and growers to manage land in a productive, nature friendly and sustainable way. The FCF will create opportunities to learn from each other, share knowledge and lessons learned, create joined up plans for landscape-level projects and apply for more ambitious land management schemes, in both government and private sectors.

£600k – £3mCloses 30 September 2026England
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Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research projects with partners from the US, Canada or both to improve understanding of and resilience to wildfire occurrence and impacts in the wildland-urban interface. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

Up to £1.57mCloses 1 October 2026UK-wide
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Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies (Grant)

UK Research & Innovation, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council, NICT

Apply for funding to form world-leading partnerships with collaborators in Japan for your research into Advanced Connectivity Technologies. UK applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. Japanese applicants must be eligible for NICT funding.

Up to £1.12mCloses 6 October 2026UK-wide
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UKRI Translation: BBSRC Proof of Concept 2026 (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

Apply for funding to translate bioscience research into innovations such as products, services and solutions that generate real-world economic, societal, and environmental impact. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

£100k – £800kCloses 14 October 2026UK-wide
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Doctoral focal award plus: innovating in data-driven research (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council

We are commissioning one doctoral focal award plus to develop a cadre of social scientists from doctoral studentships and across career stages with the skills needed to use data-driven research approaches in innovative ways. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Up to £5.85mCloses 14 October 2026UK-wide
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A guide for the commercialisation of Creative Industries Research (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council

Apply for funding to transform the commercialisation of research in the creative industries, working collaboratively to address barriers to commercialisation and develop a new sector specific commercialisation guide. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

Up to £250kCloses 15 October 2026UK-wide
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Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI (Grant)

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.

Up to £602.5kCloses 20 October 2026UK-wide
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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for pre-commercialisation projects. This funding is from the UKRI R&D Missions Accelerator Programme through the Clean Energy Superpower Mission.

Amount not publishedCloses in 3 days (26 August 2026)UK-wide
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The Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance supports professional theatre and dance productions of varying scales to tour across Scotland. Applications are open - deadline: 2pm, Wednesday 30 September 2026.

Amount not publishedCloses 30 September 2026Scotland
IndividualArtistCreative practitionerFreelancer+6 more

Supporting high quality music making opportunities for young people aged 0 – 25 yrs.

Amount not publishedCloses in 17 days (9 September 2026)Scotland
IndividualArtistCreative practitionerFreelancer+7 more

Learning Through Making Fund

Freelands Foundation

Updated: 18 June 2026 Applications are open for Learning Through Making, a new fund from Freelands Foundation that provides grants of up to £25,000 for visual art education projects that creatively engage audiences with the process of making and exploration of materials. Freelands Foundation welcome

Up to £25kCloses in 19 days (11 September 2026)Not stated
Charity

Exhibition Design Commission

Museum of the Order of St John

St John Ambulance is seeking to commission design services for exhibitions celebrating our 150th anniversary.

Amount not publishedCloses in 12 days (4 September 2026)Not stated
Charity

Strengthening Worcestershire Fund

Worcestershire Community Foundation

Worcestershire Community Foundation is launching a new funding programme to support local communities through small grants, positively impacting all areas of the county. The aim of the Strengthening Worcestershire Fund is to support disadvantaged local communities continuing to experience the ongoin

£2,000 – £5,000Closes 23 September 2026Not stated
CharityIndividualSchoolLocal authority+1 more

S2 Partnership Community Fund

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Home S2 Partnership Community Fund Overview The S2 fund offers grants of up to £5,000 for community projects within a 10-mile radius of Elsworth. S2 are keen to support projects that: • Benefit children, young people, and families • Provide support for educational events and experiences • Focus on S

Up to £22kCloses 1 November 2026Not stated
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Community Chest Programme

Herefordshire Community Foundation

Community Chest Programme The Community Chest is a funding programme for all projects and initiatives across Herefordshire. Grants of up to £2,000 available. About the Community Chest The Programme is backed by the Business for Good Fund, a group of Herefordshire-based businesses committed to giving

Up to £2,000Closes in 15 days (7 September 2026)Not stated
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