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Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease. Your application must include an intervention in humans. You must be a researcher based at a research organisation eligible to apply for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.

Apply for responsive funding to generate time-critical research to support UK policymakers or frontline practitioners in public services. You must be based at a UK organisation eligible for ESRC funding and have a confirmed public sector organisation partner who will use project outputs.

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

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.

Apply for funding to deliver innovative AI supported research using UKRI social science data. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding and have participated in the AI supported research using UKRI social science data sandpit held in Manchester on 23 to 24 June 2026.

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.

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.

You can apply for travel and subsistence in support of competitively awarded science observation time at astronomy facilities available to the UK research community. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.

The Youth Music Trailblazer fund offers grants of £2,000 to £30,000 to organisations in England to run projects for children and young people (25 or under) to make, learn and earn in music. The project should trial work or test a new way of working, sustain a grassroots programme or disrupt the s...

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.

Updated: 23 July 2026 This supported residency offers an opportunity to research, experiment and create a new project that responds to the question: How do we tell the story of a place? Over the Bridge, in partnership with Fountain Arts, is seeking an emerging (or re-emerging) photographer to develo

Updated: 11 August 2026 Announcing the international open call for the 2026 Foundwork Artist Prize, Foundwork's annual juried award to recognize outstanding artistic practices in any media. The 2026 jury brings together five leaders within the contemporary art community including Stefan Benchoam, Ar

Updated: 06 August 2026 Light Up The North (LUTN) is launching ILLUMINE 2, an exciting commissioning opportunity for Black and People of Colour (POC) artists. As a positive action initiative, ILLUMINE 2 aims to address the underrepresentation of Black and POC artists at light festivals by supporting

Updated: 30 July 2026 Travel and residency grants supporting visual artists connected to Hesse through self-directed international research, residencies and artistic development in destinations including New York, London, Paris, Istanbul and Kyoto. Who can apply: Visual artists born in Hesse, reside

Updated: 09 July 2026 Since June 10th the archives of the European Cultural Foundation's (ECF) are open to the public at the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU). To encourage research into ECF's historical holdings at the HAEU, ECF opened a new annual Fellowship programme. This ECF Fell

Updated: 14 August 2026 Rose Choreographic School is an experimental research and pedagogic project based in Sadler’s Wells East, London, UK. We propose a postdisciplinary approach to the question of the choreographic, and use an expanded notion of a school to frame our explorations. There is no set

Updated: 23 July 2026 The Photographers’ Gallery invites applications for a new residency in Derbyshire. Based at Wigwell Lodge, this two-month residency in February - March 2027 is for artists working with expanded photography and digital practices. This is an opportunity to research, experiment an

Musician Collaborator role for 14 days work from November 2026 - July 2027. Based at The Mill Arts Centre Banbury.

We are looking for an Evaluation Partner with experience of working across an extended, phased project. The programme will take a “test and learn” approach and be shaped by participant feedback throughout.

We are looking for three actors to join an upcoming independent R&D for a piece of new writing. Rydyn ni’n chwilio am dair actores i ymuno â chyfnod Y&D annibynol ar y gweill ar gyfer darn o ysgrifennu newydd.