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CCT3: Manage coastal saltmarsh and its vegetation

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

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

£724 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

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
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Apply to the MRC Impact Acceleration Award to address a single, high-risk development step and generate key data to de-risk a new medicine, medical device, diagnostic or other medical product. You must be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding.

Amount not publishedCloses 11 November 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £15 million for feasibility projects. This funding is from the industry-led Research and Development Partnerships Fund, part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

Amount not publishedCloses in 17 days (9 September 2026)UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

CLH3: Create lowland heathland

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

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

£711 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

CSP1: Difficult site supplement

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

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

£93 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

SOH1: No-till farming (updated for SFI26)

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

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

£73 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

Apply for funding to establish a UK Obesity Research Institute, undertaking world-leading research into the mechanistic biomedical drivers of obesity and develop targeted interventions to prevent and treat obesity and its health consequences. Applications must be led by a UK-based research organisation eligible for MRC funding.

Amount not publishedCloses 19 November 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

Apply for funding for projects focused on speculative and high-risk research with the potential to deliver a step change in the sustainability of future AI systems. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding.

Up to £602.5kCloses 10 November 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

CWT2: Buffer in-field ponds and ditches 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.

£681 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

CWD21: Restore wood pasture and parkland

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

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

£371 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

CAB6: Enhanced overwintered stubble

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

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

£589 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

CCT2: Make space for new coastal habitat

Defra — Sustainable Farming Incentive

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

£773 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

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

PATT travel grants for competitively awarded observation time 2026

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

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.

Amount not publishedCloses 15 October 2026UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity

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.

£20 per hectare (ha) per yearRolling — apply any timeEngland
IndividualSole traderPartnershipLimited company+1 more

Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2027

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 STFC funding.

Amount not publishedCloses 31 August 2027UK-wide
ResearcherAcademicUniversity