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.
Amount not publishedCloses 30 September 2026UK-wide
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within EPSRC Mathematical Sciences remit. You must have: a PhD evidence of career consolidation and past productivity plans for establishing your own research niche that enables a step-change towards independence
UK registered government research organisations can apply for grants from £50,000 up to £250,000 to move viable public sector knowledge assets towards commercial readiness. This funding is provided by the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT).
Amount not publishedCloses in 9 days (1 September 2026)UK-wide
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) , Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Apply for funding to turn your innovative technology into market reality. You must: be a UK-registered company under five years old that is majority-owned by founders and employees have received previous support from UKRI or a UKRI partner organisation
Up to £50kCloses in 22 days (14 September 2026)UK-wide
Apply for funding to take the next step towards becoming an independent researcher. Your research must be in the remit of the Medical Research Council. You must have: the skills and experience to ‘transition to independence’ the support of an eligible host research organisation
Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
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.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.
Amount not publishedCloses in 24 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Apply for funding to support exciting and ambitious partnerships within the remit of the Medical Research Council. You must be employed by an eligible research organisation. Partnerships are novel collaborative activities between researchers to transform our understanding of human health and disease.
Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide