UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council
Flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas.
There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.
UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council (MRC)
Apply for funding to run a high throughput screen (HTS) using AstraZeneca’s compound library and screening robots.
There are two funding opportunities per year that are open to all targets.
Up to £270kCloses in 17 days (9 September 2026)UK-wide
The National Forest Company, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Supports landowners and tenants within the National Forest or close to the boundary to create woodland, enhance habitats and deliver environmental, community and economic benefits through tree planting and forest creation projects. The grant uses standard-cost items with rates linked to nationally available tree-planting and agri-environment grants.
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.
Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government
The Democratic Engagement Fund provides grants to civil society organisations (CSOs) to deliver politically neutral, place-based projects that support people to understand, engage with, and participate in democracy in England.
The Fund focuses on communities that are currently less democratically engaged, including young people, ethnic minority communities, disabled people, people experiencing homelessness, regular movers, and people from low socio-economic backgrounds. Projects should help overcome barriers to democratic participation related to knowledge, opportunity, motivation or trust, and must contribute learning on what works to increase democratic engagement.
Projects must be delivered in England.
£1,000 – £50kCloses in 8 days (31 August 2026)England
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £33 million to develop device level hardware and associated software to meet the scale, programmability, and runtime performance needs of universal fault tolerant quantum computers.
£1m – £3.5mCloses in 26 days (18 September 2026)UK-wide
The implementation grant scheme is designed to support projects in taking a collaborative and strategic approach to water management within lowland peatland catchments.
It aims to deliver the infrastructure and water management controls
needed to facilitate a positive change in water management, with a primary focus on the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from lowland peat whilst enabling wider benefits such as biodiversity improvements, flood and drought mitigation and sustainable land use.
£100k – £2mCloses in 26 days (18 September 2026)England
The Youth Jobs Grant is part of the Youth Guarantee and provides financial support to employers to encourage the recruitment of young people who may otherwise find it difficult to enter the labour market. It is intended to complement, not replace, existing recruitment activity. Eligible employers may receive up to £3,000 per job outcome, paid in stages and subject to meeting all scheme conditions.
£3,000 – £25mCloses 1 November 2028England, Wales, Scotland
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.
The UK Space Agency invites proposals for UK-based research and development projects to develop innovative Earth Observation (EO) technologies through the EO Missions and Technology (EOMT) Innovation Call 1.
Applications are encouraged for innovative, early Technology Readiness Level (TRL) projects supporting climate monitoring, the environment, dual use and commercial applications.
£50k – £200kCloses in 9 days (1 September 2026)UK-wide
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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
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.
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.
UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council
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.
UK Research and Innovation, 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.
There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.
Capital Grants help farmers and land managers pay for work that benefits the environment on farms, woodlands and other rural land in England. This can include protecting habitats, restoring and creating hedgerows, planting trees, and improving air and water quality.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £13 million for building quantum computing software applications that show clear value and potential high impact on near term quantum computing systems.
£300k – £4mCloses in 24 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
Defra are launching a Farmer Welfare Grant with a total value of £1.5m which will run from November 2026 to March 2029 for projects which support the mental health and wellbeing of those in the agricultural industry. The funding is intended to help rural and agricultural charities and organisations deliver practical support that strengthens both personal and business resilience across the sector.
£1,000 – £600kCloses in 17 days (9 September 2026)England