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.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Programme grants provide flexible funding to world-leading research groups addressing significant major research challenges. This funding opportunity is only for invited applicants. We will award 80% of the full economic costs (FEC) of the project.
Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
This opportunity funds new researchers at the start of their careers to support them to become independent researchers through gaining experience of managing and leading research projects and teams. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.
Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
This opportunity funds researcher-driven basic, applied, and strategic research from any disciplines and on any topics in ESRC’s remit, as long as the social sciences are more than 50% of the focus and effort. You can be based at any eligible UK research organisation to apply for ESRC funding.
Amount not publishedRolling — apply any timeUK-wide
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.
Amount not publishedCloses 23 September 2026UK-wide
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , UK Research and Innovation
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.
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £14.3 million to accelerate the adoption of quantum enabled position, navigation, and timing (PNT) and sensing technologies by addressing specific technical and commercial barriers.
Amount not publishedCloses in 24 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
Medical Research Council (MRC) , Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) , Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , UK Research and Innovation
Apply for funding for academically led experimental medicine studies in humans that deepen mechanistic understanding of the causal mechanisms underlying the effects of gambling activities, products and interventions in gambling disorder.
Funding opportunity for mid-range capital equipment that will enable and enhance research across MRC’s scientific areas. You must be employed at a research organisation eligible to apply for MRC funding.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Apply for funding to enhance research culture at your BBSRC strategically funded institute. This is an invitation-only funding opportunity and one or more of our institutes must lead or co-lead the application, but other eligible UK based research organisations are encouraged to be involved as project partners.
Amount not publishedCloses 30 September 2027UK-wide
You can only apply for this funding opportunity if we have invited you to do so following a successful outline application. Apply for funding to support innovative, large-scale and complex projects that tackle big science questions and have the potential to produce world-leading research.
Apply for funding to study why people respond differently to biomedical prevention interventions. Projects must generate mechanistic evidence in humans to provide insight into precision prevention through better targeting. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
Amount not publishedCloses in 25 days (17 September 2026)UK-wide
This funding opportunity was previously titled ‘Developmental pathway funding scheme: stage one’. Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions. You must be employed at a research organisation eligible for MRC 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.
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.