Live Opportunities.

Here’s a summary of the grant schemes we’re currently focussing on. New funding schemes are opening all the time, so be sure to check regularly for the latest grant opportunities.

Doctoral focal award: chip design and verification
Apply for funding to establish a doctoral focal award in chip design. This supports interdisciplinary training in very large-scale integration design and systems-on-chip. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.EPSRC
NERC urgency funding
Apply for funding to respond quickly to transient, unexpected environmental research opportunities created by sporadic natural occurrences such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, or ephemeral events in ecosystems. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.NERC
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Discovery C7
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Innovation Challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.Innovate UK
AHRC UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency: applicant-led mode
Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the Unites States (US). Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of AHRC and NSF-SBE. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.AHRC
AHRC Curiosity Award: applicant-led mode
Apply for funding for 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. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.AHRC
AHRC Working with Brazilian researchers: Applicant-led mode
Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.AHRC
Pushing the frontiers of environmental research
Apply for funding to pursue an adventurous, ambitious curiosity-driven project in environmental research. You must be: based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding
AHRC Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg: applicant-led mode
Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in Luxembourg. Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of AHRC and Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.AHRC
AHRC Catalyst Awards: applicant-led mode
Apply for funding 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.AHRC
AHRC Standard research grant: applicant-led mode
Apply for AHRC standard research grant funding to support well-defined collaborative projects across the arts and humanities, in areas covered by our remit. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.AHRC
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund round five discovery C7
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative discovery phase projects that meet the round five challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.Innovate UK
Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation
Apply for funding to establish a Centre of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) to address strategic regulatory science priorities through sustained programmes of research. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.MRC
Long-term cultural and sporting events legacy
Apply for funding to research the long-term impact and legacy of major sporting and cultural events in the UK, focusing on running a live experimental evaluation of a major event that fills gaps in existing methodologies. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.AHRC
Attendance and engagement at UK sporting, cultural and heritage sites
Apply for funding to research the development of novel data-intensive approaches for capturing engagement data from unticketed cultural, heritage, and sporting events, activities and locations, demonstrated through a deployable tool in at least one DCMS sector. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.AHRC
Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Winter
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.Innovate UK
Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence 2027-2030 – invite only
This funding opportunity is designed to support the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence’s (ESCoE) high-quality research to improve economic measurement, enhance the production of key statistics, and address challenges related to economic measurement over a three-year period.ESRC
Battery innovation: concept development round three
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million to support innovation in battery grade material technologies for electrification. This funding is from the battery innovation programme.Innovate UK
Battery innovation: feasibility studies round three
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million to support innovation in battery grade material technologies for electrification. This funding is from the battery innovation programme.Innovate UK
Longitudinal population studies strategic prioritisation exercise
Submit information about your longitudinal population study (LPS) to help Medical Research Council (MRC) plan for future investments in LPS infrastructure. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding. Your LPS must have a primary focus on enabling biomedical research.MRC
NQS Mission 2: Components, systems and architectures
Apply for funding to advance research supporting the UK National Quantum Strategy Mission 2, strengthening UK leadership in quantum networking and communications and the future quantum internet. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.EPSRC STFC
UKRI Enabling AI adoption across science and engineering
Apply for funding for ambitious and exploratory projects bringing together AI and domain expertise. Projects will have the potential to unlock new opportunities for applying AI to research challenges in priority science and engineering disciplines. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.UKRI-wide
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ADOPT facilitator support grant: round one

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external project facilitator to support the development of a full ADOPT grant application.

Investor partnerships: clean energy and climate technologies

UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.

Contracts for innovation: FOAK 2025, bridge strikes

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7 million inclusive of VAT, across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution.

Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: round 21

UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.

Weight management pathway design accelerator

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £3 million in a design accelerator to support NHS organisations to speed up the development of novel community based patient access models that are safe, effective and resource efficient.

Contracts for innovation: FOAK 2025, personal safety

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7 million inclusive of VAT, across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution. Projects can last between three and seven months and must be completed by 31 March 2026.

Contracts for innovation: FOAK 2025, AI for complex processes

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7 million inclusive of VAT, across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution. Projects can last between three and seven months and must be completed by 31 March 2026.

ATI Programme strategic batch: EoI, May 2025

The ATI Programme funds industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive.

Farming Futures R&D Fund: Precision Breeding competition

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million for precision breeding of arable and horticultural crops. This funding is from the Farming Futures Research and Development (R&D) Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: large projects

UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovation projects to grow their business. This funding is from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Farming Futures R&D Fund: low emissions farming

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million for industrial research projects from the Farming Futures Research and Development (R&D) Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

DCMS Create Growth Programme competition four: small projects

UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovation projects to grow their business.

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2025 to 2026 round two

UK registered academic institutions, research and technology organisations (RTOs) or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profits.

Contracts for Innovation: READ-OUT digital cognitive dementia assessments

Organisations can apply for a single award of up to £600,000, inclusive of VAT. To implement and assess a dementia based digital cognitive assessment to be evaluated as part of the Real-world dementia outcomes (READ-OUT) study being managed by the University of Oxford.

DCMS Create Growth Programme competition four: small projects

UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovation projects to grow their business.

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2025 to 2026 round two

UK registered academic institutions, research and technology organisations (RTOs) or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profits.

Contracts for Innovation: READ-OUT digital cognitive dementia assessments

Organisations can apply for a single award of up to £600,000, inclusive of VAT. To implement and assess a dementia based digital cognitive assessment to be evaluated as part of the Real-world dementia outcomes (READ-OUT) study being managed by the University of Oxford.

Developing semiconductor hardware for critical technologies

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million. These feasibility studies will investigate ways to improve semiconductor design and manufacture within the UK to support critical technologies.

Full ADOPT grant: round one

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £2 million. This funding supports on-farm trial and demonstration projects to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.

Future Leaders Fellowships: round 10

Apply for funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be an early career researcher or innovator who is either:

Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses to partner with an academic organisation, research organisation or a Catapult, to employ a graduate with the skills and knowledge that can help the business to innovate and grow.

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