Apply for funding to support low technology readiness levels with a focus on development in the particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics community.
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
STFC’s mission is to deliver world-leading national and international research and innovation capabilities and, through those, discover the secrets of the Universe. Our major research and innovation campuses at Harwell, Daresbury and research facilities across the UK support fundamental research in astronomy, physics and space science.

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Apply for a grant to cover travel and subsistence costs for visits to astronomy facilities.
This two-year funding is only available to those with travel costs of more than £5,000 a year.
You must:
- be a UK-based researcher
- only use funding for observation time related to projects already receiving competitively awarded funding.
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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC),
Polaris House,
North Star Avenue,
Swindon,
SN2 1SZ