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BBSRC Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe)

Apply for funding to get out of the lab and test your technology in the market to uncover its commercial potential.

BBSRC ICURe is open to research teams in all UK universities, BBSRC-funded institutes and approved public sector research enterprises.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£420,000
Award:
£35,000
Publication date:
9 June 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: Understanding geohazard processes and their impacts across India

Apply for funding to improve the understanding of the processes behind geohazard events (earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis) in India and its neighbouring countries to improve community resilience.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Ministry of Earth Sciences, India (MoES)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£4,000,000
Maximum award:
£1,000,000
Publication date:
8 June 2023
Opening date:
To be confirmed
Closing date:

Industrial decarbonisation: local industrial decarbonisation plans

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
7 June 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Innovative technologies: nucleic acid medicines manufacture round two

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million for manufacturing innovation for nucleic acid medicines. This funding is from Innovate UK.

Your project’s total grant funding request must be between £100,000 and £2 million.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Award range:
£100,000 - £2,000,000
Publication date:
7 June 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

SBRI: vaccine development for potential epidemic diseases stage one

This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), Official Development Assistance funding opportunity.

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million inclusive of VAT to develop vaccine candidates, technologies and platforms, up to and including phase one clinical trials.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) UK Vaccine Network
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Publication date:
6 June 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

UK-Israel Eureka bilateral collaborative R&D: round two

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop collaborative research and development (R&D) projects focused on industrial research and development with Israel.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
6 June 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Enable discovery and use of UK census 2021/2 data: outline stage

Apply for funding for tools, services and activities that enable researchers to find, use and analyse data from the 2021 and 2022 UK censuses for social science-led research.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,400,000
Award range:
£150,000 - £500,000
Publication date:
6 June 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: EPSRC equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) sharing hub

EPSRC plans to fund one network plus grant to provide leadership and support to share knowledge of EDI good practices and ‘what works’ from across the engineering, physical and mathematical sciences.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,250,000
Maximum award:
£1,250,000
Publication date:
6 June 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: Polarities and Regions Network Plus

Apply for funding for a Network Plus to enhance understanding of individual powers in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and in East and Pacific Asia.

One 4-year interdisciplinary Network Plus will be funded, under UKRI’s ‘Building a Secure and Resilient World’ strategic theme.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Award range:
£4,500,000 - £5,000,000
Publication date:
6 June 2023
Opening date:
To be confirmed
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: research the social sciences in the Open Research Area: round eight

Apply for funding for international research in any area of the social sciences.

Your project must be a collaboration between researchers based in at least three of the participating countries: UK, France, Germany and Canada.

Applicants may also seek partnerships with researchers based in Japan.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Co-funders:
Agence nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
5 June 2023
Opening date:
To be confirmed
Closing date:
To be confirmed

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