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ERA-NET NEURON Interdisciplinary approaches to the neuroscience of pain

Apply for funding as part of a transnational consortium of three to five partners to improve knowledge of the neuroscience of pain using interdisciplinary approaches. This is an ERA-NET NEURON Joint Transnational Call. The Medical Research Council (MRC) are one of 19 organisations offering funding through the initiative.

Pre-announcement: Opening up the Environment 2026

Apply for funding to deliver purposeful activities to increase the diversity of the UK environmental science community.

You can only apply for this funding opportunity if we have invited you to do so following a successful Opening up the Environment 2025 application.

Research to advance UK recycling capabilities

Apply for funding for research to accelerate UK recycling capabilities. Projects will progress the development of more energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and economically viable recycling technologies and systems.

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

Small molecule high throughput screen using AstraZeneca facilities

Apply for funding to run a high throughput screen (HTS) using AstraZeneca’s compound library and screening robots.

Two funding opportunities per year with changing highlights. This funding opportunity will have a highlight on new targets related to pain or women’s health (including conditions related to metabolic disorders).

Expression of interest: ATI programme strategic batch, Feb 2025

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

2025 BBSRC Fellowships scheme

Apply for funding to carry out independent research within a host laboratory and gain leadership skills.

You are not eligible to apply if you hold or have held any post or position at lecturer level (or equivalent). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

UKRI Creating opportunities: rethinking economic (in)activity

Apply for funding to identify ways of supporting economic activity in places experiencing high rates of ill-health, disability, and informal care in the UK.

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

Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund: round four, discovery cycle two

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative discovery phase projects that meet the round four challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.

AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award

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.

AHRC responsive mode: catalyst awards

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.

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