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EPSRC open fellowship

Apply for a fellowship focusing on any topic in the EPSRC portfolio.

You’ll have the support, flexibility and freedom to:

  • develop high-quality research
  • gain experience to enhance your career
  • create a modern and inclusive research environment
  • raise the profile of EPSRC’s remit.

You must be hosted and supported by an eligible UK research organisation during your fellowship.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
2 December 2020
Opening date:
2 December 2020
Closing date:
Open - no closing date

Transformative healthcare technologies: full proposal stage

This opportunity is only open to applicants successful at the outline stage.

Apply for funding to support feasibility studies into high risk and high gain healthcare technology research with the potential to transform healthcare by 2050.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Maximum award:
£300,000
Publication date:
2 December 2020
Opening date:
3 December 2020
Closing date:

Turing Artificial Intelligence World-Leading Researcher Fellowships

This is invitation only.

Successful outline applicants are invited to submit their full proposals.

This will invest in the retention and international recruitment of a small number of world-leading AI researchers. This will enable the building of centres of excellence in key areas of AI research.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
Office for Artificial Intelligence, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£18,000,000
Publication date:
30 November 2020
Opening date:
14 November 2019
Closing date:

NERC highlight topics

You can apply for funding for research projects which address environmental challenges covered by six new highlight topics.

Your proposal must address issues within a single highlight topic.

Projects can last up to four years.

You must be a resident in the UK and employed by an eligible UK research organisation.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£16,000,000
Maximum award:
£4,000,000
Publication date:
30 November 2020
Opening date:
30 November 2020 16:00 UK time
Closing date:

GCRF UKRI-JST-DOST research collaborations in south east Asia

Apply for funding to connect projects focused on sustainable development in south east Asia.

Your research must have been funded by UKRI, JST or DOST.

This is the first phase of the ‘Science, Technology and Action’ Nexus for Development (STAND). Up to five projects will be funded for up to 12 months.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation
Co-funders:
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines (DOST)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£500,000
Maximum award:
£100,000
Publication date:
27 November 2020
Opening date:
27 November 2020
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: UK-Ireland collaboration in digital humanities

Apply for funding for digital humanities research. Your project must be large, innovative and multidisciplinary.

UK and Ireland-based researchers must collaborate on the project.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Irish Research Council (IRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£400,000
Publication date:
27 November 2020
Opening date:
To be confirmed
Closing date:
To be confirmed

Improving health in low and middle income countries

Apply for funding for research that will benefit the health of people living in low and middle income countries (LMICs).

There is no limit to the amount of funding you can apply for.

You can apply if you are:

  • an LMIC-based principal investigator
  • a UK-based principal investigator working in partnership with LMIC investigators.
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
UK Department for Health and Social Care through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR); Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
26 November 2020
Opening date:
1 February 2021
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: Global coronavirus research and innovation network

Apply for funding to establish an international network for research into coronaviruses. The network may run for up to four years.

You must be of lecturer level and based at an eligible UK research organisation.

This is a pre-announcement. Details on how to apply will be available soon.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Co-funders:
The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£500,000
Maximum award:
£500,000
Publication date:
25 November 2020
Opening date:
4 January 2021 09:00 UK time
Closing date:

Manufacturing Made Smarter innovation hub – smart factory expressions of interest

UK registered businesses and research organisations can apply for up to £20 million from ISCF to set up and run a smart factory innovation hub.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£20,000,000
Publication date:
24 November 2020
Opening date:
23 November 2020 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Manufacturing Made Smarter innovation hub – digital supply chain expressions of interest

UK registered businesses and research organisations can apply for up to £10 million from ISCF to set up and run a digital supply chain innovation hub.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£10,000,000
Publication date:
24 November 2020
Opening date:
23 November 2020 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

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