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Pre-announcement: quantum technology career development fellowships

Apply for funding to develop your quantum technology career and work towards becoming an independent researcher.

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

You must have one of the following:

  • a PhD
  • at least four years’ experience in a relevant field.
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
National Quantum Computing Centre
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£13,000,000
Publication date:
15 June 2021
Opening date:
4 August 2021
Closing date:

Interdisciplinary environmental social science leadership team

Apply for funding to establish a team of social scientists and interdisciplinary experts.

Your team will provide leadership for climate and environmental social science research.

To lead a team, you must be based at a UK organisation eligible for UKRI funding

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£6,250,000
Publication date:
15 June 2021
Opening date:
15 June 2021
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: improve and accelerate the impact of your organisation’s research

Apply for funding to help your organisation’s research have an impact.

Your organisation must be eligible for funding from ones of these councils:

  • AHRC
  • BBSRC
  • EPSRC
  • STFC
  • MRC.

To be eligible to apply for EPSRC funding, your organisation must have been invited.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
10 June 2021
Opening date:
6 July 2021
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: ESRC policy fellowships 2021

Apply for funding to spend a year collaborating with a UK or devolved government host organisation.

You will:

  • co-design research with the government host organisation to inform policy on a priority policy area
  • help improve the exchange of knowledge between policy and academic institutions.
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Co-funders:
Government host organisations
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
10 June 2021
Opening date:
To be confirmed
Closing date:
To be confirmed

Understanding environmental change in Inuit Nunangat

Apply for funding to investigate changes to the terrestrial, coastal and near-shore marine environments in Inuit Nunangat.

You must be:

  • from an eligible UK research organisation
  • eligible for UKRI funding.

Your project must include:

  • an Inuk, Inuit organisation or community representative involved as either principal or co-investigator.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,630,000
Maximum award:
£545,000
Publication date:
9 June 2021
Opening date:
9 June 2021 15:00 UK time
Closing date:

Mapping complexity of pain with the Advanced Pain Discovery Platform

Apply for funding to investigate underlying mechanisms of pain across a range of conditions.

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

You must explain how you plan to involve people with lived experience of chronic pain.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Co-funders:
Versus Arthritis, Medical Research Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£10,500,000
Maximum award:
£1,000,000
Publication date:
9 June 2021
Opening date:
15 June 2021
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: research UK economic productivity

Apply to research ways to transform UK productivity.

To apply, you must be from a UK-based research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Co-funders:
UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£10,000,000
Award range:
£1,000,000 - £2,000,000
Publication date:
8 June 2021
Opening date:
To be confirmed
Closing date:
To be confirmed

Pre-announcement: research the social sciences in the Open Research Area (ORA): round 7

Apply for funding for international research in the social sciences.

Your project must be a collaboration. This must include researchers from at least three of these countries:

  • UK
  • France
  • Germany
  • Canada.

You can also choose to involve a Japanese partner.

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:
8 June 2021
Opening date:
To be confirmed
Closing date:
To be confirmed

Young Innovators Awards 2021/22

Young people can apply for an award to make their business idea a reality. This includes a grant for £5,000, a living allowance and tailored business support.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000
Publication date:
3 June 2021
Opening date:
14 June 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Using data to improve public health: COVID-19 secondment

Apply for funding to work for a year with experts in the analysis and interpretation of:

  • national anonymised linked electronic health records
  • multiple population longitudinal studies.

You can apply if you have an analytical background. We will fund early to mid-career researchers and professionals from eligible organisations.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Publication date:
28 May 2021
Opening date:
1 June 2021
Closing date:

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