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Pre-announcement: Centre of Excellence for Resilient Infrastructure Analysis on DAFNI

Apply for funding to support the Centre of Excellence for Resilient Infrastructure Analysis on the Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI).

We are seeking participation from UK research organisations who will work to address grand-challenge problems for infrastructure resilience.

We are interested in modelling and analysis methodologies to be used to explore resilience and support decision making to address short or long term shocks.

Mental health platform hubs

Apply for funding for an interdisciplinary mental health hub (consortium) that addresses key mental health challenges.

The hubs will be funded for up to five years at 80% of the full economic cost. Awards will have a fixed start date of 1 April 2024.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding.

Engage the public with science, technology or facilities: Spark Awards 2023 round one

Apply for funds to engage the public with STFC science, technology or facilities.

We’d particularly like to fund projects that engage:

  • eight to 14-year-olds, and their families, in socioeconomically deprived areas
  • groups considered to have low science capital

The project cost can be up to £15,000 (non-full economic cost).

Projects can be up to 36 months.

Boulby infrastructure development project advisory scheme

Apply for funding to support the development of a UK underground research and innovation science laboratory.

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

The full economic cost of your project can be up to £150,000 per year for a period of 1 or 2 years. STFC will fund 80% of the full economic cost.

Opportunity: arts and humanities-led research commercialisation

Opportunity for existing research projects to create commercial impacts through applied arts and humanities methodologies, as part of AHRC’s commitment to increasing support for research commercialisation. Interdisciplinary approaches welcomed.

Open to projects funded by any part of UK Research and Innovation in the last 24 months, so long as the new follow-on work falls clearly within AHRC’s remit.

Future Leaders Fellowships: round eight

Apply for funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UKRI’s remit.

You must be an early career researcher or innovator who is either:

  • looking to establish or transition to independence
  • developing their own original and ambitious plans within a commercial setting

Net Zero Transport for a Resilient Future Research Hub

Establish an interdisciplinary Net Zero Transport for a Resilient Future Research Hub, focusing on climate adaptation and mitigation solutions for our transport system.

A joint programme between UKRI and DfT as part of the UKRI ‘building a green future’ strategic theme.

Pre-announcement: UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme

Apply for funding for interdisciplinary ideas that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines.

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

This pilot scheme will support breakthrough or disruptive interdisciplinary ideas not routinely funded through existing UKRI responsive mode schemes.

Pre-announcement: late-stage commercialisation scheme

Apply for funding to:

  • support technology development addressing current and future challenges facing the particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics (PPAN) community by working in partnership with industry
  • fund commercialisation (technology readiness level 5 to 7) developed from STFC PPAN funded research in partnership with industry

Ageing research development awards

Apply for funding to develop tractable areas of interdisciplinary research to secure better health and wellbeing for individuals as they age.

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

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