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ESRC Doctoral Training Partnerships: 2024

Apply for funding to provide PhD training and professional development opportunities to students.

Your organisation must:

  • be a UK research organisation eligible for research council funding
  • have the infrastructure in place to provide postgraduate training.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
16 June 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Explore the requirements of exascale software for UK science

Apply for funding to explore emerging exascale software and algorithms requirements for UK science.

Up to 5 awards will be made for 18 months.

You can be from any area of the UK research community. You do not need to be a researcher working within EPSRC’s remit.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Maximum award:
£500,000
Publication date:
8 December 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

International fellowships for doctoral and early career researchers

Apply for a fellowship at an international institution.

You must be either:

  • a PhD student currently funded by AHRC (or ESRC for specific opportunities)
  • an early career researcher based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£320,000
Award range:
£4,850 - £12,750
Publication date:
24 November 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

UKRI Centres for Doctoral Training in artificial intelligence

Apply for funding for a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) focused on the applications and implications of artificial intelligence (AI).

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

Proposals are welcomed within priority areas addressing UK training needs in novel and existing AI technologies across the remit of UKRI.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK Research and Innovation
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£117,000,000
Publication date:
29 November 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Responsible and trustworthy artificial intelligence

Apply for funding to co-develop research and coordination activities that support the UK’s capacity for interdisciplinary leadership in responsible and trustworthy artificial intelligence.

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£31,250,000
Publication date:
1 December 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Sandpit: novel computing for UK defence and security

Apply to attend a 5-day interactive interdisciplinary sandpit to develop projects on low size, weight and power computing for UK defence and security applications.

Participants will attend part of the sandpit in-person.

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant, Other
Total fund:
£3,000,000
Publication date:
16 January 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Establish a Centre for Doctoral Training Plus in Behavioural Research

Apply for funding to establish a dedicated Centre for Doctoral Training Plus (CDT+) in Behavioural 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:
£7,170,000
Maximum award:
£7,170,000
Publication date:
1 July 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training

Apply for funding for Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) to deliver high quality, cohort-based doctoral education.

Applications are welcome from eligible institutions that are able to demonstrate the ability to host a CDT by meeting all the criteria detailed in the opportunity.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Co-funders:
Ministry of Defence
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£324,000,000
Publication date:
29 November 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Forensic science for the justice system sandpit

Apply to participate in a 5-day virtual interactive sandpit to develop innovative and novel projects linked to the theme of forensic science for the justice system.

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
31 January 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

ESRC postdoctoral fellowships

Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship to develop:

  • publications
  • networks
  • research skills
  • professional skills

You must:

  • have completed your PhD at a research organisation that is part of a Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)
  • have less than 12 months’ postdoctoral experience (at full-time rate) measured from passing your viva voce to the competition closing date

Fellowships must be held at a research organisation that is part of a DTP and aligned to an accredited pathway.

Social sciences must make up at least 50% of your fellowship activities.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
14 December 2020
Opening date:
Closing date:

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