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Large grant outlines: February 2026

Apply for funding to support innovative, large-scale and complex projects that tackle big environmental science questions and have the potential to produce world-leading research.

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

Artificial intelligence (AI) for environmental science phase one

Secure funding to deliver new world-leading data science and AI approaches to tackle critical environmental challenges. Interdisciplinary collaboration within and beyond environmental science is encouraged to maximise impact.

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

Network Plus: antifungal resistance in the environment

Apply for funding to develop a Network Plus to investigate how antifungal resistance emerges and spreads in the environment through healthcare, agriculture, and household mould-preventative product use.

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

Novel technology for intervening in non-compressible haemorrhage

Apply for funding to design novel interventions, Technology Readiness Level two to four, for non-compressible haemorrhage for use prehospital in combat and civilian settings.

This Defence and Security Accelerator competition is run on behalf of the Defence Medical Services and UK Research and Innovation.

DARE UK Real-world Research Exemplar Programme

Apply for funding as a research exemplar to evaluate and influence trusted research environment (TRE) capabilities that are currently under development and testing.

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

Access to high performance computing facilities: autumn 2025

This opportunity provides a route to computational support for high quality projects across the entire UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) remit.

This application process is purely for compute resource. No funding is available to successful applicants.

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

Opening up the Environment 2026

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

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

UK international ocean drilling programme site survey

Apply for funding for ship borne and virtual site survey investigations (SSI) to support the development of applications for a scientific ocean drilling expedition.

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

Isambard-AI and Dawn AIRR supercomputers: Gateway route

Apply for 10,000 graphics processing unit hours on the Isambard-AI and Dawn supercomputers for artificial intelligence-related research and development projects.

Open to UK researchers from academia, industry, or other organisations.

Isambard-AI and Dawn AIRR supercomputers: Rapid Access route

UK-registered micro, small and medium businesses can apply for 20,000 graphics processing unit hours on the Isambard-AI and Dawn AI Research Resource (AIRR) supercomputers for early-stage artificial intelligence product research and development.

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