Funding finder

Funding opportunity sorting options

22 opportunities found using the current filters, sorted by publication date

Funding opportunity list

Search and filter this list

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.

Access to 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.

Doctoral focal award: nuclear skills

Apply for funding for doctoral focal awards (previously centres for doctoral training) to deliver cohort-based doctoral education in civil and defence nuclear skills to home students. An intent to submit must be completed by 12 September 2025 4:00pm UK time.

Funding is subject to business case approval and the spending review.

Aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on the climate 2025

Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research which focuses on the underpinning science of aviation’s non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) impacts and how they interact with climate over time with the view to identifying benefits, mitigation options, informing industry and government policy decisions.

Turing AI Pioneer Interdisciplinary Fellowships: outline applications

Apply for fellowship funding to build AI capability.

This opportunity is for established researchers from across UKRI remit, without a background in core AI research, who want to build domain relevant AI capability.

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

Pushing the frontiers of environmental research: January 2026

Apply for funding to pursue an ambitious, high risk and high reward curiosity-driven project in environmental research.

You must be:

  • based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding
  • in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements

Aviation’s non-CO2 Impacts on the Climate: programme coordinator

Apply for funding to become the programme coordinator for the Aviation’s non-CO2 Impacts on the Climate programme.

You, as lead applicant, must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.

Pre-announcement: Biological influence on ocean carbon: novel modelling approaches

Apply for funding for a project to improve representation of biological processes in carbon storage models. It must be led by a UK researcher and can have US team members that are NASA supported.

The project lead must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.

This is the website for UKRI: our seven research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Let us know if you have feedback or would like to help improve our online products and services.