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NHS fit for the future dementia challenge

Submit an application if you have a clinical intervention or technological innovation that will:

  • shorten the time it takes to diagnosis dementia
  • enhance early detection of clinical change following diagnosis
  • be deployed in the NHS from 2029

Healthcare professionals, businesses and researchers can take part.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Other
Publication date:
22 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Frontier artificial intelligence discovery

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to develop feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence and foundation models.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Publication date:
9 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Advanced manufacturing supply chain innovation: CRD

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6.5 million for collaborative industrial research to make supply chains more productive, resource efficient and resilient.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£6,500,000
Publication date:
21 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Contracts for Innovation: Cyber scale in critical sectors

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3.5 million inclusive of VAT, to develop, demonstrate and commercialise their cybersecurity solution in real end user environments within critical sector organisations.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,500,000
Publication date:
29 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

CfI: Boosting fathers’ engagement to improve child outcomes

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop innovative interventions, technologies, and frameworks that boost fathers’ engagement to improve children’s learning and development outcomes.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
11 May 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

ESRC Connect Awards (pilot)

Apply for funding to connect with other researchers to scope, seed and grow emerging research fields and new areas of inquiry.

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,000,000
Award range:
£50,000 - £150,000
Publication date:
7 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025 (invite only)

Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions. You must:

  • be an early career researcher
  • hold a doctorate in a relevant subject or have equivalent professional experience

Only applicants successful at the expression of interest stage may apply.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Minimum award:
£312,500
Publication date:
4 February 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Immersive Arts phase two: invite only

Invite-only funding opportunity to lead the second phase of Immersive Arts, a three-year programme to support the development and impact of creative practice and stimulate economic growth through the adoption and application of immersive technologies in the arts, culture and creative sectors across the UK.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Arts Council England, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales, Creative Scotland
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£8,800,000
Maximum award:
£8,350,000
Publication date:
12 May 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Future Leaders Fellowships: round 11

Funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be a researcher or innovator who is looking to establish or transition to independence.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Innovate UK, Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£110,000,000
Publication date:
2 February 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Early Independence: NERC Independent Research Fellowship 2026

Apply for a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Independent Research Fellowship (IRF) to further your career through an independent research project.

You must:

  • be an early career researcher
  • hold a PhD qualification (or equivalent experience)
  • be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£7,250,000
Publication date:
25 February 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

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