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ESRC postdoctoral fellowships

Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship to develop your career by consolidating your PhD through developing publications, your networks and your research and professional skills.

Fellowships must be held at a research organisation that is part of an ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership.

Using the ‘Our Future Health’ data resource for research

This is a pilot scheme through which the Medical Research Council (MRC) will cover data access costs for eligible researchers who are currently supported by MRC. Data is accessed through Our Future Health and you must apply for access through the Our Future Health process.

Materials Innovation Programme Coordination Network Pluses

Apply for funding to establish a materials focused Network Plus, that coordinates a community of research and industrial stakeholders around one of four identified themes aligned to the National Materials Innovation Strategy (NMIS).

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

Secure software for resilient growth

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million for collaborative projects that enable adoption of the government’s Software Security Code of Practice to drive growth of secure and resilient software supply chains.

Artificial intelligence (AI) champions: frontier AI phase one

UK registered small and medium-sized enterprise businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million to deliver feasibility studies for frontier AI and machine learning technologies with a clear route defensible scale-up.

Expression of interest: sandpit: AI supported research using UKRI social science data

Submit an expression of interest to join a two‑day in‑person sandpit on 23 to 24 June that will develop high-level ideas on AI‑supported social science using UKRI data.

Full participation in the sandpit is required to apply for future funding on this opportunity.

Clean maritime demonstration competition seven: pre-deployment trials

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £121 million across the three strands of this competition for innovative clean maritime technologies. This funding is from DfT.

UK National Coordinator and survey data collection for the European Social Survey, Round 13 and 14

Apply for funding to be the UK National Coordinator for the European Social Survey and deliver the data collection for Round 13 and 14.

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

Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Deployment trials

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £121 million across the three strands of this competition for innovative clean maritime technologies. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).

UKRI Translation: EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships 2027

Apply for funding to support ambitious, collaborative research programmes.

Prosperity Partnerships projects must be co-created and co-delivered by business and academic partners that share an existing working relationship.

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