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Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI

Apply for funding for projects focused on speculative and high-risk fundamental research with the potential to deliver high reward and a step change in the explainability of future AI systems.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding.

Trust and confidence in policing: Research & Innovation Consortium

Apply for funding to develop and test dynamic tools and innovative approaches to measure public trust and confidence in policing by 2030.

The tools and approaches developed will access the voices of underrepresented communities, assess the impact of police activity, and identify what builds public trust and confidence.

Economic research on the returns to R&D investment

Apply for funding to support research that can help develop new measurements of the return on investments in research and development (R&D).

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

MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round five: outline application

Apply for MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges.

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

Exploring the frontiers of environmental research 2026

Apply for funding to pursue truly novel curiosity-driven environmental research that is at an early stage of development and has the potential to be transformative.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research funding.

UKRI: Integration of AI/HPC with quantum computing

Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research projects to develop and test integration of quantum computing into high-performance computational workflows, enabling user access and widespread adoption.

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

High performance compute resources for EPSRC communities

Apply for funding to provide high-performance compute resource for engineering and physical sciences communities.

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

EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure outlines: September 2026

Apply for funding to purchase strategic infrastructure that will improve UK scientific capability and enable cutting-edge research of high priority to EPSRC.

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

CoSTAR Satellite Labs: Accessible creative R&D infrastructure

Join the CoSTAR Network and host national infrastructure for creative sector research and development. Reduce barriers to creative businesses’ technology adoption and support commercialisation, scale up and investment for creative tech businesses.

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

CoSTAR Showcase Labs: Createch infrastructure and commercialisation

Join the CoSTAR Network and host national infrastructure for creative sector research and development. Reduce barriers to creative businesses’ technology adoption and support commercialisation, scale up and investment for creative tech businesses.

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

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