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2025 to 2026 strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa) grants: stage two

Apply for funding for large team-based fundamental bioscience research projects pushing the frontiers of human knowledge.

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

Full stage submissions are invitation only following assessment of a sLoLa outline application.

BBSRC 2025 Transformative Research Technologies (25TRT)

Apply for funding to pursue early-stage development of cutting-edge research technologies with transformative potential in the biosciences.

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

Creative Industries Clusters: round two: outline stage

Apply for funding to deliver a Creative Industries Cluster to address a challenge for the creative industries in a specific geography, sub-sector or both. Clusters should focus on regional economic growth through applied R&D.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

Turing AI Global Fellowships

This fellowship funding opportunity is for exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers currently based outside of the UK.

The fellowship offers funding to relocate to the UK and undertake transformational AI research that strengthens the UK’s position as a global leader in AI.

Fellowships can last up to five years.

Focal awards: art history, visual arts and creative practice

Apply for funding to support doctoral students through a focal award in art history, visual arts and creative practice. These awards will provide opportunities through partnership between higher education institutions (HEI) and non-HEI partners.

Design Generators

Apply for funding to combine design-led interventions with arts and humanities methodologies to make positive contributions to the green transition.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding.

Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg

UKRI and FNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable and support applications between researchers in the UK and Luxembourg. UKRI will fund the UK component and FNR will fund the Luxembourg component of the application.

Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.

UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity

The UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity allows UK and US-based researchers to submit a collaborative proposal that will go through a single review process. Grants are funded through existing funding programmes at the relevant lead agency.

AHRC responsive mode: standard research grant

Apply for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) standard research grant funding to support well-defined collaborative projects across the arts and humanities, in areas covered by our remit.

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

Collaborate with researchers in Brazil

Under the UKRI-FAPESP lead agency agreement, participant UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) research councils receive and assess joint applications from eligible UK and Brazil-based researchers from the state of São Paulo on behalf of both organisations.

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