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Search and filter this listAHRC awards to support researchers without prior experience of leading a significant research project to accelerate their trajectory as independent researchers, to unlock their potential and build leadership and convenor experience.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.
Apply for funding to support gravitational waves research.
Proposals must meet STFC’s particle astrophysics gravitational waves remit.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.
Apply for funding to spend time in a different research or user environment to build new skills and collaborations within health technologies. Novel engineering and physical sciences research must comprise a proportion of the placement.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
Apply for funding to develop a NetworkPlus focused on the use and development of novel tools and technologies to enable people with dementia to live independently.
Networks should be multidisciplinary and embed people with lived experiences of dementia.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
Apply for funding to develop design–led solutions to address specific challenges around the theme of more-than-human design.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding.
Apply for funding to discover more about the potential market of your bioscience-based idea, increase market awareness and gain deeper understanding of potential technology applications.
BBSRC ICURe Discover is open to bioscience researchers (including PhD students, technicians, postdoctoral research associates, fellowship and group leader positions) in all UK universities, BBSRC-funded institutes and approved public sector research enterprises.
Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
Apply for funding to address one of five environmental research challenges.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.
We encourage multidisciplinary research and collaborations with other UK organisations, and applications from diverse groups of researchers.