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Develop sustainable cities and urban environments across Europe

Apply for funding to address key urban challenges facing cities in the transition to a more sustainable economy.

Projects must include an applicant based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding and a business eligible for funding by Innovate UK.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Horizon Europe Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) partners
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,000,000
Maximum award:
£415,000
Publication date:
21 September 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Establish an innovation adoption accelerator

Apply for funding to establish one of two social science Innovation Adoption Accelerators in Professional and Financial Services (PFS).

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

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,750,000
Maximum award:
£1,875,000
Publication date:
20 September 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Establish a future communications systems early-stage federated hub

Apply for funding to create a platform in a core research area in the future communications systems space.

Research areas include:

  • network of networks
  • wireless and wired systems and spectrum
  • cloud and distributed computing.

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

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Maximum award:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
20 September 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Innovation in Professional and Financial Services: single applicants

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £7 million for projects that develop new products and services within Professional and Financial Services.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,000,000
Publication date:
20 September 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Ofgem round two: discovery, decarbonisation of major energy demands

Projects can range in size up to total eligible costs of £150,000, exclusive of VAT.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£12,000,000
Publication date:
20 September 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Bioinformatics and biological resources: 2022 (22BBR)

Apply for funding to establish, maintain and enhance bioinformatics and biological resources to support the UK bioscience research community.

You must hold a research staff appointment at lecturer level, or equivalent, at a research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Maximum award:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
20 September 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Engage the public with science, technology or facilities: Spark Awards 2022 round two

Apply for funding to engage the public with STFC-supported science, technology or facilities.

Your project must involve at least one researcher in an STFC-funded area. It must also focus on an area within STFC’s remit.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£120,000
Award range:
£1,000 - £15,000
Publication date:
7 September 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

EPSRC hydrogen programme to establish hydrogen research hubs

Apply for funding to establish a hydrogen research hub.

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

You must have been successful at phase one of the hydrogen research coordinator opportunity to apply as principal investigator at this phase.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Maximum award:
£12,500,000
Publication date:
1 September 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Use secondary data to focus on Global South development issues

Apply for funding to work with secondary data to build knowledge and engage with researchers in low and middle-income countries in the Global South.

Standard ESRC eligibility criteria applies.

Proposals must comply with Official Development Assistance (ODA) guidelines.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£300,000
Maximum award:
£300,000
Publication date:
30 August 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Host PhD studentships using linked administrative data

Apply to host PhD studentships focused on quantitative research using linked administrative data.

Applications are open only to existing ESRC Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs).

This opportunity is not open to direct applications from students or from institutions that are not part of an existing ESRC DTP.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Co-funders:
Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK)
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£1,900,000
Publication date:
26 August 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

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