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Cell and oligonucleotide therapy fellowship with AstraZeneca

Apply for a fellowship to explore your own research ideas and develop links with industry, including secondments, training and mentorship.

Your research project should support the development of cell and oligonucleotide therapies.

You must have a PhD, or equivalent higher research degree, by the start of the fellowship.

This opportunity is open to both clinical and non-clinical researchers.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
AstraZeneca
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£4,000,000
Maximum award:
£500,000
Publication date:
1 December 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Driving the electric revolution: PEMD skills hub

UK registered organisations can apply for up to £1 million from driving the electric revolution for the development of a power electronics, machines and drives skills hub.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Publication date:
30 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Digital Society Network Plus: exploring people’s relationships with digital technologies

Apply for funding to develop a network to research people’s relationship with technology. The network will:

  • carry out and fund research
  • build communities
  • provide skills development opportunities

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding. Your project must be social science-led and at least 50% within ESRC’s remit.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£4,000,000
Maximum award:
£4,000,000
Publication date:
30 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Public health intervention development (PHIND): Jan 2022

Apply for funding for the early-stage development of an intervention that seeks to address a UK or global public health challenge.

Any researcher employed by an eligible research organisation, including MRC institutes and units (including those in Gambia and Uganda), can apply for this opportunity.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£150,000
Publication date:
29 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Study arts and humanities at an international institution

Apply for funding to study at an international institution.

You must be either:

  • an AHRC-funded PhD student
  • an early career researcher or postdoctoral research assistant.

Proposals can be from any arts and humanities area.

Your placement will last three to six months.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£250,000
Award range:
£2,750 - £11,500
Publication date:
26 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Improve public engagement in science and technology: legacy award

Apply for legacy award funding to continue your programme to improve public engagement in science and technology.

You must have previously received funding through STFC Public Engagement awards.

Your previous award grant must have finished within the past 36 months.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£100,000
Maximum award:
£62,500
Publication date:
25 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Digital manufacturing

Apply for funding to support novel research into how digital approaches can be applied to improve manufacturing processes, manufacturing systems or both.

You must be:

  • a UK resident
  • based at an eligible research organisation.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,000,000
Publication date:
25 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Automotive Transformation Fund expression of interest: round 17

Registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital-centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF), Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000,000
Publication date:
23 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Research solutions for UK treescape expansion and resilience

Apply for funding to investigate how we can improve the expansion and resilience of UK treescapes at different scales.

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

Your project must:

  • include disciplines from at least two of the three funding research councils
  • work with at least one stakeholder group or relevant non-academic organisation.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Maximum award:
£625,000
Publication date:
19 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

International collaboration to address antimicrobial resistance

Apply for funding to develop or improve drugs or plant protection agents to help:

  • treat bacterial or fungal infections
  • reduce the spread of resistance to drugs.

You should:

  • be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding
  • apply as part of a consortium of transnational partners.

Your project should involve either:

  • licensed antibiotics or antifungals
  • interventions in pre-clinical or early clinical development.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
Funders from 17 Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) member countries
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,500,000
Maximum award:
£250,000
Publication date:
18 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

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