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Purchase mid-range equipment for biosciences research: ALERT 2021

Apply for funding for mid-range equipment for research across BBSRC’s scientific areas.

You must be a researcher from an eligible UK research organisation.

You can only lead on one application.

This is the latest round of ALERT funding.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£10,000,000
Award range:
£200,000 - £1,000,000
Publication date:
11 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

SBRI UK National Robotics Proving Ground: feasibility studies

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £500,000, inclusive of VAT, to develop high level design concepts for a UK National Robotics Proving Ground.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£500,000
Publication date:
8 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Environmental science: NERC standard and new investigator grants

Apply for funding to carry out a research project in any area of environmental science in the remit of NERC.

You must be:

  • based at an eligible UK research organisation
  • at lecturer level, or equivalent

If applying for a ‘new investigator’ grant, you must also be at the start of your independent scientific career.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£20,000,000
Maximum award:
£800,000
Publication date:
4 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Researching zoonotic pathogen emergence, detection and protection

Apply for funding to:

  • improve understanding of the animal-human-environment interface
  • develop vaccine and diagnostics technology platforms to improve animal health.

You must be:

  • a UK scientist based at an eligible UK institute
  • working in the fields of animal health or detection and prevention technologies in relation to zoonotic diseases.

Applications must be submitted through the ICRAD website. See the full details on the ICRAD funding opportunity announcement.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Co-funders:
National Agricultural Technology Institute, INTA, Argentina; Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (FPS Health), Belgium; The Fund for Scientific Research – FNRS (F.R.S.-FNRS), Belgium; The Research Foundation, Flanders (FWO), Belgium; Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Danish AgriFish Agency (DAFA), Denmark; Ministry of Rural Affairs (MEM), Estonia; Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France; Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) represented by the Federal Office of Agriculture and Food (BLE), Germany; Hellenic Agricultural Organization (DIMITRA), Greece; Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Ireland; Ministry of Health (MoH), Italy; State Education Development Agency (VIAA), Latvia; Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania (ZUM), Lithuania; Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (MINLNV), The Netherlands; Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju (NCBR), Poland; Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MSHE), Russia; Agencia Estatal de Investigación, (AEI), Spain; The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS), Sweden; Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (TAGEM), Turkey; The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Turkey; The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
4 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Innovate UK smart grants: Oct 2021

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable research and development (R&D) innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.

This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Publication date:
1 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

SBRI: vaccines for epidemic diseases

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million inclusive of VAT, to enhance clinical and regulatory preparedness of vaccines against diseases that have outbreak potential in a low- or middle-income country.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department of Health and Social Care
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£10,000,000
Publication date:
30 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Public engagement with STFC science, technology or facilities

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

This opportunity is open to a wide range of organisations.

You can apply if you’re a UK organisation with an annual financial report and accounts.

Your project must focus on an area within the remit of STFC.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£100,000
Maximum award:
£15,000
Publication date:
23 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Advancing adolescent mental health and wellbeing research

Apply for funding to help improve research in the field of ‘adolescence, mental health and the developing mind’ through:

  • methodological innovation
  • capability building.

You can be researcher at any career stage who is:

  • within the remit of AHRC, ESRC or MRC
  • based in the UK
  • from a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£8,000,000
Award range:
£125,000 - £1,250,000
Publication date:
22 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Business and academia prosperity partnership: fifth round

Apply for funding to support an established research partnership between business and academic institutions.

Prosperity partnership programmes must:

  • be led by a business
  • address EPSRC’s delivery plan priorities, particularly for delivering economic and social prosperity.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£38,000,000
Publication date:
22 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Improve the sustainability of urban systems and infrastructure

Apply for funding to develop research networks that will focus on improving the sustainability of urban systems and infrastructure.

You must be:

  • a UK resident
  • based at an eligible research organisation.

You can apply for one of three networks on:

  • green infrastructure development
  • low carbon connected digital infrastructure
  • sustainable urban systems.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,600,000
Maximum award:
£1,200,000
Publication date:
21 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

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