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Host the Central Programme Delivery for Digitised Natural Science Collections

Apply for funding to host the central programme delivery hub for the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) UK programme, for its ten-year duration. This is a closed funding opportunity, for application by invitation only.

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

Host the Catalysis Centre for Digitised Natural Science Collections

Apply for funding to host the Catalysis Centre for the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) UK programme, for its ten-year duration. This is a closed funding opportunity, for application by invitation only.

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

Full ADOPT grant: round three

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £3 million. This funding supports on-farm trial and demonstration projects to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.

This is an Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) grant.

BBSRC Engineering Biology (EngBio) ICURe Discover

Apply for funding to explore the potential market of your engineering biology-based idea, increase market awareness and gain deeper understanding of your technology’s potential applications.

You must be a bioscience researcher or technician based at a UK university, BBSRC-funded institute or approved public sector research enterprise.

BBSRC-STFC Biotechnology Business Incubation Centre (Bio BIC) 2025

Apply for funding to turn your innovative technology concepts into market reality.

You must:

  • be a UK-registered company under five years old that is majority-owned by founders and employees
  • have received previous support from UKRI or a UKRI partner organisation

Sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) series one

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.6 million for the development of Proof of Concept demonstrators of AI technologies with state of the art performance. This is to support the UK’s AI sovereignty objectives.

BBSRC Follow-on Fund: 2025 round two

Apply for Follow-on Funding (FoF) to bridge the gap between bioscience research and achieving economic and societal benefit.

FoF applications must draw substantially on current or prior BBSRC funding.

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

Expressions of interest: artificial intelligence humanities sandpits: Canada, UK and US

AHRC and SSHRC invite expressions of interest to attend a humanities-led, interdisciplinary research sandpit looking to put humanities insights and methodologies at the heart of artificial intelligence tech design.

Through in-person and virtual workshops, teams will form and develop project applications.

Growth catalyst early stage: new innovators

UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million to develop affordable, adoptable and investable innovations in the five critical technologies.

ADOPT facilitator support grant: round three

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500 to engage an external project facilitator to support the development of a full ADOPT grant application.

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