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BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for operational systems

UK registered small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) can apply for a share of up to £5 million to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning solutions that perform, control or coordinate operational activity.

BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for decision critical systems

UK registered small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) can apply for a share of up to £5 million to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning solutions that support consequential judgements, recommendations or decisions.

Mid-range equipment for biosciences research: ALERT 2026

Apply for funding to purchase mid-range equipment for research across BBSRC’s scientific remit through ALERT 2026.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. Research technical professionals are eligible as project leads or project co-leads for this funding opportunity.

Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: explore awards

Apply for funding to advance knowledge through ambitious, curiosity-driven social science. Explore awards support individuals or small teams to pursue bold, novel ideas within ESRC’s remit that advance knowledge.

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

Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: grow awards

Apply for funding to make a step-change in your career. Grow awards support individual researchers at key career points to develop capabilities or pivot direction, strengthening the UK’s social science research base.

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

Pre-announcement: Future Data Services: Joining up the data service workforce

Apply for Future Data Services funding to bring together communities of practitioners to exchange knowledge, improve working practices and deliver better data services for researchers.

Pre-announcement: Open-source semiconductor security platform development

Apply for funding to support the development of an open-source hardware security research platform to strengthen the UK’s capability to design, test and assure secure hardware.

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

Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: challenge awards

Apply for funding to bring people, expertise and ideas together in ambitious, larger-scale programmes. Challenge awards tackle major research, economic and societal challenges, generating impactful knowledge and innovation.

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

Pre-announcement: NMIP sandpit: Digital materials for accelerated innovation

Apply to attend a three to five-day sandpit to develop high-impact projects that address the challenges and opportunities of integrating digital approaches to accelerate the translation of materials research.

Attendance at the sandpit does not guarantee UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

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