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Doctoral focal award: nuclear skills

Apply for funding for doctoral focal awards (previously centres for doctoral training) to deliver cohort-based doctoral education in civil and defence nuclear skills to home students. An intent to submit must be completed by 12 September 2025 4:00pm UK time.

Funding is subject to business case approval and the spending review.

Pilot projects with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative

Apply for pilot project funding in collaboration with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative.

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

Cultural heritage and climate change networks to drive policy change

Apply for DCMS funding to maximise the international partnership brokering and networking opportunities of UK arts and humanities research, as a step towards the Horizon Europe Resilient Cultural Heritage Partnership.

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

Aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on the climate 2025

Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research which focuses on the underpinning science of aviation’s non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) impacts and how they interact with climate over time with the view to identifying benefits, mitigation options, informing industry and government policy decisions.

Facility access funding for bioscience partnerships (invite only)

Apply for this invitation-only funding opportunity to support business and academic partnerships in accessing STFC skills, capabilities and facilities to find solutions to industrially relevant bioscience challenges.

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

Rapid evidence reviews for the UKRI Research Programme on Gambling

Apply for funding to conduct rapid evidence reviews in support of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Research Programme on Gambling. The reviews will identify evidence gaps within the research and innovation ecosystem relating to gambling harms.

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

Pushing the frontiers of environmental research: January 2026

Apply for funding to pursue an ambitious, high risk and high reward curiosity-driven project in environmental research.

You must be:

  • based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding
  • in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements

DRIVE35 scale-up: feasibility studies

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for feasibility studies into UK manufacturing of zero emission vehicle technologies.

DRIVE35 innovation fund: collaborate

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late-stage collaborative research and development projects. Your project will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.

Drive35 innovation fund: demonstrate

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late stage demonstration research and development projects. Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.

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