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SMEs transforming food production: series A investor round 2

UK registered SMEs transforming food production towards net zero can apply for a share of up to £5 million in grant support. This must align with a series A investment. The grant funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
7 October 2021
Opening date:
18 October 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Access to high performance computing

Apply for access to high performance computing (HPC) services to support any research in EPSRC’s remit.

The services are tier 1 (ARCHER2) and tier 2.

You must live in the UK and be from one of these UK organisations:

  • higher education institution
  • research council institute
  • UKRI-independent research organisation
  • NHS body with research capacity.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Other
Publication date:
7 October 2021
Opening date:
7 October 2021
Closing date:

Circular economy for SMEs: innovating with the NICER programme

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million to research, test and develop step-change circular economy approaches.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Publication date:
6 October 2021
Opening date:
11 October 2021 09:30 UK time
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:
Open
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:
1 October 2021
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:
Open
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:
4 October 2021
Closing date:

Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2021 to 2022, round 4

UK registered academic institutions, research and technology organisations (RTOs) or catapults can apply for a share of up to £8 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not-for-profits.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£8,000,000
Publication date:
1 October 2021
Opening date:
4 October 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Innovate UK smart grants: October 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:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Publication date:
1 October 2021
Opening date:
7 October 2021
Closing date:

Biomedical catalyst 2021 round two: feasibility and primer awards

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £12 million to develop innovative healthcare products, technologies and processes.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£12,000,000
Publication date:
1 October 2021
Opening date:
18 October 2021 09:30 UK time
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:
Open
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:
11 October 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

India and UK creative industries and cultural heritage engagement

Apply for one of three opportunities:

  • review and map the creative economy in India and the research and innovation ecosystem which supports it
  • analyse AHRC’s portfolio of India and UK cultural heritage research
  • deliver impact and engagement activities for India’s 75th anniversary of independence, following on from past and existing AHRC-funded research.

You and your organisation must be eligible for UKRI funding.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£300,000
Publication date:
28 September 2021
Opening date:
28 September 2021
Closing date:

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