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Applications from across all disciplines and research councils’ remits are welcomed.
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Search and filter this listApply for funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be an early career researcher or innovator who is either:
- looking to establish or transition to independence
- developing your own original and ambitious plans within a commercial setting
Apply for funding to visit international partners, in order to initiate collaborations, prepare joint funding proposals, visit overseas facilities or attend European consortia-building events. Stays may be of up to one month in duration.
You must be an existing BBSRC-supported researcher in order to apply for funding.
You can apply for up to £35,000 over two years to pump-prime collaborations between scientists in the UK and São Paolo state in Brazil. The awards support the development of future applications within our remit under the UK Research and Innovation-São Paulo Research Foundation lead agency agreement.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses to partner with an academic organisation, research organisation or a Catapult, to employ a graduate with the skills and knowledge that can help the business to innovate and grow.
These fellowships are for those looking to return to a research career after a break. Fellowships combine a personalised retraining programme with a challenging research project. They are flexible, usually lasting two years at 0.5 full-time equivalent, although some UKRI funders may award longer.
The UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity allows UK and US-based researchers to submit a collaborative proposal that will go through a single review process. Grants are funded through existing funding programmes at the relevant lead agency.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and FAPESP’s lead agency agreement allows UKRI to assess joint applications from eligible UK and Brazil-based researchers from the state of São Paulo on behalf of both organisations.
UKRI and FAPESP will co-fund applications submitted to responsive mode funding opportunities via selected funding opportunities.
UKRI and FNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable and support applications between researchers in the UK and Luxembourg. UKRI will fund the UK component and FNR will fund the Luxembourg component of the application.
Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.
Apply for funding for a UK future internet NetworkPlus which brings together the research community and stakeholders.
This funding opportunity is part of the UKRI Creating Opportunities, Improving Outcomes strategic theme.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.