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2409 : Robotics Adoption Central Convening Body

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for creating a central convening body to coordinate the robotics adoption hubs. Funding is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

Centre for Longitudinal Studies: 2027 to 2031 (invite only)

Apply for funding to support the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS ) in managing Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)’s life-course cohort portfolio. This will ensure the continued provision of longitudinal data for UK social science research, policy, and practice.

Pre-announcement: ESRC React Awards (pilot)

Apply for responsive funding to generate time-critical research to support policymakers and practitioners delivering frontline services in the UK.

You must be based at a UK organisation eligible for ESRC funding and have a confirmed public sector organisation partner who will use project outputs.

Pre-announcement: ESRC Connect Awards: pilot

Apply for funding to connect with other researchers to scope, seed and grow emerging research fields and new areas of inquiry.

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

Pre-announcement: NetworkPlus in property flood resilience

Apply for funding to develop an interdisciplinary NetworkPlus to address research needs for increased property flood resilience adoption and uptake in the UK.

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

UK-Germany Collaborative Innovation for Quantum Technologies 2026

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for innovative projects in quantum.

Advancing innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare

Organisations can apply for a share of £20 million across two competitions. Projects will advance development of pharmaceutical, digital and medtech tools to improve treatment recovery and prevention of harm and deaths from drug and alcohol addictions.

Zero Emission Flight Demonstrator round one

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of a minimum of £8 million for developing zero emission capable flight in the UK, subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. This funding is from DfT.

Metascience research grants: round two

Apply for funding to undertake cutting-edge Metascience research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting research and development (R&D), including the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and the challenges of measuring research excellence.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

Full ADOPT grant: round six

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for 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.

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