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Build a network to promote academic engagement with Catapults

Apply for funding to build a network that will:

  • encourage engagement between academia and the Catapult centres
  • deliver the Researchers in Residence awards.

You must:

  • be a UK resident
  • be based at an eligible research organisation
  • have experience of running large centres or networks.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,350,000
Maximum award:
£2,350,000
Publication date:
11 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Business and academia prosperity partnership: fifth round

Apply for funding to support an established research partnership between business and academic institutions.

Prosperity partnership programmes must:

  • be led by a business
  • address EPSRC’s delivery plan priorities, particularly for delivering economic and social prosperity.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£38,000,000
Publication date:
22 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Improve the sustainability of urban systems and infrastructure

Apply for funding to develop research networks that will focus on improving the sustainability of urban systems and infrastructure.

You must be:

  • a UK resident
  • based at an eligible research organisation.

You can apply for one of three networks on:

  • green infrastructure development
  • low carbon connected digital infrastructure
  • sustainable urban systems.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,600,000
Maximum award:
£1,200,000
Publication date:
21 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Build a network to research sustainable agri-food for net zero

Apply for funding to develop a research network that will focus on improving the sustainability of the agri-food system.

You must be:

  • based at an eligible UK-based organisation
  • working in a science discipline.

Co-investigators can be from any discipline.

Your network is expected to:

  • focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions
  • build interdisciplinary partnerships
  • involve stakeholders
  • develop future research plans.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK Research and Innovation
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
21 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Digital security by design: software ecosystem development

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £8 million for projects to work on the development of the digital security by design (DSbD) software ecosystem.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£8,000,000
Publication date:
15 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Support the development of research software engineering

Apply for funding for activities to support the development of research software engineering in the UK.

You must be either:

  • a researcher or research software engineer at an eligible research organisation
  • an employee of an eligible public sector research establishment.

You can be from any area of the UK research community. You do not need to be working within EPSRC’s remit.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£670,000
Maximum award:
£500,000
Publication date:
14 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Developing quantum technologies for fundamental physics

Apply for funding to apply, or adapt, quantum technologies to fundamental physics questions.

You and your institution should be eligible for UKRI funding.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Maximum award:
£500,000
Publication date:
13 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Digital solutions to reduce energy demand and carbon production

Apply for funding to research digital technologies that reduce energy demand and carbon production.

You must be a UK-based researcher employed by an eligible research organisation.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
Siemens
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£400,000
Maximum award:
£62,500
Publication date:
13 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Build research communities with the UK financial services sector

Apply for funding to develop a new research network with partners in the UK financial services.

You must be eligible for EPSRC funding.

Your network is expected to:

  • identify and address data-centric, quantitative, technological and ‘real-world’ research challenges
  • involve collaboration with project partners from the user-focused financial services sector
  • help form new research communities.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Maximum award:
£2,500,000
Publication date:
10 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Research nuclear energy with a US partner: 2022

Apply for funding to research nuclear energy with a US partner. This funding allows you to take part in the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) from the U.S. Department of Energy.

You must be a UK-based researcher who:

  • is employed by an eligible research organisation
  • does not hold a postdoctoral level fellowship.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
US Department of Energy (DOE)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Publication date:
3 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

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