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AHRC infrastructure policy and engagement fellowships

Apply for funding to undertake research and engagement in either:

  • the creative industries
  • heritage science and conservation research.

You must hold a PhD or have equivalent professional expertise. You must also have at least seven years’ experience in the relevant field.

Projects can last up to five months, taking place between March and July 2021.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£240,000
Maximum award:
£60,000
Publication date:
19 January 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Innovate UK Smart Grants: Jan 2021

Opportunity for UK-registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £25 million to deliver game-changing and commercially viable research and development innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Publication date:
16 February 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Linked justice and education data research fellowship

Apply for funding to conduct research and analysis to demonstrate how Ministry of Justice (MoJ) justice data and Department for Education (DfE) educational data could have an impact on policy.

You must be an individual researcher from an eligible UKRI research organisation.

Projects should last 12 months.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£650,000
Maximum award:
£130,000
Publication date:
28 January 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Healthy Ageing Catalyst Awards 2021

Apply for funding and support to turn research into products and services for healthy ageing. Your project must develop ideas that are innovative, high risk and high reward.

You must have a PhD or similar research experience.

The Catalyst Awards are part of the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge and delivered in partnership with Zinc.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,250,000
Maximum award:
£62,500
Publication date:
17 December 2020
Opening date:
Closing date:

Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund 2021

Apply for support to develop new long-term partnerships with international researchers.

Your partnership can be in any research area from across NERC’s remit and must have the potential to become self-sustaining.

You and your organisation must be eligible for NERC funding and you must not hold another active Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund grant, as a principal investigator or co-investigator, at the closing date for this grant.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Co-funders:
State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Maximum award:
£100,000
Publication date:
1 February 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Webb Fellowship using the James Webb Space Telescope

Apply for a fellowship to:

  • do your own research programme using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
  • enhance community use of the JWST, and increase its impact.

You must have a PhD in astronomy, astrophysics, physics or similar.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
4 February 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

SBRI improving hip fracture outcomes using data, phase one

Organisations can apply for a share of £160,000 inclusive of VAT to develop a solution which will improve quality of care and outcomes for hip fracture patients.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Scottish Government
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£160,000
Publication date:
11 January 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Expression of interest: ATI Programme strategic batch: Feb 2021

The ATI Programme funds industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£150,000,000
Publication date:
1 February 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

SBRI improving hip fracture outcomes using data, phase one

The aim of the competition is to improve outcomes for hip fracture patients by developing a system using routinely collected health data and data-analytics techniques.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Scottish Government through Health Innovation South East Scotland
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£45,000
Publication date:
8 February 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Expression of interest: transforming UK food systems for health and environment

Apply for funding to support interdisciplinary research aiming to transform the UK food system for healthy people and a healthy environment.

Your project can be led by an eligible UK-based researcher in any discipline and must collaborate with at least one stakeholder organisation.

This funding is from the Strategic Priorities Fund.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Public Health England (PHE), Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£14,000,000
Award range:
£250,000 - £2,000,000
Publication date:
2 February 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

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