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Become a hydrogen research coordinator

Apply for funding to become a hydrogen research coordinator.

Coordinators will:

  • network within their research community
  • build a multidisciplinary consortium
  • develop a research programme for a potential future research centre.

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

Holders of postdoctoral fellowships are not eligible to apply.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£700,000
Maximum award:
£350,000
Publication date:
2 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Farming Innovation Programme: feasibility projects

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of £5.5 million for feasibility projects, from the industry-led research and development (R&D) Partnerships Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
20 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Farming Innovation Programme: small R&D partnership projects

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of £11 million for small research and development (R&D) Partnership Projects, from the industry-led R&D Partnerships Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£11,000,000
Publication date:
20 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Advancing adolescent mental health and wellbeing research

Apply for funding to help improve research in the field of ‘adolescence, mental health and the developing mind’ through:

  • methodological innovation
  • capability building.

You can be researcher at any career stage who is:

  • within the remit of AHRC, ESRC or MRC
  • based in the UK
  • from a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£8,000,000
Award range:
£125,000 - £1,250,000
Publication date:
22 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:

Enhance living and post-mortem human nervous tissue resources

Apply for funding to establish a national human nervous tissue sample resource.

This will be a pilot to enable researchers to access living and post-mortem nervous tissue.

The resource should support neuroscience and mental health research.

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

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
26 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Develop your arts and humanities research practice as a librarian

Apply for funding to develop your professional practice as an academic or research librarian.

You must work within an academic or research library in either a:

  • UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding
  • RLUK member organisation.

This fellowship is run in partnership with RLUK. Find the full details of the Professional Practice Fellowship Scheme on the RLUK website.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Research Libraries UK (RLUK)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£100,000
Maximum award:
£25,000
Publication date:
21 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

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:

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:
Closed
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:
Closing date:

Inform policies for culture, heritage and the creative industries

Apply for funding to spend up to 13.5 months working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

You must:

  • be based at an organisation eligible for UKRI funding
  • have a PhD or equivalent experience
  • meet AHRC’s early career researcher status
  • have expertise in one of the fellowship areas.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Award range:
£100,000 - £135,000
Publication date:
29 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

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