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Environmental sciences: Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund 2025

Apply for funding to create new and sustainable global partnerships in environmental science.

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

The inclusion of one of more international project partners is mandatory.

Sandpit: moving respiratory health diagnosis into the 21st century

Apply to attend a five-day interdisciplinary sandpit to develop research ideas to monitor and diagnose respiratory health conditions .

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

You must complete an expression of interest to apply.

Future Leaders Fellowships: round 10

Apply 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

Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition round six, strand one pre-deployment trials

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million for innovative clean maritime technologies. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

P2R: increasing UK policymaker engagement with research

Apply for funding to develop and expand UK-wide policy to research (P2R) infrastructure facilitating direct connections between public and civil servants and research organisations.

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

LUCIA-Local Government Association (LGA) ECR fellowship programme

Apply for funding to connect researchers and local, regional and national government representatives, and conduct research into equitable, cross-sector partnership building, as a LUCIA-LGA early career fellow.

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

BBSRC Follow-on Fund: 2025 round one

Apply for Follow-on Funding (FoF) to bridge the gap between bioscience research and achieving economic and societal benefit.

FoF applications must draw substantially on current or prior BBSRC funding.

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

Nucleus Public Engagement Awards 2025

Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)-supported science, technology or facilities.

You must work for an organisation that:

  • is based in the UK
  • has audited accounts

Proposals must include a subject matter expert in an STFC-funded area.

Public Engagement Legacy Awards: 2025A

Apply for Legacy award funding to continue your programme to improve public engagement in an area of science and technology within STFC’s remit.

You must have previously received funding through STFC public engagement Spark or Nucleus awards that have finished within the past 36 months.

Cybersecurity academic startup accelerator programme year nine: phase one

Individuals based in a UK academic institution can apply for a share of up to £800,000 to join the Cyber Security Academic Startup Accelerator Programme.

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