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Public Engagement Spark Awards 2025B

Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science.

Applicant organisations must:

  • be UK-based
  • produce annual accounts certified by an accountant

Proposals must include an appropriate STFC subject matter expert.

Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): strand 3

UK NHS organisations can apply for a share of up to £85 million for Obesity Pathway Innovations. Funding for this competition is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (£50 million) and Eli Lilly and Company Limited (£35 million).

Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): strand 2

UK NHS organisations can apply for a share of up to £85 million for Obesity Pathway Innovations. Funding for this competition is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (£50 million) and Eli Lilly and Company Limited (£35 million).

Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): strand 1

UK NHS organisations can apply for a share of up to £85 million for Obesity Pathway Innovations. Funding for this competition is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (£50 million) and Eli Lilly and Company Limited (£35 million).

Farming Innovation Programme: small R&D partnership projects round four

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £7.8 million for small research and development (R&D) partnership projects. This funding is from the industry-led R&D Partnerships Fund, a part of the Defra Farming Innovation Programme.

Innovate UK innovation loans: round 23

UK registered businesses can apply for loans for close to market innovative projects with strong commercial potential. They must significantly improve the UK economy and drive societal benefit.

Addressing nuclear fission challenges for a prosperous future

Apply for funding for academic research into addressing nuclear fission priorities and challenges within the UK. EPSRC would welcome large consortia to address fission priorities through a whole-systems approach.

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

Africa-UK physics partnership collaborative projects 2025

Apply for funding for collaborative physics projects addressing the challenges of climate change, energy, and capacity building across African economies.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding and have a co-lead based at an eligible African research organisation.

Unlocking the full potential of nature-based engineering

Apply for funding to conduct novel research in nature-based engineering, which can be defined as designing and developing future systems and technologies using principles or processes inspired or supported by nature.

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

Opening up the Environment 2026

Apply for funding to deliver purposeful activities to increase the diversity of the UK environmental science community.

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

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