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ADR UK Academic Lead 2026 to 2031: Better Economic Data (HMRC/DWP)

Apply for funding to become an Academic Lead working in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), to deliver better economic data.

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

Innovate UK Venture Builder Pilot Expression of Interest

Innovate UK is funding up to £150,000 for a pilot Innovate UK Venture Builder Programme to support new deep-tech spin-outs and to help them in raising their first significant investment. This is the Expression of Interest stage of the competition.

Medicines manufacturing: labs of the future

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £7.5 million to support the development and use of digital, automated, and robotic technologies.

This aims to improve the speed and efficiency of pharmaceutical process development and manufacturing.

Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million. This programme focuses on the creation, curation, annotation and exploitation of FAIR-data and benchmarks which will fuel AI industry growth. This funding is from Innovate UK.

Battery innovation concept development round 2

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million to support innovation in battery grade material technologies for electrification. This funding is from The Battery Innovation Programme.

ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: round 8

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application.

Materials Innovation Programme Coordination Network Pluses

Apply for funding to establish a materials focused Network Plus, that coordinates a community of research and industrial stakeholders around one of four identified themes aligned to the National Materials Innovation Strategy (NMIS).

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

Diet and health: collaborative research and development grants: full stage

Apply for BBSRC and Defra funding to support collaborative R&D projects developing novel products and innovations delivering healthy, sustainable, and resilient diets for the UK population.

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

UKRI Translation: EPSRC ACT Proof of Concept

Apply for follow-on funding to support early to mid-stage commercialisation of research in Advanced Connectivity Technologies. Applications must build on existing engineering and physical sciences research outputs.

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

Artificial intelligence humanities sandpits: Canada, UK and US invite only

Apply for funding to put humanities insights and methodologies at the heart of artificial intelligence tech design.

You must be based at a UK, Canadian or US research organisation eligible for funding. You must have attended the sandpit workshop in Montreal in February 2026 to act as a project lead (PL) for this opportunity.

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