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Expressions of interest: Arts and humanities urgency grants

Apply for funding for urgent arts and humanities research. Funding of up to £150,000 is available for projects of up to 18 months. Research must support a development need or challenge in low or middle income countries.

You will find out whether your project is eligible within five working days.

Particle physics experiment grants

Particle physics research grants support research in the areas of experimental and theoretical particle physics and certain aspects of particle astrophysics. Applications for work in these areas are assessed by the Particle physics grants panel.

Bridging for Innovators

Bridging for Innovators (B4I) offers businesses unique access to a suite of high-tech scientific facilities and knowledge to fast-track solutions to industrial challenges.

BBSRC standard research grant: welfare of managed animals

You can apply for funding to support research into the welfare of managed animals. This area is an annual focus within BBSRC standard research grants.

You can apply if you meet the eligibility requirements for BBSRC standard research grants.

Healthcare technologies investigator-led grant

You can apply for support for high-quality engineering and physical sciences research in line with our healthcare technologies theme and strategy.

We will fund research into chemistry, engineering, information and communications technologies, materials, mathematical sciences and physics that underpin healthcare.

NERC urgency funding

Apply for funding to respond quickly to transient and unexpected scientific opportunities.

These may be events affecting the environment created by the occurrence of sporadic natural events such as:

  • earthquakes
  • droughts
  • floods
  • ephemeral events in ecosystems.

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

Secondary Data Analysis Initiative

This grant aims to support further use of existing data resources created by ESRC and other agencies. It is open to researchers at any career stage who wish to develop their skills in using secondary data. The social sciences must represent more than 50% of the research focus and effort.

ESRC new investigator grant

The new investigator grant supports early career researchers and academics to become independent researchers through gaining experience and skills in managing and leading research projects and teams.

The social sciences must represent more than 50% of the research focus and effort.

BBSRC standard research grant

You can apply for research grants at any time in any area within the remit of BBSRC. BBSRC funds research in plants, microbes, animals (including humans), and the tools and technology underpinning biological research from the level of molecules and cells, to tissues, whole organisms, populations and landscapes.

Turing Artificial Intelligence World-Leading Researcher Fellowships

This is invitation only.

Successful outline applicants are invited to submit their full proposals.

This will invest in the retention and international recruitment of a small number of world-leading AI researchers. This will enable the building of centres of excellence in key areas of AI research.

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