Apply for funding to purchase strategic infrastructure that will improve UK scientific capability and enable cutting-edge research of high priority to EPSRC.
This funding opportunity is for invited applicants only.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
Open
Grant
£400,000
30 June 2026
7 July 2026 9:00am UK time
8 October 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for this jointly funded opportunity between EPSRC and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) aiming to support two projects focused on the decommissioning of Fukushima and Sellafield.
Open
Grant
£950,000
£250,000 - £593,750
16 June 2026
16 June 2026 9:00am UK time
8 September 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to form world-leading partnerships with collaborators in Japan for your research into Advanced Connectivity Technologies.
UK applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
Japanese applicants must be eligible for NICT funding.
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National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Grant
£3,365,000
£1,121,600
15 June 2026
15 June 2026 9:00am UK time
8 September 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within EPSRC Mathematical Sciences remit.
You must have:
a PhD
evidence of career consolidation and past productivity
plans for establishing your own research niche that enables a step-change towards independence
Open
Fellowship
£1,250,000
20 May 2026
21 May 2026 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
Apply for MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges.
You must be invited to apply for this stage of the funding opportunity.
Open
Ministry of Defence (MOD)
Grant
£50,000,000
£26,250,000
14 May 2026
14 May 2026 9:00am UK time
10 September 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease.
Your application must include an intervention in humans.
You must be a researcher based at a research organisation eligible to apply for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.
Open
Grant
30 April 2026
30 April 2026 9:00am UK time
7 October 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to take the next step towards becoming an independent researcher.
Your research must be in the remit of the Medical Research Council.
You must have:
the skills and experience to ‘transition to independence’
the support of an eligible host research organisation
Open
Grant
7 April 2026
7 April 2026 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
Apply for funding to support exciting and ambitious research within the remit of the Medical Research Council, to transform our understanding of human health and disease
You must be employed by an eligible research organisation.
You can involve more than one research group or organisation in the project.
Open
Grant
7 April 2026
7 April 2026 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
Apply for funding to support exciting and ambitious partnerships within the remit of the Medical Research Council.
You must be employed by an eligible research organisation.
Partnerships are novel collaborative activities between researchers to transform our understanding of human health and disease.
Open
Grant
7 April 2026
7 April 2026 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
Apply for funding to pursue an adventurous, ambitious, curiosity-driven project in environmental research.
You must be:
based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding
in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements
Open
Grant
£950,000
30 March 2026
31 March 2026 9:00am UK time
22 September 2026 4:00pm UK time