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Sandpit: Reservoir Computing for national security and defence

Apply to attend a four-day interactive interdisciplinary sandpit to develop projects on reservoir computing for national security and defence applications.

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

AIRR compute opportunity: AI for Science

Apply for between 200,000 and 1,000,000 graphics processing unit hours on the Isambard-AI and Dawn supercomputers for artificial intelligence (AI) related research and development projects.

You must be a UK researcher from academia, industry or other organisations.

Turing AI pioneer interdisciplinary fellowships (invite only)

Apply for fellowship funding to build artificial intelligence (AI) capability.

This funding opportunity is for established researchers from across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit, without a background in core AI research, who want to build domain relevant AI capability.

You may apply only if invited to do so following a successful outline application.

Research and partnership hubs for a healthy society (invite only)

Apply for funding to establish a large-scale multidisciplinary research hub drawing on expertise across the EPSRC and health research community to support people to live healthier lives and prevent ill health.

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

Metascience sandpit: scientometrics for research assessment

Apply to attend a four-day interactive sandpit to co-develop research projects that develop, validate, and critique novel scientometric indicators for use in research assessment and in future metascience research.

The sandpit will take place in April 2026.

Future Leaders Fellowships: round 11

Funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be a researcher or innovator who is looking to establish or transition to independence.

Metascience research grants: round two

Apply for funding to undertake cutting-edge Metascience research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting research and development (R&D), including the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and the challenges of measuring research excellence.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

Fundamental AI Research Lab

Apply to lead the formation of a strategic research lab dedicated to advancing the UK’s position in fundamental artificial intelligence (AI) development. Up to £40 million delivered in stages is available over six years to support research and training.

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

EPSRC Materials Innovation Partnerships

Apply for funding to support ambitious, collaborative research programmes.

Materials Innovation Partnerships must be co-created and co-delivered by business and academic partners that share an existing working relationship and align to one of the six themes in the National Materials Innovation Strategy.

UKRI Translation: Proof of Concept

Apply for proof-of-concept funding to support early to mid-stage commercialisation of research in any discipline or remit, leading to the development of new products, processes or services.

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

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