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Ethics in artificial intelligence research and development

Apply for funding to explore ways to include ethics in the research and development of artificial intelligence (AI). You will create new networks to carry out early research.

You must be employed by an eligible UK research institution.

Embedded digital researchers applying transformative technologies

Apply for funding for a placement with a non-academic organisation. You will help the organisation develop and use transformative digital technologies to support environmental solutions and catalyse further activity.

You can use the following technologies applied within an environmental context:

  • artificial intelligence (AI)
  • digital twinning
  • engineering biology informatics
  • quantum technologies
  • autonomous systems or robotics.

MRC population and systems medicine research grant: Sep 2021

An MRC research grant is the main way for UK-based medical researchers to apply for researcher-led project funding. You should apply if your research is on population and systems medicine.

There is no limit to the funding you can request. This funding opportunity runs three times every year.

MRC population and systems medicine new investigator research grant: Sep 2021

Funding is available from MRC’s Population and Systems Medicine Board to support researchers ready to progress to independence through their first major grant as a principal investigator.

There is no limit to the funding that you can request. This funding opportunity runs three times every year.

MRC population and systems medicine programme grant: Sep 2021

Funding is available from MRC’s Population and Systems Medicine Board to provide large, long-term and renewable programme funding for researchers working in the area of population and systems medicine.

There is no limit to the funding you can request. This funding opportunity runs three times every year.

MRC population and systems medicine partnership grants: Sep 2021

Funding is available from MRC’s Population and Systems Medicine Board to support new partnerships between researchers in the area of population and systems medicine.

Funding varies widely for partnerships lasting between one and five years. This funding opportunity runs three times every year.

Work with US researchers: BBSRC-NSF/BIO lead agency 2021

Apply for funding to collaborate with US researchers on a single proposal.

You must be:

  • a UK resident
  • based at a UK institution eligible to receive funding from UKRI.

Projects must be in one of the following areas:

  • biological informatics
  • microbes and the host immune system
  • quantum biology
  • synthetic cell.

Engage the public with the BBC’s past and future

Apply for funding to develop ways to engage the public in the context of the BBC’s centenary.

You can be a researcher from any area of AHRC’s remit.

We’ll fund two fellows. You must focus on one of these:

  • the history of the BBC
  • the future of broadcast media.

Engineering biology research, community and capacity development

Apply for funding for research, community and capacity development in engineering biology. This funding comes from Engineering Biology Transition Awards.

Your project must align with the themes of the proposed National Engineering Biology Programme (NEBP).

You must be of lecturer level or above and based at an eligible research organisation.

Research nuclear energy with a US partner: 2022

Apply for funding to research nuclear energy with a US partner. This funding allows you to take part in the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) from the U.S. Department of Energy.

You must be a UK-based researcher who:

  • is employed by an eligible research organisation
  • does not hold a postdoctoral level fellowship.

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