Apply for funding for large team-based fundamental bioscience research projects pushing the frontiers of human knowledge.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
Full stage submissions are invitation only following assessment of a sLoLa outline application.
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Grant
£20,000,000
£2,000,000
23 October 2025
28 October 2025 9:00am UK time
5 February 2026 4:00pm UK time
EPSRC is seeking to support applications through our standard research grant scheme in the following two areas:
advanced materials solutions for critical minerals
in-situ and in operando materials metrology and characterisation
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
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Grant
21 August 2025
25 August 2025 9:00am UK time
To be confirmed
Programme grants provide flexible funding to world-leading research groups addressing significant major research challenges.
This funding opportunity is only for invited applicants.
We will award 80% of the full economic costs (FEC) of the project.
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Grant
20 February 2025
4 March 2025 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
These are personal, career development focused awards for the mathematical sciences.
You must have either:
a PhD
more than four years’ experience in a relevant field by the start of your fellowship
Candidates with more research experience may prefer to apply for our open fellowship.
Open
Fellowship
14 February 2025
19 February 2025 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
These are personal, career development focused awards for the mathematical sciences.
You must have either:
a PhD and some years of additional research experience
more than four years’ experience in a relevant field by the start of your fellowship
We have postdoctoral fellowships for earlier career researchers.
Open
Fellowship
30 January 2025
30 January 2025 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
Apply for funding to purchase strategic infrastructure including equipment, resources or both.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding.
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Grant
£400,000
18 June 2024
18 June 2024 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
Applications to the Mathematical Sciences Small Grants funding opportunity must focus on original research projects.
This funding opportunity will follow a different assessment process to EPSRC’s responsive mode opportunities.
Standard EPSRC eligibility rules apply.
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Grant
£2,000,000
£10,000 - £80,000
23 November 2023
2 January 2024 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
UKRI and FNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable and support applications between researchers in the UK and Luxembourg. UKRI will fund the UK component and FNR will fund the Luxembourg component of the application.
Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.
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Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR)
Grant
21 December 2022
N/A
Open - no closing date
Under the UKRI-FAPESP lead agency agreement, participant UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) research councils receive and assess joint applications from eligible UK and Brazil-based researchers from the state of São Paulo on behalf of both organisations.
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São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Grant
20 September 2020
N/A
Open - no closing date
The UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity allows UK and US-based researchers to submit a collaborative proposal that will go through a single review process. Grants are funded through existing funding programmes at the relevant lead agency.
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US National Science Foundation’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (NSF/SBE)
Grant
£1,000,000
20 September 2020
N/A
Open - no closing date