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.
Open
Grant
£20,000,000
£2,000,000
23 October 2025
28 October 2025 9:00am UK time
5 February 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to undertake a PhD.
Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.
You must:
be a registered healthcare professional
be at an appropriate point in your training to undertake a PhD
show plans to pursue a research career
Open
Fellowship
22 October 2025
22 October 2025 9:00am UK time
14 January 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to reacquire research skills.
Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.
You must:
be a registered healthcare professional
be a PhD graduate working outside of research, usually five or more years ago
show plans to pursue a research career
Open
Fellowship
22 October 2025
22 October 2025 9:00am UK time
14 January 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for support to become an independent researcher in a medical research field.
Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council’s (MRC) remit to improve human health.
You must:
be a registered healthcare professional
have a PhD or equivalent
show evidence of career development
Open
Fellowship
22 October 2025
22 October 2025 9:00am UK time
14 January 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to collaborate on arts and humanities projects with German research partners.
You must be:
based at a research organisation eligible to apply to AHRC
working with a German team led by a researcher eligible to apply to DFG
proposing a project within the remit of AHRC
Open
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Grant
£5,900,000
£420,000
16 October 2025
16 October 2025 9:00am UK time
11 February 2026 4:00pm UK time
UK organisations can apply for funding to collaborate on industrial research projects with partners in Eureka member countries and Japan.
Open
Grant
£2,000,000
7 October 2025
13 October 2025 9:30am UK time
21 January 2026 11:00am UK time
The Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF) will invest up to £500 million into the development and scaling of high potential innovation clusters across the UK. The fund is deployed across an Earmarked Strand and a Competed Strand.
The Competed Strand is a competitive route for partnerships outside of the Earmarked Strand.
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UK Research and Innovation
Grant
£500,000,000
£20,000,000
6 October 2025
6 October 2025 9:00am UK time
12 February 2026 4:00pm UK time
The Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF) will invest up to £500 million into the development and scaling of high potential innovation clusters across the UK. The fund is deployed across two strands, an Earmarked Strand and a Competed Strand.
This funding opportunity is invitation only for the Earmarked Strand funding.
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UK Research and Innovation
Grant
£500,000,000
6 October 2025
6 October 2025 9:00am UK time
3 February 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to support innovative, large-scale and complex projects that tackle big environmental science questions and have the potential to produce world-leading research.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.
Open
Grant
£20,000,000
£1,120,000 - £3,450,000
2 October 2025
16 October 2025 9:00am UK time
26 February 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
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Ministry of Defence (MOD)
Grant
£50,000,000
£26,250,000
1 October 2025
1 October 2025 9:00am UK time
4 February 2026 4:00pm UK time