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AHRC large grants: outline stage

Apply for Large Grants funding to deliver novel, ambitious and transformative arts and humanities research projects at scale.

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

Doctoral focal awards in data-intensive sciences

Apply for funding to deliver STFC’s doctoral focal awards in the field of data-intensive sciences.

This funding opportunity builds on our previous investment, providing students with skills and training to enable careers in academia or industry.

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

Funding for STFC core summer schools for 2027

STFC invites applications for its 2027 core summer schools in:

  • Introduction to Astronomy
  • BUSSTEPP (British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Particle Physics)
  • Solar Physics, Nuclear Physics (every two years)
  • High Energy Physics (HEP)

Other events are not supported.

UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration: CHERI IKC

Apply for funding to establish an Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) focused on driving adoption of the Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) digital security by design technology.

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

Computing resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC facility (RAC19)

Apply for computing resources on the STFC DiRAC High Performance Computing facility.

DiRAC (Distributed Research Utilising Advanced Computing) supports STFC’s world class theory research programme including particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, astronomy, cosmology, solar system physics, and particle astrophysics.

Scaling performance of quantum computing hardware: CR&D

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £33 million to develop device level hardware and associated software to meet the scale, programmability, and runtime performance needs of universal fault tolerant quantum computers.

Early independence: BBSRC fellowships: full stage

Apply for a BBSRC fellowship to further your career through an independent research project.

You must:

  • be an early career researcher
  • hold a PhD qualification (or equivalent experience)
  • be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding

Early Independence: Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2026

Apply for this Early Independence Fellowship to support you to establish your own research niche and independence. You must hold a doctorate or evidence equivalent research experience and be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.

Enhancing resilience to wildfires in the wildland-urban interface

Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research projects with partners from the US, Canada or both to improve understanding of and resilience to wildfire occurrence and impacts in the wildland-urban interface.

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

Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies

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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