Apply for funding to support exciting and ambitious partnerships within the remit of the Medical Research Council.
You must be employed by an eligible research organisation.
Partnerships are novel collaborative activities between researchers to transform our understanding of human health and disease.
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Grant
7 April 2026
7 April 2026 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
Apply for funding to support exciting and ambitious research within the remit of the Medical Research Council, to transform our understanding of human health and disease
You must be employed by an eligible research organisation.
You can involve more than one research group or organisation in the project.
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Grant
7 April 2026
7 April 2026 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
Apply for funding to take the next step towards becoming an independent researcher.
Your research must be in the remit of the Medical Research Council.
You must have:
the skills and experience to ‘transition to independence’
the support of an eligible host research organisation
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Grant
7 April 2026
7 April 2026 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease.
Your application must include an intervention in humans.
You must be a researcher based at a research organisation eligible to apply for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.
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Grant
30 April 2026
30 April 2026 9:00am UK time
7 October 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
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Grant
£2,000,000
1 May 2026
1 May 2026 9:00am UK time
Open - no closing date
Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
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Grant
£2,000,000
1 May 2026
1 May 2026 9:00am UK time
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Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within EPSRC Mathematical Sciences remit.
You must have:
a PhD
evidence of career consolidation and past productivity
plans for establishing your own research niche that enables a step-change towards independence
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Fellowship
£1,250,000
20 May 2026
21 May 2026 9:00am UK time
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UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises can submit an Expression of Interest for loans for close to market innovative projects with strong commercial potential. They must significantly improve the UK economy and drive societal benefit.
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Loan
£20,000,000
£100,000 - £5,000,000
10 June 2026
6 June 2026 9:30am UK time
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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million, to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.
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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), The Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC)
Grant
£150,000,000
29 June 2026
17 June 2026 9:30am UK time
Open - no closing date
This funding opportunity was previously titled ‘Developmental pathway funding scheme: stage one’.
Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions.
You must be employed at a research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.
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Grant
2 July 2026
2 July 2026 9:00am UK time
18 November 2026 4:00pm UK time