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Solar and planetary studies 2022

Apply for funding to support all aspects of the solar system science research programme at your institution.

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

Your group can apply for one of the following:

  • a consolidated grant
  • a consortium grant.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
16 December 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Astronomy observation and theory 2022

Apply for funding to support all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics beyond the solar system at your institution.

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

Your group can apply for one of the following:

  • a consolidated grant
  • a consortium grant.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
16 December 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Developing automotive technologies and growing capability towards net zero

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of £25 million for late stage research and development projects that help accelerate the UK towards a net zero automotive future.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Publication date:
18 January 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Cyber security academic startup accelerator programme 2022 to 2023: phase one

Individuals based in a UK academic institution can apply for a share of up to £800,000 to join the cyber security academic startup accelerator programme (CyberASAP).

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£800,000
Publication date:
1 February 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Develop basic technologies in sensing and imaging

Apply for funding to develop early-stage technologies in sensing and imaging.

You must be based at an eligible UK organisation. You must collaborate with organisations from other disciplines.

Your project must have two co-principal investigators. They must be from different research areas.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Maximum award:
£225,000
Publication date:
2 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

International collaboration to address antimicrobial resistance

Apply for funding to develop or improve drugs or plant protection agents to help:

  • treat bacterial or fungal infections
  • reduce the spread of resistance to drugs.

You should:

  • be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding
  • apply as part of a consortium of transnational partners.

Your project should involve either:

  • licensed antibiotics or antifungals
  • interventions in pre-clinical or early clinical development.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
Funders from 17 Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) member countries
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,500,000
Maximum award:
£250,000
Publication date:
18 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Cell and oligonucleotide therapy fellowship with AstraZeneca

Apply for a fellowship to explore your own research ideas and develop links with industry, including secondments, training and mentorship.

Your research project should support the development of cell and oligonucleotide therapies.

You must have a PhD, or equivalent higher research degree, by the start of the fellowship.

This opportunity is open to both clinical and non-clinical researchers.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
AstraZeneca
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£4,000,000
Maximum award:
£500,000
Publication date:
1 December 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Partner with researchers in Switzerland

Apply for funding to develop new and existing partnerships with researchers in Switzerland.

You must:

  • be currently in receipt of an active UKRI grant to submit an application for the materials, synthetic biology, or life and physical sciences interface themes
  • have been a UKRI grant holder (within the last five years of the call closing date) to submit an application for the languages theme.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
Part of a collaboration with the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Maximum award:
£25,000
Publication date:
14 January 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Future Data Services: Strategic Fellowship 2022

Apply for funding to work as a Future Data Services Strategic Fellow.

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

You will provide scientific and technical support for the Future Data Services programme.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£150,000
Maximum award:
£150,000
Publication date:
9 February 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

DigitalFootprints: Senior Strategic Fellowship 2022

Apply for funding to work as a DigitalFootprints Senior Strategic Fellow.

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

You will:

  • offer high-quality, systematic and sustained strategic advice to the DigitalFootprints programme
  • support the business case for longer term investment in the programme.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£532,500
Maximum award:
£532,500
Publication date:
9 February 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

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