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Engage the public with science, technology or facilities: Spark Awards

Apply for funding to engage the public with science, technology or facilities supported by STFC.

You must work for an organisation that:

  • is based in the UK
  • has professionally prepared accounts.

Proposals must include a researcher in an STFC-funded area.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£100,000
Maximum award:
£15,000
Publication date:
23 March 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

High-risk speculative engineering and ICT research: New Horizons – invited full proposals

This invited full proposal stage is only open to applicants who were successful at the outline proposal stage.

Apply for funding for new research projects that are speculative and high risk, with potential for high reward.

You must be:

  • a UK resident
  • based at an eligible research organisation.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£10,000,000
Maximum award:
£250,000
Publication date:
22 March 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition: round two

UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Loan
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Publication date:
24 April 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Diet and Health Open Innovation Research Club: Innovation Hubs

Apply for funding to provide solutions for UK diet, health and nutrition challenges through an Innovation Hub.

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

You must be an academic with either:

  • experience of working with the food and drink sector, with a background preferably in diet, health and nutrition
  • previous funding relevant to this scheme
  • experience of managing devolved funding.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£9,687,500
Maximum award:
£1,937,500
Publication date:
4 April 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Investigate high-priority use cases for exascale software: phase two

Apply for funding to investigate high priority use cases for future supercomputers.

You can be from any area of the UK research community. You do not need to be a researcher working within EPSRC’s remit.

You must be based at an institution eligible for UKRI funding.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK Research and Innovation
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,000,000
Maximum award:
£750,000
Publication date:
21 February 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Analyse the probation and criminal justice system linked dataset

Apply for funding to analyse the new probation and criminal justice system linked dataset.

You will help improve understanding of the criminal justice system.

You must:

  • have demonstrable experience of working with large datasets
  • be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Award range:
£78,000 - £130,000
Publication date:
24 February 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Establish a 1.2 GHz nuclear magnetic resonance research facility

Apply for funding to procure, install, and operate a 1.2 GHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facility in the UK.

The facility must benefit all relevant research communities.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£17,000,000
Maximum award:
£17,000,000
Publication date:
22 February 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

APC 21: developing automotive technologies and capability for 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:
£35,000,000
Publication date:
1 April 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Expression of interest: Farming Futures R&D Fund: climate smart farming

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million from the Farming Futures R&D Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation
Co-funders:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£12,500,000
Publication date:
6 April 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

NATEP helping SMEs innovate in aerospace: spring 2022

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to carry out industry led civil aerospace collaborative research and development projects.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Publication date:
7 April 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

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