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National research and training hub: electromagnetic environment

Apply for funding to deliver a research and training hub, offering both high quality research and cohort-based doctoral training in electromagnetic environment skills related to the defence section of the UK government’s Industrial Strategy and the protection of UK national security.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
Ministry of Defence (MOD)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£14,400,000
Maximum award:
£14,400,000
Publication date:
3 November 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Doctoral focal award: chemical threat reduction

Apply for funding to deliver a doctoral focal award (DFA), offering high quality, cohort-based doctoral training in chemical threat reduction skills related to the defence section of the UK government’s Industrial Strategy and the protection of UK national security.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
Ministry of Defence (MOD), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£12,525,000
Maximum award:
£12,525,000
Publication date:
3 November 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Wearables and observables: Understanding home learning environment

Apply for funding to develop, test and validate innovative approaches for measuring and understanding children’s home learning environments and their influence on learning, development, school readiness and educational outcomes. Open to UKRI-eligible UK research organisations.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Innovate UK, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,570,000
Award range:
£500,000 - £900,000
Publication date:
4 November 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of £2 million for collaborative industrial research and development (R&D) projects with partners from Japan and select Eureka countries.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
9 October 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Invite only: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures R&D

Apply for funding for early-stage research into medical countermeasures, including vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics, for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats.

You must be employed at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
16 October 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Focal awards: multilingual futures for UK growth and connectivity

Apply for funding to recruit and train doctoral students through a doctoral focal award which seeks to unlock linguistic and cultural expertise. These awards will provide opportunities through partnership between higher education institutions (HEI) and non-HEI partners.

By invitation only.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Other
Publication date:
30 July 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Knowledge Transfer Partnership: 2026 to 2027 round 4

UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million to fund innovation projects with businesses.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Other
Publication date:
21 October 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

DRIVE35: Scale-up Fund Drawdown 6

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) and the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£150,000,000
Publication date:
6 November 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Healthy soils and water for a sustainable environment

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £28 million for soil, water and environmental management.

This funding is from Farming Futures Research and Development Fund.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£28,000,000
Publication date:
27 October 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Small molecule high throughput screen using AstraZeneca facilities

Apply for funding to run a high throughput screen (HTS) using AstraZeneca’s compound library and screening robots.

There are two funding opportunities per year that are open to all targets.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Maximum award:
£270,000
Publication date:
10 September 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

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