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Sector transition: UKRI policy fellowships 2026

Apply for this sector transition fellowship to transfer knowledge and skills across academic and policy sectors and increase sector porosity.

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.

UKRI policy internships 2026

An opportunity for UKRI-funded doctoral students to undertake a three-month internship at one of a selected group of influential policy organisations, undertaken as part of the existing doctoral studentship.

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.

Mathematical Sciences Early Independence Fellowship

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

MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round four: invited full application

Apply for MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges.

You must be invited to apply for this stage of the funding opportunity.

BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode

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.

BBSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode

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.

MRC: new investigator research grant: applicant-led

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

MRC: research grant: applicant-led

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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