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Pushing the frontiers of environmental science research: July 2022

Apply for funding to pursue an ambitious, high-risk and high-reward project in environmental science.

You must be:

  • based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding
  • at lecturer level, or equivalent.

We welcome:

  • multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research
  • projects delivered in partnership with other research funders and users.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£26,000,000
Maximum award:
£1,000,000
Publication date:
11 March 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Expression of interest: Automotive Transformation Fund, round 23

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000,000
Publication date:
30 June 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Commercialising connected and automated mobility: mass transit

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million for feasibility studies into the use of connected and automated mobility as a mass transit solution.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,500,000
Publication date:
26 May 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Towards a circular bioeconomy for technology-relevant metals and textiles

Apply for funding to use biotechnological solutions that reduce environmental impact in either the textile industry or the recovery of technology-relevant metals.

You must be:

  • at lecturer level or above
  • based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

You may be an early career researcher.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Maximum award:
£375,000
Publication date:
4 May 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Fast start: innovation

UK registered small and micro businesses can apply for a share of up to £30 million for affordable, adoptable and investable innovations in net zero and healthcare.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£30,000,000
Publication date:
12 July 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Becoming the programme director for Enabling a Responsible AI Ecosystem

Apply for funding to become the programme director for Enabling a Responsible AI Ecosystem in collaboration with the Ada Lovelace Institute.

You must:

  • be based at a UKRI-eligible research organisation
  • have experience working across sectors and at the intersection of humanities, social science and STEM disciplines in relation to AI and data-driven technologies.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,500,000
Maximum award:
£3,500,000
Publication date:
22 April 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Support knowledge exchange for CHANSE digital transformations research

Apply for funding to bring together Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe (CHANSE) funded research projects on digital transformations, by developing knowledge exchange activities.

You must:

  • hold a PhD or an equivalent qualification or experience
  • have knowledge of the European knowledge exchange landscape
  • be based at an established research organisation anywhere in the world.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£205,000
Maximum award:
£205,000
Publication date:
31 May 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Innovate UK Smart grants: Apr 2022

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable research and development (R&D) innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.

This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.

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

Young Innovators Awards 2022 to 2023

Young people can apply for an award to make their business idea a reality. This includes a grant for £5,000, a living allowance, and tailored business support.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,400,000
Publication date:
16 June 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Understanding changes in quality of UK freshwaters

Apply for funding to investigate the changes in quality of UK freshwaters.

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

Research will include:

  • investigating how pollutants interact within rivers and supporting ecosystems
  • investigating how the infiltration and movement of pollutants will be amplified or mitigated by a changing hydrological cycle
  • supporting the improvement and development of tools to monitor and measure pollution.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£8,000,000
Maximum award:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
22 April 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

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