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.
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Search and filter this listSTFC invites applications for its 2027 core summer schools in:
- Introduction to Astronomy
- BUSSTEPP (British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Particle Physics)
- Solar Physics, Nuclear Physics (every two years)
- High Energy Physics (HEP)
Other events are not supported.
UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises can submit an Expression of Interest for loans for close to market innovative projects with strong commercial potential. They must significantly improve the UK economy and drive societal benefit.
Apply for this sector transition fellowship to transfer knowledge and skills across academic and policy sectors and increase sector porosity.
Apply for UKRI impact acceleration accounts (IAAs) for institutional‑level, flexible, early-stage funding that helps organisations accelerate research impact into real world benefits.
This funding opportunity harmonises IAA programmes across the following research councils:
- AHRC
- EPSRC
- MRC
- STFC
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million, to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.
Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within Medical Research Council (MRC) remit.
You must:
- have a PhD or equivalent
- show evidence of career consolidation and productivity
- show clear plans for establishing your own research niche that enables a step-change towards independence
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £20 million for late stage collaborative research and development projects.
Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.
DRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a Department for Business and Trade led programme.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £33 million to develop device level hardware and associated software to meet the scale, programmability, and runtime performance needs of universal fault tolerant quantum computers.