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Gambling harms research grants

Apply for funding that deepens understanding or supports solutions for the prevention and treatment of gambling-related harms.

To lead an application, you must be based at a research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

Manufacturing Scale-up Network Plus

Opportunity to build a Network Plus to accelerate the scale-up of manufacturing innovation, driving growth across aerospace, automotive and wider UK advanced manufacturing frontier industries.

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

Manufacturing Scale-up Research and Innovation: Automotive and Aerospace

Apply for funding to address manufacturing scale-up challenges for new technologies and processes, accelerating innovation and driving UK business growth in the automotive and aerospace sectors.

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

Public Engagement Spark Awards 2026B

Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science.

Applicant organisations must:

  • be UK-based
  • produce annual accounts certified by an accountant

Proposals must include an appropriate STFC subject matter expert (SME).

What Works Centre for a climate resilient UK

Apply for funding to establish and lead a What Works Centre for a climate resilient UK to transform how the UK adapts to climate change.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Economic and Social Research (ESRC) funding.

UK-Singapore CRD 2026

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Singapore. You must collaborate with at least one Singapore business applying under the equivalent Enterprise Singapore programme.

Physical sciences NRF portfolio refresh (invite only)

This is an invite only funding opportunity to support national research facilities (NRFs) for research across EPSRC Physical Sciences within the scope of the funding opportunity. Facilities may be outside the UK for national use. Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: coordinating groups

Research England (RE)’s Collaboration for a Sustainable Future funding for coordinating groups to convene communities to produce an output identifying barriers, challenges and potential solutions to institutional collaboration in England’s R&I system. This is not a research grant. See relevant eligibility criteria.

Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation

Apply for funding to establish a Centre of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) to address strategic regulatory science priorities through sustained programmes of research.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.

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.

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