Documents
UK Research and Innovation FEC grants: standard terms and conditions of grant guidance (PDF)
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Use of grant proposal and training grant information addendum (PDF)
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You need to comply with these terms and conditions if you are awarded a research grant.
They include our expectations for how research is governed, including the safety and wellbeing of research staff, as well as the use of animals.
Updates
- 13 January 2026
Updated a broken link on standard terms and conditions. - 1 October 2025
PDF of the FEC grant terms and conditions replaced with a more accessible HTML version. - 1 October 2025
Updated UKRI terms and conditions of FEC grants. These conditions were updated to reflect requirements for Trusted Research and Innovation. - 1 April 2025
Replaced 'UK Research and Innovation FEC grants: standard terms and conditions of grant' and 'UK Research and Innovation FEC grants: standard terms and conditions of grant guidance' documents with updated versions. Details of the changes can be found on page 23. - 17 December 2024
Update to the guidance. - 2 April 2024
Updated terms and conditions and guidance added. - 16 November 2023
Updated terms and conditions and guidance added. - 4 July 2023
Guidance document updated with the revised costings for roles in funding applications. - 5 April 2023
Updated terms and conditions and guidance added. - 3 November 2022
These documents are updated bi-annually following review, updates are referenced in Annex C of each terms and conditions document.