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Terms and conditions for research grants

The standard terms and conditions for UKRI research grants and related guidance.

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Documents

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.

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