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This is a detailed list of all our councils’ themes, research areas, programmes and priorities. You can find what we are investing in and what resources you can access.

To understand our overarching objectives and future plans, see the UKRI strategic themes and council delivery plans.

To see open and upcoming funding, search funding opportunities.

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Transforming food production challenge

The transforming food production (TFP) challenge supports new ways to produce food that reduces emissions and pollution, and contributes to feeding a growing world population.

The aim is to:

produce resilient and sustainable food more efficiently
reduce emissions and pollution
minimise waste
improve soil

BBSRCInnovate UK

Transforming foundation industries

The foundation industries are vital to the UK manufacturing and construction sectors.
This challenge aims to transform the UK’s foundation industries by:

making them internationally competitive
securing more jobs throughout the UK
growing the sector by 2025 in an environmentally sustainable way

Innovate UK

UK aquaculture initiative

This programme supports high-quality, innovative research and research translation to help develop a healthy, safe and sustainable UK aquaculture system. It aims to bring together diverse expertise, knowledge, skills and facilities to deliver innovative approaches to solving industry challenges.

NERC

UK climate resilience programme

The aim of this programme is to draw together climate research and expertise to deliver robust, multi and interdisciplinary climate risk and adaptation solutions research. This will ensure the UK is resilient to climate variability, and able to exploit adaptation and green growth opportunities.

AHRCEPSRCESRCNERC

UK innovation and science seed fund

The UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (formerly known as the Rainbow Seed Fund) is a £40 million early-stage venture capital fund. Its purpose is to build and grow technology companies stemming from the UK’s research base.

BBSRC

UK Magnetic Fusion Research Programme

This research area covers the UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) UK Magnetic Fusion Research Programme.

EPSRC

UK Metascience Unit

Established in 2024, the UK Metascience Unit is a small team of policymakers, analysts and funding delivery specialists who work across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The unit is co-led by Dr Jen Gold and Dr Ben Steyn.

All our work starts from a simple idea: that the scientific method, so powerful in so many areas of life, should be systematically and routinely applied to how we practice, fund and support science itself.

UK Regenerative Medicine Platform

The UK Regenerative Medicine Platform (UKRMP) was a £42 million national initiative established in 2013 by BBSRC, EPSRC and MRC to bring together leading researchers from across the UK and address the key translational challenges in regenerative medicine.

BBSRCEPSRCMRC

UK Research Partnership Investment Fund

The UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) supports investment in higher education facilities across the UK. Universities must attract a further £2 from non-public sources for every £1 invested by the fund.

Research England

UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme

The cross research council responsive mode (CRCRM) pilot scheme has been developed to support emerging ideas from the research community that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines, to ensure all forms of interdisciplinary research have a home within UKRI. It will support ideas which are not routinely funded, or perceived not to be funded, through existing UKRI responsive mode schemes.

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