Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

STFC’s mission is to deliver world-leading national and international research and innovation capabilities and, through those, discover the secrets of the Universe. Our major research and innovation campuses at Harwell, Daresbury and research facilities across the UK and overseas support fundamental research in astronomy, physics, computational science and space science.

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DARE UK Real-world Research Exemplar Programme

Apply for funding as a research exemplar to evaluate and influence trusted research environment (TRE) capabilities that are currently under development and testing.

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

Access to high performance computing facilities: autumn 2025

This opportunity provides a route to computational support for high quality projects across the entire UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) remit.

This application process is purely for compute resource. No funding is available to successful applicants.

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


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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC),
Polaris House,
North Star Avenue,
Swindon,
SN2 1SZ

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