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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Funding opportunities

PATT travel grants for competitively awarded observation time 2026

You can apply for travel and subsistence in support of competitively awarded science observation time at astronomy facilities available to the UK research community.

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

Computing resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC facility (RAC19)

Apply for computing resources on the STFC DiRAC High Performance Computing facility.

DiRAC (Distributed Research Utilising Advanced Computing) supports STFC’s world class theory research programme including particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, astronomy, cosmology, solar system physics, and particle astrophysics.


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

Events

DAFNI 2026 Conference

10 September 2026

Online and at Rhodes House, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RG

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