Proposals for research grants must fall within the remit of STFC.
The STFC Programme remit covers the following core subject areas:
- astronomy, solar and planetary science
- particle physics
- particle astrophysics
- nuclear physics
- accelerator science
- computational science
- quantum technologies
We also fund research that takes skills, techniques and technologies developed in those core areas, and seeks to transfer them into other areas.
Check the eligibility of your subject area
Potential applicants should seek advice from STFC well in advance of submitting a proposal if they are unsure about the relevance of their research grant proposal to STFC’s area of research.
Check if your proposal covers the STFC remit.
Email: remitquery@stfc.ac.uk
Where a proposal is received that does not address STFC’s area of science, it may be referred, in consultation with the principal investigator, to a more appropriate research council.
Contact us when a proposal may be considered cross disciplinary within STFC.
Email: remitquery@stfc.ac.uk
See guidance on where a proposal may be considered as cross council.
Gravitational waves
If your proposal involves research into gravitational waves, check the STFC Gravitational Waves Remit.