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Focal awards: multilingual futures for UK growth and connectivity

Submit an outline application for funding to recruit and train doctoral students through a doctoral focal award which seeks to unlock linguistic and cultural expertise. These awards will provide opportunities through partnership between higher education institutions (HEI) and non-HEI partners.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Other
Publication date:
21 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

AIRR compute opportunity: AI for Science

Apply for between 200,000 and 1,000,000 graphics processing unit hours on the Isambard-AI and Dawn supercomputers for artificial intelligence (AI) related research and development projects.

You must be a UK researcher from academia, industry or other organisations.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Innovate UK, Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Other
Publication date:
21 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Developmental pathway funding scheme: stage one

Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions.

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£11,000,000
Publication date:
20 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Sandpit: Reservoir Computing for national security and defence

Apply to attend a four-day interactive interdisciplinary sandpit to develop projects on reservoir computing for national security and defence applications.

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Co-funders:
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,375,000
Publication date:
18 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Doctoral landscape awards in medical research

Apply for funding to deliver doctoral training in areas within the Medical Research Council (MRC)’s core remit and priorities. This funding opportunity will support the development of a highly skilled workforce equipped to address medical research and innovation challenges across a range of careers.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Other
Publication date:
17 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

ADR UK Research Fellowships 2025 (RF2025)

Apply for Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) research fellowship funding, to use ADR England flagship data for research. Fellowships can be up to 18 months in duration and cost a maximum of £200,000 (100% FEC).

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£1,800,000
Maximum award:
£200,000
Publication date:
13 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Gap Fund: single-step support for medical product development

Apply to the MRC Gap Fund to address a single, high-risk development step and generate key data to de-risk a new medicine, medical device, diagnostic or other medical product.

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,000,000
Award range:
£50,000 - £300,000
Publication date:
13 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Biomedical catalyst 2025: industry-led R&D small projects

UK registered micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £25 million for the development of innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges. This funding is from Innovate UK.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Publication date:
12 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

DRIVE35 scale-up: feasibility studies two

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for feasibility studies into UK manufacturing of zero emission vehicle technologies.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Business and Trade, Advanced Propulsion Centre UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
11 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: International Placement Scheme 2026

Apply to undertake a funded placement at an international cultural institution. You must be either:

  • a PhD student currently funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) or the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for specific opportunities
  • an early career researcher based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£250,000
Award range:
£6,000 - £16,200
Publication date:
10 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

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