Funding finder

Funding opportunity sorting options

33 opportunities found using the current filters, sorted by opening date

Funding opportunity list

Search and filter this list

Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses to partner with an academic organisation, research organisation or a Catapult, to employ a graduate with the skills and knowledge that can help the business to innovate and grow.

Daphne Jackson fellowship

These fellowships are for those looking to return to a research career after a break. Fellowships combine a personalised retraining programme with a challenging research project. They are flexible, usually lasting two years at 0.5 full-time equivalent, although some UKRI funders may award longer.

UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity

The UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity allows UK and US-based researchers to submit a collaborative proposal that will go through a single review process. Grants are funded through existing funding programmes at the relevant lead agency.

Collaborate with researchers in Brazil

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and FAPESP’s lead agency agreement allows UKRI to assess joint applications from eligible UK and Brazil-based researchers from the state of São Paulo on behalf of both organisations.

UKRI and FAPESP will co-fund applications submitted to responsive mode funding opportunities via selected funding opportunities.

Collaborate with researchers in Norway

UKRI and RCN have signed a Money Follows Cooperation agreement to enable collaborative applications between researchers in the UK and Norway. UKRI funding will be provided for co-investigators from Norway in successful applications.

Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.

Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg

UKRI and FNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable and support applications between researchers in the UK and Luxembourg. UKRI will fund the UK component and FNR will fund the Luxembourg component of the application.

Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.

Doctoral focal awards in the arts and humanities

Apply for funding to recruit and train doctoral students through a doctoral focal award in the arts and humanities.

The awards will provide opportunities through partnership between higher education institutions (HEI) and non-HEI organisations.

To be the lead applicant, you must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

Maximising UK adaptation to climate change research projects

Apply for funding for transdisciplinary research projects under the UKRI-Defra co-funded Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change programme to help improve the UK’s resilience to climate change impacts.

You must be based at an eligible UK research organisation to apply.

AHRC responsive mode: follow-on funding for impact and engagement: round four

Follow-on funding is awarded to cover unforeseen knowledge exchange, public engagement, active dissemination and commercialisation activities that arise during or after an AHRC-funded project.

Grants of up to £100,000 are available, with smaller grants of up to £30,000 for higher-risk activities.

Centre for Law and Social Justice: full stage

Apply to establish a Centre for Law and Social Justice that will:

  • deliver collaborative, interdisciplinary, challenge-led research
  • champion the arts and humanities
  • strengthen and diversify the research community

You must have been invited to submit a full application.

This is the website for UKRI: our seven research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Let us know if you have feedback or would like to help improve our online products and services.