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Future Leaders Fellowships: round 11

Funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be a researcher or innovator who is looking to establish or transition to independence.

Particle Physics Experiment Consolidated Grants 2026

This grant round will consider grant requests to support particle physics experiment research. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) funding and a member of the UK particle physics community.

AIRR compute opportunity: AI open access

Apply for between 50,000 and 1,400,000 graphics processing unit (GPU) hours on the Isambard-AI supercomputer for artificial intelligence (AI) related research and development projects.

Open to UK-based researchers and AI developers from academia, industry, public sector or other organisations.

Public Engagement Spark Awards 2026A

Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science.

Applicant organisations must:

  • be UK-based
  • produce annual accounts certified by an accountant

Proposals must include an appropriate STFC subject-matter expert (SME).

Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2026

Apply for funding to develop a large or complex scientific project. You must have already discussed your ideas with one of our programme managers and have been invited to submit a full proposal.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

UKRI policy internships 2026

An opportunity for UKRI-funded doctoral students to undertake a three-month internship at one of a selected group of influential policy organisations, undertaken as part of the existing doctoral studentship.

Sector transition: UKRI policy fellowships 2026

Apply for this sector transition fellowship to transfer knowledge and skills across academic and policy sectors and increase sector porosity.

BBSRC-STFC DeepTech Catalyst Bio 2026

Apply for funding to turn your innovative technology into market reality.

You must:

  • be a UK-registered company under five years old that is majority-owned by founders and employees
  • have received previous support from UKRI or a UKRI partner organisation

Funding for STFC core summer schools for 2027

STFC invites applications for its 2027 core summer schools in:

  • Introduction to Astronomy
  • BUSSTEPP (British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Particle Physics)
  • Solar Physics, Nuclear Physics (every two years)
  • High Energy Physics (HEP)

Other events are not supported.

Early Independence: Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2026

Apply for this Early Independence Fellowship to support you to establish your own research niche and independence. You must hold a doctorate or evidence equivalent research experience and be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.

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