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Public Engagement Reaction Awards

Quick-response funds, of up to £10,000, for timely projects on:

  • unexpected or important recent discoveries
  • significantly heightened awareness of the social, cultural, or economic impacts
  • responding to changing national curricula or government policy

related to STFC science, technology or facilities, duration up to six months.

BBSRC-STFC Biotechnology Business Incubation Centre (BioBIC)

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

You must be a UK-registered company under five years old that is majority-owned by founders and employees and that builds on previous UK Research and Innovation research funding.

FCDO-UKRI Senior Research Fellowships 2023

Exciting two year secondment opportunity for senior professorial level academics into FCDO, to use their deep specialist expertise in one of 10 areas to provide long term strategic guidance, rapid insight, independent challenge, thought leadership, help guide policy and shape direction of research.

Funding for short courses and summer schools: 2023 to 2024

Apply for funding to hold short courses, summer schools and online training resources in science or technology.

You must be from an STFC-accredited UK university or research organisation eligible for STFC funding.

Your short course, summer school or online training resource must:

  • be aimed primarily at STFC-funded PhD students
  • cover core research activity supported by the STFC studentships programme

T-AP funding opportunity on democracy, governance and trust

Apply for funding to deepen and widen our knowledge and understanding of opportunities, challenges, and crises relevant to democracy, governance and trust.

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

Equitable nature-based climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Apply for funding to enhance Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In transdisciplinary teams, including SSA partners, you will explore opportunities for equitable nature-based climate resilience.

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

Modelling UK supply chains as complex systems for resilience

Apply for funding for a Network Plus to model UK supply chains as complex systems to strengthen resilience.

One 4-year interdisciplinary Network Plus will be funded by UKRI (£6,250,000; UKRI will fund £5,000,000 at 80% FEC)

The network can be led by any discipline in collaboration with government, business and the third sector.

STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

STFC is offering up to 10 Ernest Rutherford Fellowships to outstanding researchers at an early stage of their career. The aim is to support future scientific leaders to establish a strong, independent research programme.

UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme: round 1

Apply for funding for breakthrough interdisciplinary ideas that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines.

This pilot scheme will support ideas not routinely funded through existing UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) responsive mode schemes.

Principal investigators must be based at an organisation eligible for UKRI research council funding.

Director of population health improvement network of clusters

Apply for funding to lead, coordinate and manage the population health improvement network of research clusters.

The director must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

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