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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.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£10,000
Publication date:
18 July 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Quantum for science – scientific exchange visits

Apply for funding to enable short-term exchange visits to or from the US, Canada and Switzerland. This funding opportunity includes the necessary funding for small-scale collaborative projects to explore the use of quantum technologies in fundamental physics and its translation into real-world applications.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£625,000
Maximum award:
£62,500
Publication date:
27 July 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Computing resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC facility

Apply for computing resources on the STFC DiRAC High Performance Computing facility.

DiRAC (Distributed Research Utilising Advanced Computing) supports STFC’s world class theory research programme including particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, astronomy, cosmology, solar system physics, and particle astrophysics.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Other
Publication date:
3 August 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

STFC: Industrial CASE and CASE plus studentship

Apply for funding for a PhD student at your organisation in collaboration with an industry-based project at a non-academic organisation.

The project must fall within the STFC core remits:

  • astronomy
  • solar and planetary science
  • particle physics
  • particle astrophysics and cosmology
  • nuclear physics
  • accelerator science.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£500,000
Publication date:
3 August 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Sandpit: novel sensing for UK defence and security

Apply to attend a five-day interactive interdisciplinary sandpit to develop projects on novel sensing for UK defence and security applications.

Participants will attend all five days of the sandpit in-person plus a virtual pre-meeting the preceding week.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Innovate UK
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£3,000,000
Publication date:
22 August 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Expression of interest: astronomy large awards

Provide an expression of interest for astronomy large award funding. Large awards support themed, programmatic large projects tackling big research questions or technology development with the potential to produce world-leading research. Your programme must fall within the STFC astronomy remit.

You must be:

  • employed by an eligible UK research organisation
  • eligible to apply as an applicant (project lead or co-lead)
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
5 September 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Realising the health co-benefits of the transition to net zero

Apply for funding to lead a transdisciplinary research hub towards realising the health co-benefits of the UK transition to net zero.

You must:

  • be based at a research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding
  • meet individual eligibility requirements

The total fund is up to £30 million across five years to fund challenge-led hubs.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, 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), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Co-funders:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£30,000,000
Maximum award:
£6,000,000
Publication date:
12 September 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Public engagement Spark Awards 2023 round 2

Apply for funds to engage the public with STFC-supported science, technology or facilities.

We’d particularly like to fund projects that engage:

  • eight to 14-year-olds, and their families, from socioeconomically deprived areas
    groups considered to have low science capital.
  • The cost of your project can be up to £15,000
  • projects can last up to 36 months
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£120,000
Award range:
£1,000 - £15,000
Publication date:
15 September 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Nucleus Awards 2024 Stage 1

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

You must work for an organisation that:

  • is based in the UK
  • has audited accounts

Proposals must include a subject matter expert in an STFC-funded area.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£400,000
Award range:
£15,000 - £125,000
Publication date:
3 October 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Public Engagement Legacy Awards: 2024A

Apply for Legacy award funding to continue your programme to improve public engagement in science and technology.

You must have previously received funding through STFC public engagement awards which have finished within the past 36 months.

Your proposal must focus on an area from the STFC remit.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£100,000
Maximum award:
£62,500
Publication date:
13 October 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

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