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Launchpad: bio-based manufacturing, Scotland, round two MFA

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5.25 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the bio-based manufacturing innovation cluster in Scotland. This funding is from Innovate UK.

Launchpad: immersive and creative, Coventry and Warwickshire round two MFA

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.35 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the immersive and creative industries cluster centred on Coventry and Warwickshire in the West Midlands.

Novel human in vitro models of complex disease

Apply for funding to lead a cluster in a coordinated network for novel human in vitro models of complex disease.

You must:

  • be based at an organisation eligible for MRC or Wellcome funding
  • meet individual eligibility requirements

We anticipate funding up to five clusters for four years with a total fund of £15 million.

ESRC postdoctoral fellowships

Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship to develop your career by consolidating your PhD through developing publications, your networks and your research and professional skills.

Fellowships must be held at a research organisation that is part of a Doctoral Training Partnership.

Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award 2024/25

Apply for funding to deliver an industrial doctoral landscape award (IDLA) in the biosciences. Applications should be strategically led by an organisation outside of academia partnering with an organisation eligible for UKRI funding who will act as the training grant holder.

AI solutions to develop AI competencies in key sectors

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to support AI upskilling in BridgeAI key sectors.

Contracts for Innovation: Clean Energy Demonstrators in Tanzania

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.8 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop innovative clean energy demonstrators in Tanzania.

Innovate UK Smart Grants: November 2024

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game changing and commercially viable research and development innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.

Opening up the Environment 2025

Apply for funding to:

  • explore the potential to increase the diversity of representation in NERC science
  • generate partnerships that identify, include and showcase a broader range of people in NERC science

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

Career development award

You can apply for support to become an independent researcher, if your research focus is within Medical Research Council remit to improve human health.

You must:

  • have a PhD or equivalent
  • show evidence of career progression
  • show clear plans for establishing independence and developing as a leader in your area of research

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