Apply for funding for equipment to support the development of basic technologies in areas such as sensors, imaging and detectors.
You must currently hold an STFC core programme grant in one of these areas:
nuclear physics
particle physics and particle astrophysics
astronomy and space science
accelerators, and computing in support of these.
Closed
Grant
£1,000,000
£20,000 - £205,000
20 September 2021
20 September 2021
27 October 2021 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to apply, or adapt, quantum technologies to fundamental physics questions.
You and your institution should be eligible for UKRI funding.
Closed
Grant
£6,000,000
£500,000
13 September 2021
13 September 2021
9 November 2021 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to establish a new centre for doctoral training (CDT) in data intensive science.
You can apply if:
your higher education institution receives STFC core science funding
the training of all involved lead departments is STFC accredited.
This opportunity was updated on 1 October 2021 with further guidance on what to include in your proposal about ‘managing the CDT’.
Closed
Grant
£6,500,000
9 September 2021
9 September 2021
11 November 2021 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding for a small nuclear physics project focused on feasibility.
To apply you must be an academic member of staff or hold a fellowship, won through open competition. You can be at any career stage.
Closed
Grant
£800,000
£250,000
13 August 2021
13 August 2021
2 November 2021 4:00pm UK time
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million to resolve productivity issues by working with the best scientists and research facilities. This funding is from Innovate UK.
This competition is open to single applicants only.
To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).
Closed
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), The National Measurement Laboratory at LGC, The National Engineering Laboratory (NEL)
Grant
£3,000,000
26 July 2021
29 July 2021 9:30am UK time
18 August 2021 11:00am UK time
Apply for funding to provide training for a PhD student at your organisation.
You must be an eligible research organisation. Training must be provided jointly with a non-academic organisation.
The project must fall within the STFC core science programme.
Closed
Grant
£500,000
23 July 2021
6 August 2021
30 September 2021 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to run an independent research project. The project must be within the remit of the STFC core science programme.
You must be an early career researcher. Your application must be hosted and supported by an eligible UK research organisation.
You must hold a PhD and have clear leadership potential.
Closed
Fellowship
6 July 2021
1 July 2021
16 September 2021 4:00pm UK time
Apply for impact acceleration account (IAA) funding to help your organisation’s research have an impact.
Your organisation must be eligible for funding from one of these councils:
AHRC
BBSRC
EPSRC
STFC
MRC.
To be eligible to apply for EPSRC funding, your organisation must have been invited.
Closed
Grant
6 July 2021
6 July 2021
6 October 2021 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding for early development of promising net zero technologies and solutions.
The science, technology, applications and expertise must originate from the STFC core science programme or STFC facilities and laboratories.
Closed
Grant
£50,000 - £200,000
30 April 2021
5 May 2021 9:00am UK time
16 June 2021 5:00pm UK time
Claim back travel and subsistence costs when visiting an astronomy telescope. The visit must be for competitively awarded science observation time.
You must be a UK-based researcher at an eligible UK institution.
You must not already hold or have access to a travel grant from the Panel for the Allocation of Telescope Time (PATT).
Open
Other
22 March 2021
1 January 2021
Open - no closing date