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Interdisciplinary research to tackle epidemic threats

Apply for funding to undertake ambitious interdisciplinary research to tackle epidemic diseases of animals, humans or plants for a duration of up to five years.

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

Proof of concept

Apply for proof of concept funding to support the commercialisation of research and the development of new products, processes or services.

Applications from across all disciplines and research councils’ remits are welcomed.

Public Engagement Spark Awards 2025A

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

Applicant organisations must:

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

Proposals must include an appropriate subject matter expert.

UKRI Metascience AI early career fellowships

The UK Metascience Unit will fund a cohort of early career fellows to build our understanding of how the growing adoption of AI is changing the research landscape, including what epistemic, metascientific, ethical and socioeconomic questions this raises, and how governments, industry, and funding organisations should respond.

Future Leaders Fellowships: round 10

Apply for funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be an early career researcher or innovator who is either:

  • looking to establish or transition to independence
  • developing your own original and ambitious plans within a commercial setting

Nucleus Public Engagement Awards 2025

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.

Public Engagement Legacy Awards: 2025A

Apply for Legacy award funding to continue your programme to improve public engagement in an area of science and technology within STFC’s remit.

You must have previously received funding through STFC public engagement Spark or Nucleus awards that have finished within the past 36 months.

UKRI DRI: championing knowledge exchange for UK computational science (invite only)

Apply for funding to lead and coordinate a knowledge exchange and communications networkplus for UK large scale compute.

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

UKRI DRI: digital research infrastructure skills hubs for accelerated compute (invite only)

Apply for funding to develop a national hub for digital research technology professionals for accelerated and large-scale compute technologies.

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

Particle Physics Theory Consolidated Grants 2025

This grants round will consider grant requests to support particle physics theory research.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding and a member of the particle physics community.

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