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TechLocal: Connecting Local Talent to Local Tech Jobs

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £7.6 million to enable career and growth opportunities in the tech sector. This funding is from DSIT.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,600,000
Award range:
£100,000 - £225,000
Publication date:
28 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Advanced manufacturing supply chain innovation FS

UK registered businesses and research and technology organisations (RTOs) can apply for a share of up to £5 million for feasibility studies. These will make supply chains more resource efficient and resilient through addressing cross cutting challenges.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
28 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

What Works Centre (WWC) for local employment support

Apply for funding to establish an independent What Works Centre (WWC) for local employment support.

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Co-funders:
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£15,000,000
Award range:
£14,000,000 - £15,000,000
Publication date:
27 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

BBSRC Follow-on Fund: 2026 round one

Apply to Follow-on Fund (FoF) to bridge the gap between bioscience research and achieving economic and societal benefit.

FoF applications must draw substantially on current or prior BBSRC funding.

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,000,000
Award range:
£100,000 - £800,000
Publication date:
27 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept

UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept supports arts and humanities activity that translate previously funded AHRC or UKRI projects into real world economic, societal, cultural or policy impact.

This opportunity was previously known as AHRC responsive mode: follow-on funding for impact and engagement.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£150,000
Publication date:
27 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:
Open - no closing date

Shaping the future of animal health and welfare

Apply for funding to advance sustainable, resilient, and ethically responsible livestock and aquaculture systems across Europe.

Consortia need at least three eligible partners from three countries and may have a maximum of eight partners.

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

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Co-funders:
Austrian Science Fund, Belgium’s Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund, Belgium's Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Belgium’s Research Foundation – Flanders, Innovation Fund Denmark, Estonia's Eesti Teadusagentuur, Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, French National Research Agency, Germany's Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Germany's Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Italy's Ministry of Health, Latvian Council of Science, Research Council of Lithuania, , Lithuania's Ministry of Agriculture, Netherland's Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Research Council of Norway, Portugal's Foundation for Science and Technology, Romania's National Authority for Research, Romania's National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, Spanish State Research Agency, Spain's Centre for the Development of Technology and Innovation, Türkiye's General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye, UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,750,000
Maximum award:
£730,000
Publication date:
26 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Early independence: career development fellowship

Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within Medical Research Council (MRC) remit.

You must:

  • have a PhD or equivalent
  • show evidence of career consolidation and productivity
  • show clear plans for establishing your own research niche that enables a step-change towards independence
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
15 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Capacity building: clinical research training fellowship

Apply for funding to reacquire research skills.

Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • be a PhD graduate working outside of research, usually five or more years ago
  • show plans to pursue a research career
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
15 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Professional doctorate: clinical research training fellowship

Apply for funding to undertake a PhD.

Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • be at an appropriate point in your training to undertake a PhD
  • show plans to pursue a research career
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
15 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Early independence: clinician scientist fellowship

Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within Medical Research Council (MRC) remit.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • have a PhD or equivalent
  • show evidence of career consolidation and productivity
  • show clear plans for establishing your own research niche
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
15 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

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