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BBSRC standard research grant: 2025 round 3: applicant-led mode

Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

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

Gap fund for early-stage development of new healthcare interventions

Apply to the Developmental Pathway Gap Fund to address a single-step evidence gap and de-risk the development of a new medicine, medical device, diagnostic test, or other medical intervention.

To apply, you must be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding.

Critical mass programmes to drive a sustainable future (invitation only)

Full stage proposals for critical-mass transdisciplinary research programs to drive the transition to sustainable technologies and operations, clean energy, circular materials or interseasonal energy storage, in the UK’s mid-to-long term future.
You must be invited to apply to this full stage.

Experimental medicine stage one

Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease.

Your application must include an intervention in humans.

You must be a researcher based at a research organisation eligible to apply for MRC funding. Researchers transitioning to independence may be eligible to apply as a ‘new investigator’.

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

UKRI policy fellowships 2025

Spend 18 months as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) core policy fellow, Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellow or What Works Innovation fellow to inform policy to address pressing national and global challenges.

You must:

  • be based at a UK based organisation eligible for UKRI funding
  • have a PhD or equivalent experience
  • be a researcher in an eligible discipline in accordance with the specific position applied for

Applied global health research: stage two

Apply for funding to support applied research that will address global health challenges and inequities.

You must be invited to apply for stage two of this funding opportunity.

2025 to 2026 strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa) grants: stage one

Apply for funding to undertake large team-based fundamental bioscience research projects which push the frontiers of human knowledge.

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

Applied global health partnership: stage two

Apply for funding to support a new research partnership to enable the development and delivery of novel research that will address global health challenges and inequities.

You must be invited to apply for stage two of this funding.

Collaborate with researchers in Norway

UKRI and Research Council of Norway have signed a Money Follows Cooperation agreement to enable collaborative applications between researchers in the UK and Norway. UKRI funding will be provided for project co-leads based in Norway in successful applications. Applications must be submitted through existing council programmes.

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