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Large grant outlines: February 2026

Apply for funding to support innovative, large-scale and complex projects that tackle big environmental science questions and have the potential to produce world-leading research.

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

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’.

MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round four: outline application

Apply for MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges.

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

Artificial intelligence (AI) for environmental science phase one

Secure funding to deliver new world-leading data science and AI approaches to tackle critical environmental challenges. Interdisciplinary collaboration within and beyond environmental science is encouraged to maximise impact.

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

BBSRC standard research grant: 2026 round one: 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.

BBSRC new investigator award: 2026 round one: 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.

DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.

BBSRC Pioneer Awards 2025 to 26: bioscience discovery research

Apply for funding to pursue early-stage bioscience discovery research.

Applications should open original and adventurous research avenues with the potential to transform our fundamental understanding of living systems.

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

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025

Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.

You must:

  • be an early career researcher
  • hold a doctorate in a relevant subject or have equivalent professional experience

Small molecule high throughput screen using AstraZeneca facilities

Apply for funding to run a high throughput screen (HTS) using AstraZeneca’s compound library and screening robots.

There are two funding opportunities per year that are open to all targets.

This funding opportunity will have a highlight on new targets related to mental health or dementia (including Parkinson’s and Huntington’s).

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