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Facility access funding for bioscience partnerships (invite only)

Apply for this invitation-only funding opportunity to support business and academic partnerships in accessing STFC skills, capabilities and facilities to find solutions to industrially relevant bioscience challenges.

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

Addressing nuclear fission challenges for a prosperous future

Apply for funding for academic research into addressing nuclear fission priorities and challenges within the UK. EPSRC would welcome large consortia to address fission priorities through a whole-systems approach.

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

Pushing the frontiers of environmental research: January 2026

Apply for funding to pursue an ambitious, high risk and high reward curiosity-driven project in environmental research.

You must be:

  • based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding
  • in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements

Opening up the Environment 2026

Apply for funding to deliver purposeful activities to increase the diversity of the UK environmental science community.

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

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).

UK international ocean drilling programme site survey

Apply for funding for ship borne and virtual site survey investigations (SSI) to support the development of applications for a scientific ocean drilling expedition.

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

Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2026

Apply for funding to develop a large or complex scientific project. You must have already discussed your ideas with one of our programme managers and have been invited to submit a full proposal.

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

Researching ME/CFS: priority area

Apply for funding to research myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME/CFS.

Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses to partner with an academic organisation, research organisation or a Catapult, to employ a graduate with the skills and knowledge that can help the business to innovate and grow.

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