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Local Innovation Partnerships Fund: competed strand

The Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF) will invest up to £500 million into the development and scaling of high potential innovation clusters across the UK. The fund is deployed across an Earmarked Strand and a Competed Strand.

The Competed Strand is a competitive route for partnerships outside of the Earmarked Strand.

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.

AHRC-DFG Research Grants: Round Eight (2025 to 2026)

Apply for funding to collaborate on arts and humanities projects with German research partners.

You must be:

  • based at a research organisation eligible to apply to AHRC
  • working with a German team led by a researcher eligible to apply to DFG
  • proposing a project within the remit of AHRC

International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciences

Apply for funding to visit international partners, in order to initiate collaborations, prepare joint funding proposals, visit overseas facilities or attend European consortia-building events. Stays may be of up to one month in duration.

You must be an existing BBSRC-supported researcher in order to apply for funding.

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

Apply for funding for large team-based fundamental bioscience research projects pushing the frontiers of human knowledge.

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

Full stage submissions are invitation only following assessment of a sLoLa outline application.

AHRC and BBC New Generation Thinkers 2026

This scheme offers five early career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers at BBC Radio 4. They will appear on a number of episodes and shadow the production process to understand how ideas get on air.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for this opportunity.

Increasing EV charging capacity on the strategic road network

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million.

The funding is for the development and demonstration of solutions to increase public electric vehicle (EV) charging provision for longer journeys on the strategic road network.

Nuclear physics consolidated grants 2026

Apply for funding to support nuclear physics research.

You must be employed by a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding and a member of the nuclear physics community.

This grant round takes place every four years.

The grant period is between 1 October 2027 and 30 September 2031.

ADR UK Research Fellowships 2025 (RF2025)

Apply for Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) research fellowship funding, to use ADR England flagship data for research. Fellowships can be up to 18 months in duration and cost a maximum of £200,000 (100% FEC).

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

Doctoral landscape awards in medical research

Apply for funding to deliver doctoral training in areas within the Medical Research Council (MRC)’s core remit and priorities. This funding opportunity will support the development of a highly skilled workforce equipped to address medical research and innovation challenges across a range of careers.

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