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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 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.

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.

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.

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’.

Local Innovation Partnerships Fund: Earmarked 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 two strands, an Earmarked Strand and a Competed Strand.

This funding opportunity is invitation only for the Earmarked Strand funding.

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.

Eureka GlobalStars Japan 2026

UK organisations can apply for funding to collaborate on industrial research projects with partners in Eureka member countries and Japan.

Regional accounts for clinical researchers

Multi-institutional partnerships in regions across the UK can apply for regional accounts for clinical researchers (RACR). These provide flexible funding to local clinical researchers at key career pinch points for research on mechanistic understanding of human health and disease.

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.

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