Apply for funding to recruit and train doctoral students through a doctoral focal award which seeks to unlock linguistic and cultural expertise. These awards will provide opportunities through partnership between higher education institutions (HEI) and non-HEI partners.
By invitation only.
Open
Other
30 July 2026
30 July 2026 9:00am UK time
21 January 2027 4:00pm UK time
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million to fund innovation projects with businesses.
Open
Other
21 October 2026
19 October 2026 9:30am UK time
27 January 2027 11:00am UK time
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £28 million for soil, water and environmental management.
This funding is from Farming Futures Research and Development Fund.
Upcoming
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Grant
£28,000,000
27 October 2026
19 November 2026 9:00am UK time
28 January 2027 11:00am UK time
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.
Open
Grant
£1,000,000
£270,000
10 September 2026
10 September 2026 9:00am UK time
28 January 2027 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to develop technological solutions to address the challenges of operating marine autonomous vehicles in remote and exceptionally harsh environments.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
Upcoming
UK Research and Innovation
Grant
£1,200,000
£75,000 - £250,000
4 November 2026
19 November 2026 9:00am UK time
2 February 2027 4:00pm UK time
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.
Open
Grant
£50,000,000
£26,250,000
27 August 2026
1 October 2026 9:00am UK time
3 February 2027 4:00pm UK time
This funding opportunity is part of RE’s Collaboration for a Sustainable Future programme. Funding for higher education providers: to pilot new institutional collaborations (England-only) and to seed innovation partnerships (UK-wide). This is not a research grant opportunity. See eligibility criteria.
Open
Other
£19,000,000
£100,000 - £5,000,000
1 October 2026
1 October 2026 9:00am UK time
4 February 2027 4:00pm UK time
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million for projects in quantum technology.
You must collaborate with at least one Netherlands based business applying under the equivalent Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) programme.
Open
Grant
£1,500,000
3 November 2026
3 November 2026 9:30am UK time
9 February 2027 11:00am UK time
Apply for funding to undertake a large team-based curiosity-driven bioscience discovery research project.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
Full stage submissions are invitation only following assessment of an sLoLa outline application.
Upcoming
Grant
£2,000,000
3 November 2026
6 November 2026 9:00am UK time
9 February 2027 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease.
Your application must include an intervention in humans.
You must be based at a research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.
You must be invited to apply for stage two of this funding opportunity.
Open
Grant
8 October 2026
8 October 2026 9:00am UK time
24 February 2027 4:00pm UK time