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MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round five: 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.

Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: pilots & UK seed funding

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.

UK-Netherlands co-innovation for quantum technology 2026

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.

2026 to 2027 strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa): full stage

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.

Experimental medicine: invited stage two application

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.

International Placement Scheme 2027

Apply to undertake a placement at an international cultural institution. You must either be:

  • a PhD student funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
  • an early career researcher in any arts and humanities subject based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding

Water4All 2026 call: sustainable water management

Apply for funding to increase our understanding, assessment, management, and governance of water across scales, from catchment to groundwater and from source to sea. Enable better decision-making for public authorities, water managers, and other stakeholders.

Pre-announcement: Future Data Services: Joining up the data service workforce

Apply for Future Data Services funding to bring together communities of practitioners to exchange knowledge, improve working practices and deliver better data services for researchers.

Experimental medicine to define mechanisms of gambling disorder: stage one

Apply for funding for academically led experimental medicine studies in humans that deepen understanding of the causal biological and psychosocial mechanisms underlying the effects of gambling activities, products and interventions on gambling disorder.

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 based at a research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.

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