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Early independence: clinician scientist fellowship

Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within Medical Research Council (MRC) remit.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • have a PhD or equivalent
  • show evidence of career consolidation and productivity
  • show clear plans for establishing your own research niche

Expression of interest: Japan-UK joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies

Apply for funding to form world-leading partnerships with collaborators in Japan for your research into Advanced Connectivity Technologies.

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

Japanese applicants must be eligible for NICT funding.

UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration Accounts 2027

Apply for UKRI impact acceleration accounts (IAAs) for institutional‑level, flexible, early-stage funding that helps organisations accelerate research impact into real world benefits.

This funding opportunity harmonises IAA programmes across the following research councils:

  • AHRC
  • EPSRC
  • MRC
  • STFC

UK Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme 2026

Apply for this jointly funded opportunity between EPSRC and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) aiming to support two projects focused on the decommissioning of Fukushima and Sellafield.

2445: 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.

Aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on the climate 2026

Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research which focuses on the underpinning science of aviation’s non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) impacts and how they interact with climate over time with the view to identifying benefits, mitigation options, informing industry and government policy decisions.

Early independence: career development fellowship

Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within Medical Research Council (MRC) remit.

You must:

  • have a PhD or equivalent
  • show evidence of career consolidation and productivity
  • show clear plans for establishing your own research niche that enables a step-change towards independence

Zero emission vessels and infrastructure two: alternative fuels

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

DRIVE35 innovation fund: collaborate three

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £20 million for late stage collaborative research and development projects.

Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.

DRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a Department for Business and Trade led programme.

Scaling performance of quantum computing hardware: CR&D

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £33 million to develop device level hardware and associated software to meet the scale, programmability, and runtime performance needs of universal fault tolerant quantum computers.

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