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Mid-range equipment for biosciences research: ALERT 2026

Apply for funding to purchase mid-range equipment for research across BBSRC’s scientific remit through ALERT 2026.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. Research technical professionals are eligible as project leads or project co-leads for this funding opportunity.

Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of £2 million for collaborative industrial research and development (R&D) projects with partners from Japan and select Eureka countries.

Focal awards: multilingual futures for UK growth and connectivity

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.

Small molecule high throughput screen using AstraZeneca facilities

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.

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.

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.

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.

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