The gap fund funding opportunity will be re-launched in April or May 2025.
Please note that there will be refinements to both the remit and the application process. We recommend checking this funding opportunity regularly for detailed updates.
You must be based at a research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council funding.
Apply for funding for breakthrough or disruptive interdisciplinary ideas that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines that are not routinely funded through existing UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) responsive mode schemes.
Project leads must be based at an organisation eligible for UKRI research council funding.
Apply for funding to respond quickly to transient, unexpected environmental research opportunities created by sporadic natural occurrences such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, or ephemeral events in ecosystems.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Geosciences (GEO), NSF Directorate of Biological Sciences (BIO), NSF Division of Environmental Biology (DEB)
Apply to collaborate with the functional genomics screening laboratory on projects using complex human in vitro models for CRISPR screening to better understand model biology.
You must be a researcher eligible for MRC funding.
Applications from UK based industry parties may also be considered.
Research organisations can claim open access costs for longform publications in-scope of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s open access policy that have been approved at stage one.
Applications must be completed by the team that is responsible for open access within the research organisation. Organisations must be based in the UK to apply.