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Whether you're an academic, scientist, researcher, or entrepreneur - the UK has a vast funding ecosystem with a wide range of opportunities. Here are some examples of where you can find the right funding opportunity for you.

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DRIVE35 scale-up: feasibility studies
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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for feasibility studies into UK manufacturing of zero emission vehicle technologies. 2025-07-15
DRIVE35 innovation fund: collaborate
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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late-stage collaborative research and development projects. Your project will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry. 2025-07-15
BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA)
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This award is for BBSRC-funded research groups to pump-prime interactions with FAPESP scientists in Brazil. Applications must be made by a project lead who is currently in receipt of BBSRC research funding. 2025-07-15
Drive35 innovation fund: demonstrate
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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late stage demonstration research and development projects. Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry. 2025-07-15
Innovate UK innovation loans round 22
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UK registered businesses can apply for loans for close to market innovative projects with strong commercial potential. They must significantly improve the UK economy and drive societal benefit. 2025-07-14
Contracts for Innovation: resource efficient chemicals impacts
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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution. 2025-07-14
Funding for core summer schools in 2026
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Apply for funding under the STFC Funding Support for Core Summer Schools scheme for events taking place in 2026. You must be from an STFC-accredited UK university or research organisation eligible for STFC funding. 2025-07-14
Smart Data Research UK Fellowships
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Apply for a fellowship to undertake innovative and impact-focused research using smart data. Projects should address a significant real-world challenge which is relevant to the UK. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding. 2025-07-14
Institutional diversity fund (invite only)
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The purpose of this opportunity is to provide strategic research infrastructure base funding, supporting independent research organisations to support the diverse social science ecosystem in the UK. You must be invited by ESRC and based at an eligible organisation in order to apply. 2025-07-11
Contracts for Innovation: resource efficient automotive impacts
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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution. 2025-07-11
Gap fund for early-stage development of new healthcare interventions
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Apply to the Developmental Pathway Gap Fund to address a single-step evidence gap and de-risk the development of a new medicine, medical device, diagnostic test or other medical intervention. To apply you must be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding. 2025-07-10
Contracts for Innovation: resource efficient construction impacts
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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution. 2025-07-09
Digitise UK natural science collections
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Apply for funding to establish a Digitisation Hub for Natural Science Collections as part of the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) UK programme. Project leads must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding. 2025-07-08
Expression of interest: ATI Programme strategic batch, Jul 2025
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The ATI Programme funds industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive. 2025-07-08
Pre-announcement: Local Innovation Partnerships Fund
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The Local Innovation Partnerships Fund is a UK-wide programme that will provide up to £500 million funding to grow high potential innovation clusters. 2025-07-07
Aviation’s non-CO2 Impacts on the Climate: programme coordinator
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Apply for funding to become the programme coordinator for the Aviation’s non-CO2 Impacts on the Climate programme. You, as lead applicant, must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding. 2025-07-03
Research and partnership hubs for a healthy society
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Apply for funding to establish a large-scale multidisciplinary research hub drawing on expertise across EPSRC's community and the health research community to support people to live healthier lives and prevent ill health. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. 2025-07-03
Agri-tech and food technology, mid and north Wales: CRD
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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.7 million for business led projects that grow their innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in mid and north Wales. 2025-07-01
STFC leadership fellowships in public engagement
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Apply for funding to support a leadership role in engaging the public with STFC supported science, technology or facilities. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding. 2025-06-30
Computing resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC facility (RAC18)
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Apply for computing resources on the STFC DiRAC High Performance Computing facility. DiRAC (Distributed Research Utilising Advanced Computing) supports STFC’s world class theory research programme including particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, astronomy, cosmology, solar system physics, and particle astrophysics. 2025-06-30
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