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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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Knowledge Asset Grant Fund: Expand, 2024 to 2025
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Eligible UK public sector organisations can apply for up to £100,000 from the Knowledge Asset Grant Fund in this strand. 2024-05-01
Public Engagement Legacy Awards: 2024B
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Apply for Legacy award funding to continue your programme to improve public engagement in an area of science and technology within the STFC’s remit. You must have previously received funding through STFC public engagement Spark or Nucleus awards that have finished within the past 36 months. 2024-05-01
Developmental pathway funding scheme: stage one
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Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions. You must be a researcher employed at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding. 2024-05-01
New innovators in communication networks 2024
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UK-registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £500,000 to develop adoptable and investable innovations within communication networks. This funding is from the Telecoms Technology Missions Fund programme. 2024-05-01
Design foundations round five
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UK-registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for people centred and systemic design projects across a range of themes and innovation areas. These are to influence, inform and de-risk their future research and development activity. 2024-05-01
AHRC responsive mode: Catalyst Award: round four
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AHRC awards to support researchers without prior experience of leading a significant research project to accelerate their trajectory as independent researchers, to unlock their potential and build leadership and convenor experience. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. 2024-05-01
Expression of interest: ATI programme strategic batch: May 2024
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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. 2024-04-30
Knowledge Asset Grant Fund: extend, 2024 to 2025
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Eligible UK public sector organisations can apply for up to £250,000 from the Knowledge Asset Grant Fund in this strand. 2024-04-30
BBSRC Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) Discover
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Apply for funding to discover more about the potential market of your bioscience-based idea, increase market awareness and gain deeper understanding of potential technology applications. BBSRC ICURe Discover is open to bioscience researchers (including PhD students, technicians, postdoctoral research associates, fellowship and group leader positions) in all UK universities, BBSRC-funded institutes and approved public sector research enterprises. 2024-04-30
UKRI Metascience research grants
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The Metascience Grants Programme funds cutting-edge research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting Research and Development (R&D). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding. 2024-04-30
Health Technologies Connectivity Awards
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Apply for funding to spend time in a different research or user environment to build new skills and collaborations within health technologies. Novel engineering and physical sciences research must comprise a proportion of the placement. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. 2024-04-30
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships renewal meeting 10 (Invite only)
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Successful applicants to the Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) can apply to extend their four-year fellowship by up to a further three years. Renewals will continue to support the development of a leading-edge fellow and further their work to undertake adventurous, ambitious programmes that tackle difficult and novel challenges. 2024-04-30
Responsible AI UK: skills programme
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Apply for funding to develop open educational resources for the training of artificial intelligence (AI) developers, users, managers, the public and other stakeholders. You and your organisation must be eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding. 2024-04-26
BBSRC New investigator award: 2024 round three: responsive mode
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Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. 2024-04-26
Technologies to enable independence for people living with dementia
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Apply for funding to develop a NetworkPlus focused on the use and development of novel tools and technologies to enable people with dementia to live independently. Networks should be multidisciplinary and embed people with lived experiences of dementia. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. 2024-04-25
BBSRC Standard research grant: 2024 round 3: responsive mode
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Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. 2024-04-25
DCMS Create Growth Programme competition three
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UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for funding of between £10,000 and £30,000 for innovation projects to grow their business. This funding is from DCMS. 2024-04-25
Small molecule High Throughput Screen using AstraZeneca facilities
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Apply for funding to run a High Throughput Screen (HTS) using AstraZeneca’s compound library and screening robots. Two funding opportunities per year with changing themes. This funding opportunity will have a focus on new targets related to Fibrosis or Extracellular Matrix. 2024-04-24
Smart Shipping Acceleration Fund
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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovative smart shipping technologies for maritime decarbonisation. This funding is from DfT. 2024-04-23
Pre-announcement: Sustainable Industrial Futures
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Apply for funding to establish a virtual centre of excellence in sustainable industrial futures to advance the UK’s transition to net zero. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding. 2024-04-23
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