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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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Turing AI Pioneer Interdisciplinary Fellowships: outline applications
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Apply for fellowship funding to build AI capability. This opportunity is for established researchers from across UKRI remit, without a background in core AI research, who want to build domain relevant AI capability. You must be hosted at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding. 2025-07-22
Facility access funding for bioscience partnerships (invite only)
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Apply for this invitation-only funding opportunity to support business and academic partnerships in accessing STFC skills, capabilities and facilities to find solutions to industrially relevant bioscience challenges. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. 2025-07-22
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 employed at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding. 2025-07-17
Rapid evidence reviews for the UKRI Research Programme on Gambling
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Apply for funding to conduct rapid evidence reviews in support of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Research Programme on Gambling. The reviews will identify evidence gaps within the research and innovation ecosystem relating to gambling harms. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding. 2025-07-17
Pushing the frontiers of environmental research: January 2026
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Apply for funding to pursue an ambitious, high risk and high reward curiosity-driven project in environmental research. You must be: based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements 2025-07-16
Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2026
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Apply for funding to develop a large or complex scientific project. You must have already discussed your ideas with one of our programme managers and have been invited to submit a full proposal. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding. 2025-07-16
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
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