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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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BBSRC-STFC Biotechnology Business Incubation Centre (Bio BIC) 2025
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Apply for funding to turn your innovative technology concepts into market reality. You must: be a UK-registered company under five years old that is majority-owned by founders and employees have received previous support from UKRI or a UKRI partner organisation 2025-08-08
Sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) series one
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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.6 million for the development of Proof of Concept demonstrators of AI technologies with state of the art performance. This is to support the UK’s AI sovereignty objectives. 2025-08-07
Developmental pathway funding scheme: invited stage two
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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. You must be invited to apply for stage two of this funding opportunity. 2025-08-07
BBSRC Follow-on Fund: 2025 round two
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Apply for Follow-on Funding (FoF) to bridge the gap between bioscience research and achieving economic and societal benefit. FoF applications must draw substantially on current or prior BBSRC funding. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. 2025-08-06
Pre-announcement: artificial intelligence humanities sandpits: Canada, UK and US
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AHRC and SSHRC plan to invite expressions of interest to attend a humanities-led, interdisciplinary research sandpit looking to put humanities insights and methodologies at the heart of artificial intelligence tech design. Through in-person and virtual workshops, teams will form and develop project applications. 2025-07-31
ADOPT facilitator support grant: round three
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Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500 to engage an external project facilitator to support the development of a full ADOPT grant application. 2025-07-28
Doctoral focal award: nuclear skills
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Apply for funding for doctoral focal awards (previously centres for doctoral training) to deliver cohort-based doctoral education in civil and defence nuclear skills to home students. An intent to submit must be completed by 12 September 2025 4:00pm UK time. Funding is subject to business case approval and the spending review. 2025-07-24
Pilot projects with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative
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Apply for pilot project funding in collaboration with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding. 2025-07-24
Cultural heritage and climate change networks to drive policy change
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Apply for DCMS funding to maximise the international partnership brokering and networking opportunities of UK arts and humanities research, as a step towards the Horizon Europe Resilient Cultural Heritage Partnership. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. 2025-07-24
Aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on the climate 2025
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Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research which focuses on the underpinning science of aviation’s non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) impacts and how they interact with climate over time with the view to identifying benefits, mitigation options, informing industry and government policy decisions. 2025-07-22
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
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