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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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Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship
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These are personal, career development focused awards for the mathematical sciences. You must have either: a PhD more than four years’ experience in a relevant field by the start of your fellowship Candidates with more research experience may prefer to apply for our open fellowship. 2025-02-14
Strategic infrastructure for engineering and physical sciences: Feb 2025
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Apply for funding to purchase strategic infrastructure that will improve UK scientific capability and enable cutting-edge research of high priority to EPSRC. This funding opportunity is for invited applicants only. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. 2025-02-14
Japan-UK Joint call for Quantum Technologies for Innovation
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Apply for funding to form world-leading partnerships with collaborators in Japan for your research into Quantum Technologies. UK applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. Japanese applicants must be eligible for JST funding. 2025-02-13
UKRI Metascience AI early career fellowships
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The UK Metascience Unit will fund a cohort of early career fellows to build our understanding of how the growing adoption of AI is changing the research landscape, including what epistemic, metascientific, ethical and socioeconomic questions this raises, and how governments, industry, and funding organisations should respond. 2025-02-13
ERA-NET NEURON interdisciplinary approaches to the neuroscience of pain
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Apply for funding as part of a transnational consortium of three to five partners to improve knowledge of the neuroscience of pain using interdisciplinary approaches. This is an ERA-NET NEURON Joint Transnational Call. The Medical Research Council (MRC) are one of 19 organisations offering funding through the initiative. 2025-02-06
Pre-announcement: Opening up the Environment 2026
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Apply for funding to deliver purposeful activities to increase the diversity of the UK environmental science community. You can only apply for this funding opportunity if we have invited you to do so following a successful Opening up the Environment 2025 application. 2025-02-06
Research to advance UK recycling capabilities
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Apply for funding for research to accelerate UK recycling capabilities. Projects will progress the development of more energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and economically viable recycling technologies and systems. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. 2025-02-06
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 highlights. This funding opportunity will have a highlight on new targets related to pain or women’s health (including conditions related to metabolic disorders). 2025-02-05
Expression of interest: ATI programme strategic batch, Feb 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. 2025-02-04
2025 BBSRC Fellowships scheme
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Apply for funding to carry out independent research within a host laboratory and gain leadership skills. You are not eligible to apply if you hold or have held any post or position at lecturer level (or equivalent). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. 2025-02-04
UKRI Creating opportunities: rethinking economic (in)activity
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Apply for funding to identify ways of supporting economic activity in places experiencing high rates of ill-health, disability, and informal care in the UK. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding. 2025-02-03
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund: round four, discovery cycle two
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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative discovery phase projects that meet the round four challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund. 2025-01-31
AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award
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Flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas. 2025-01-31
AHRC responsive mode: catalyst awards
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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. 2025-01-31
Pushing the frontiers of environmental research: July 2025
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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 NERC funding. 2025-01-31
Clean maritime demonstration competition round six: feasibility studies
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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million for innovative clean maritime technologies and skills. This funding is from the Department for Transport. 2025-01-30
Clean maritime demonstration competition round six: smart shipping
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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million for innovative smart shipping technologies and skills for maritime decarbonisation. This funding is from the Department for Transport. 2025-01-30
Mathematical sciences open and open plus fellowship
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These are personal, career development focused awards for the mathematical sciences. You must have either: a PhD and some years of additional research experience more than four years’ experience in a relevant field by the start of your fellowship We have postdoctoral fellowships for earlier career researchers. 2025-01-30
APCUK: advanced route to market demonstrator 4 (ARMD4)
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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million for late stage research and development projects that help accelerate the UK transition to zero emission vehicles and towards a net zero automotive future. 2025-01-28
Environmental sciences: Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund 2025
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Apply for funding to create new and sustainable global partnerships in environmental science. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding. The inclusion of one of more international project partners is mandatory. 2025-01-28
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