Open UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding calls

Open calls from UKRI's research councils (AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC and STFC), Innovate UK and Research England. 150 open calls, soonest deadline first.

• Pre-announcement: Trust and confidence in policing: R&I Consortium
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Up to £2,000,000Deadline: October 27, 2026 ·
• Trust and confidence in policing: Research & Innovation Consortium
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Up to £2,000,000Deadline: October 27, 2026 ·
• High performance compute resources for EPSRC communities
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Not specifiedDeadline: October 27, 2026 ·
• Advancing innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosis
  Innovate UKUp to £25,400,000Deadline: October 28, 2026 ·
• National Materials Innovation Programme: CR&D Rd1
  Innovate UKUp to £12,000,000Deadline: October 28, 2026 ·
• CfI: Innovation in play to improve child outcomes
  Innovate UKNot specifiedDeadline: October 28, 2026 ·
• CfI: counter UAS demonstrations in prison environments
  UK Research and Innovation£40,000 – £80,000Deadline: October 28, 2026 ·
• CoSTAR Showcase Labs: Createch infrastructure and commercialisation
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Up to £4,000,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• CoSTAR Satellite Labs: Accessible creative R&D infrastructure
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Up to £2,000,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• Collaborate with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative
  Medical Research Council (MRC)£15,000 – £100,000Deadline: November 1, 2026 ·
• Focal award: EPSRC and MHCLG Fire Engineering Skills Hub
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Up to £5,900,000Deadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• EPSRC-Defra Reimagining Circularity: full stage
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Up to £5,410,000Deadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3
  Innovate UKUp to £8,500,000Deadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis round two
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)Up to £300,000Deadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• ESRC responsive mode: new investigator grants round two
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)£100,000 – £350,000Deadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• ESRC responsive mode: research grants round two
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)£350,000 – £1,000,000Deadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• UKRI translation: MRC proof of concept: stage two
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund drawdown five
  Innovate UKUp to £150,000,000Deadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• CfI: Battery innovation for dual use and defence phase 1
  Innovate UKNot specifiedDeadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• Large Grant full applications: November 2026 (invite only)
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)£1,120,000 – £3,450,000Deadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Invite only: Precision prevention: biological mechanisms of response variation
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Up to £5,000,000Deadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence 2027-2030 – invite only
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)Up to £8,007,500Deadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Expression of interest: First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) builder: programme entry
  Innovate UKUp to £315,000Deadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip
  Medical Research Council (MRC)£200,000 – £1,000,000Deadline: November 5, 2026 ·
• Transformative sustainable AI technologies
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £602,500Deadline: November 10, 2026 ·
• UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards
  Medical Research Council (MRC)£50,000 – £300,000Deadline: November 11, 2026 ·
• Frontier AI: SME Champions, phase 1
  Innovate UKUp to £3,100,000Deadline: November 11, 2026 ·
• ADOPT Facilitator support grant: round 12
  Innovate UKUp to £2,500Deadline: November 11, 2026 ·
• Exploring the frontiers of environmental research 2026
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)£100,000 – £200,000Deadline: November 12, 2026 ·
• NERC-Innovate UK ICURe Discover programme
  UK Research and Innovation (Innovate UK, NERC)Up to £2,500Deadline: November 12, 2026 ·
• Longitudinal population studies strategic prioritisation exercise
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: November 17, 2026 ·
• UKRI Translation: MRC Proof of Concept: stage one
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: November 18, 2026 ·
• MDI programme innovation and scale-up hub
  Innovate UKUp to £4,000,000Deadline: November 18, 2026 ·
• Economic research on the returns to R&D investment
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)Up to £308,000Deadline: November 19, 2026 ·
• Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (26BBR)
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Up to £2,000,000Deadline: November 19, 2026 ·
• NQS Mission 2: Components, systems and architectures
  UK Research and Innovation (EPSRC, STFC)Up to £2,560,000Deadline: November 24, 2026 ·
• NQS Mission 2 Coordination Network
  UK Research and Innovation (EPSRC, STFC)Up to £630,937Deadline: November 24, 2026 ·
• Data for metascience sandpit 2027
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Up to £2,000,000Deadline: November 24, 2026 ·
• Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)£500,000 – £1,500,000Deadline: November 25, 2026 ·
• Battery Innovation Programme: investor partnerships
  Innovate UKNot specifiedDeadline: November 25, 2026 ·
• Expression of interest: Small-satellite missions sandpit
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £1,870,000Deadline: November 25, 2026 ·
• Long-term cultural and sporting events legacy
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)£1,100,000 – £1,320,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• Attendance and engagement at UK sporting, cultural and heritage sites
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)£1,100,000 – £1,320,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• UKRI Enabling AI adoption across science and engineering
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £250,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) winter
  Innovate UKUp to £250,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• Germany Bilateral Collaborative R&D: round 5
  Innovate UKUp to £2,400,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• Battery innovation: feasibility studies round three
  Innovate UKUp to £25,000,000Deadline: December 2, 2026 ·
• Battery innovation: concept development round three
  Innovate UKUp to £25,000,000Deadline: December 2, 2026 ·
• Doctoral focal award: chip design and verification
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Up to £6,000,000Deadline: December 2, 2026 ·
• Engineering Biology Investor Partnerships round 1
  Innovate UKUp to £8,000,000Deadline: December 2, 2026 ·
• Full ADOPT grant: round 10
  Innovate UKUp to £5,000,000Deadline: December 2, 2026 ·
• Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D round 2
  Innovate UKUp to £7,000,000Deadline: December 2, 2026 ·
• Growth Cohorts: next-gen low carbon concrete cohort entry round 2
  Innovate UKNot specifiedDeadline: December 2, 2026 ·
• UK Obesity Research Institute: full application
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Up to £72,000,000Deadline: December 3, 2026 ·
• UKRI: Integration of AI/HPC with quantum computing
  UK Research and Innovation (EPSRC, STFC)Up to £3,750,000Deadline: December 8, 2026 ·
• Gambling harms research grants
  UK Research and Innovation (AHRC, MRC, ESRC)Up to £2,000,000Deadline: December 8, 2026 ·
• BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for assurance and compliance
  Innovate UKUp to £5,000,000Deadline: December 8, 2026 ·
• BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for operational systems
  Innovate UKUp to £5,000,000Deadline: December 8, 2026 ·
• BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for decision critical systems
  Innovate UKUp to £5,000,000Deadline: December 8, 2026 ·
• Manufacturing Scale-up Research and Innovation: Automotive and Aerospace
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £600,000Deadline: December 9, 2026 ·
• Manufacturing Scale-up Network Plus
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £5,625,000Deadline: December 9, 2026 ·
• Public Engagement Spark Awards 2026B
  Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)£5,000 – £20,000Deadline: December 10, 2026 ·
• What Works Centre for a climate resilient UK
  UK Research and Innovation (ESRC)Up to £21,100,000Deadline: December 15, 2026 ·
• UK-Singapore CRD 2026
  Innovate UKUp to £3,000,000Deadline: December 16, 2026 ·
• Physical sciences NRF portfolio refresh (invite only)
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)£25,000 – £400,000Deadline: December 16, 2026 ·
• Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: coordinating groups
  Research England£10,000 – £100,000Deadline: January 7, 2027 ·
• Advancing solutions for critical mineral production and recycling
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Up to £305,000Deadline: January 7, 2027 ·
• Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: January 12, 2027 ·
• Professional doctorate: clinical research training fellowship
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Up to £25,000Deadline: January 13, 2027 ·
• Capacity building: clinical research training fellowship
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: January 13, 2027 ·
• Early independence: clinician scientist fellowship
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: January 13, 2027 ·
• Underground hydrogen storage demonstrator DEVEX support
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £1,500,000Deadline: January 13, 2027 ·
• Testing and validating underground hydrogen storage components
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £5,000,000Deadline: January 13, 2027 ·
• Mid-range equipment for biosciences research: ALERT 2026
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)£200,000 – £1,500,000Deadline: January 14, 2027 ·
• Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027
  Innovate UKNot specifiedDeadline: January 20, 2027 ·
• Invite only: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures R&D
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Up to £4,000,000Deadline: January 20, 2027 ·
• Focal awards: multilingual futures for UK growth and connectivity
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Not specifiedDeadline: January 21, 2027 ·
• Knowledge Transfer Partnership: 2026 to 2027 round 4
  Innovate UKUp to £12,500,000Deadline: January 27, 2027 ·
• Small molecule high throughput screen using AstraZeneca facilities
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Up to £270,000Deadline: January 28, 2027 ·
• MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round five: outline application
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Up to £26,250,000Deadline: February 3, 2027 ·
• Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: pilots & UK seed funding
  UK Research and Innovation (Research England)£100,000 – £5,000,000Deadline: February 4, 2027 ·
• Experimental medicine: invited stage two application
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: February 24, 2027 ·
• Water4All 2026 call: sustainable water management
  UK Research and Innovation (NERC, EPSRC)Up to £312,500Deadline: April 6, 2027 ·
• Pre-announcement: Future Data Services: Joining up the data service workforce
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)£110,000 – £280,000Deadline: April 13, 2027 ·
• Experimental medicine to define mechanisms of gambling disorder: stage one
  UK Research and Innovation (MRC, AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC)Up to £3,000,000Deadline: April 14, 2027 ·
• Experimental medicine stage one
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: April 14, 2027 ·
• Biodiversa+ 2026 to 2027: novel ecosystems (BiodivFuture)
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Up to £375,000Deadline: April 16, 2027 ·
• Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2027
  Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)Not specifiedDeadline: August 31, 2027 ·
• Connecting Culture Fund
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)£5,000 – £100,000Deadline: September 30, 2027 ·
• AHRC Standard research grant: applicant-led mode
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)£300,000 – £1,500,000Deadline: Not listed
• Collaborate with researchers in Brazil
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• ESRC responsive mode: working with Brazilian researchers round two
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)£350,000 – £1,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• ESRC responsive mode: UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity round two
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)£350,000 – £1,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• ESRC responsive mode: working with Luxembourg researchers round two
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)£350,000 – £1,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• EPSRC standard research grant, Nov 2023: responsive mode
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Up to £400,000Deadline: Not listed
• EPSRC discipline hopping in ICT, Nov 2023: responsive mode
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• EPSRC overseas travel grant: Nov 2023: responsive mode
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• EPSRC network grant: Nov 2023: responsive mode
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• EPSRC working with overseas scientists: Nov 2023: responsive mode
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Up to £400,000Deadline: Not listed
• Mathematical sciences small grants
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)£10,000 – £80,000Deadline: Not listed
• Open access fund for longform publications: stage two
  UK Research and InnovationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Collaborate with the functional genomics screening laboratory
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• NERC urgency funding
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Up to £100,000Deadline: Not listed
• EPSRC programme grant outline stage
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Up to £400,000Deadline: Not listed
• AHRC UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency: applicant-led mode
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)£300,000 – £1,500,000Deadline: Not listed
• AHRC Working with Brazilian researchers: Applicant-led mode
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)£300,000 – £1,500,000Deadline: Not listed
• AHRC Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg: applicant-led mode
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)£300,000 – £1,500,000Deadline: Not listed
• AHRC Curiosity Award: applicant-led mode
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Up to £100,000Deadline: Not listed
• Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• EPSRC Programme grant full proposal
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Up to £400,000Deadline: Not listed
• Knowledge Transfer Partnership
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• UK International Ocean Drilling Programme moratorium awards
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Up to £62,500Deadline: Not listed
• Isambard-AI and Zenith AIRR supercomputers: Rapid Access route
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Isambard-AI and Zenith AIRR supercomputers: Gateway route
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Advanced materials: highlight notice
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• MRC: research grant: applicant-led
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• MRC: partnership grant: applicant-led
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• MRC: new investigator research grant: applicant-led
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Up to £150,000Deadline: Not listed
• Pushing the frontiers of environmental research
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Up to £950,000Deadline: Not listed
• Using the ‘Our Future Health’ data resource for research
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• BBSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Up to £2,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Up to £2,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• Mathematical Sciences Early Independence Fellowship
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Up to £1,250,000Deadline: Not listed
• Innovation Loans Expression of Interest
  Innovate UK£100,000 – £5,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• 2445: DRIVE35: Scale Up Fund
  Innovate UKUp to £150,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• EPSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)£25,000 – £400,000Deadline: Not listed
• BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA)
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Up to £35,000Deadline: Not listed
• Access EuroHPC supercomputers for AI development (AI Factories)
  UK Research and InnovationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Access EuroHPC supercomputers for research computing
  UK Research and InnovationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Access EuroHPC quantum computers through the pilot call
  UK Research and InnovationNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Pre-announcement: Open-source semiconductor security platform development
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Up to £240,000Deadline: Not listed
• Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: challenge awards
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)£2,000,000 – £10,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: grow awards
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)£100,000 – £500,000Deadline: Not listed
• Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: explore awards
  Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)£300,000 – £2,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure outlines: September 2026
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Pre-announcement: NMIP sandpit: Digital materials for accelerated innovation
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• AHRC Catalyst Awards: applicant-led mode
  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)£100,000 – £300,000Deadline: Not listed
• Pre-announcement: Engineering Biology Programme: mission hubs
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £15,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• Pre-announcement: Engineering Biology Programme: foundational technology hubs
  UK Research and InnovationUp to £12,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• PATT travel claim for competitively awarded observation time
  Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Researching ME/CFS: priority area
  Medical Research Council (MRC)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciences
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Up to £3,000Deadline: Not listed
• UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity
  UK Research and Innovation (AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC)Up to £1,000,000Deadline: Not listed
• Return to research support bursary
  Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)Up to £2,500Deadline: Not listed
• Daphne Jackson Trust fellowship
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Work with US-based researchers on environmental science: NERC-NSF lead agency
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Up to £300,000Deadline: Not listed
• Work with Brazilian researchers: NERC FAPESP lead agency
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)£950,000 – £3,450,000Deadline: Not listed
• Collaborate with researchers in Norway
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg
  UK Research and Innovation (cross-council)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed