High performance compute resources for EPSRC communities

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Grant. Closes 2026-10-27. Total fund £26.25 million. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/high-performance-compute-resources-for-epsrc-communities/

Apply for funding to provide high-performance compute resource for engineering and physical sciences research communities.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding.

EPSRC will invest in compute resources that deliver either:

- CPU resources that meet an identified need of EPSRC compute user communities

- Enable the EPSRC community to fully exploit GPU architectures

£20,000,000 (100% FEC) capital and £5,000,000 (80% FEC) resource funding is available.

Equipment spend must be incurred in the first quarter of the award. The award can run for up to four years.

What we're looking for Aim

The provision of national high-performance computing in the UK is changing. To support the engineering and physical sciences research communities to take advantage of these changes, EPSRC will provide funding for compute hardware through this opportunity.

This funding opportunity aims to support investments in compute hardware that deliver against (at least) one of two outcomes:

- provides CPU resources to meet an identified need of compute user communities within EPSRC remit

- enables the engineering and physical sciences community to fully exploit GPU architectures to conduct world-leading research

Proposals must clearly identify which of these aims they will deliver against and detail how they will do so in their application.

Scope

This funding opportunity has a budget of:

- £20 million for compute hardware to be spent in financial year 2026 to 2027

- £5 million for resource over four years

EPSRC expects multiple awards to be made. The value per award is not fixed. You should request an appropriate capital and resource budget for the work you propose in line with the intended outcomes of…