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✓ Checked 2026-11-02

Focal award: EPSRC and MHCLG Fire Engineering Skills Hub (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £5,900,000
Deadline: 2026-11-03
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Skills and employment

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✓ Checked 2026-11-02

Purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £200,000 – £1,000,000
Deadline: 2026-11-05
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-11-02

Transformative sustainable AI technologies (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £602,500
Deadline: 2026-11-10
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Digital and AI

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-09-26

UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £50,000 – £300,000
Deadline: 2026-11-11
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Research and innovation

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-11-02

Exploring the frontiers of environmental research 2026 (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) · UK-wide

Amount: £100,000 – £200,000
Deadline: 2026-11-12
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Environment and nature

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-11-02

Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (26BBR) (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £2,000,000
Deadline: 2026-11-19
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Digital and AI

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-11-02

Economic research on the returns to R&D investment (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £308,000
Deadline: 2026-11-19
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-10-07

NQS Mission 2: Components, systems and architectures (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £2,560,000
Deadline: 2026-11-24
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-10-07

NQS Mission 2 Coordination Network (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £630,937
Deadline: 2026-11-25
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-10-07

Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £500,000 – £1,500,000
Deadline: 2026-11-25
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Arts, culture and heritage

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-11-02

Attendance and engagement at UK sporting, cultural and heritage sites (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1,100,000 – £1,320,000
Deadline: 2026-12-01
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Arts, culture and heritage

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-10-06

Long-term cultural and sporting events legacy (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1,100,000 – £1,320,000
Deadline: 2026-12-01
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Arts, culture and heritage

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-11-02

UKRI Enabling AI adoption across science and engineering (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £250,000
Deadline: 2026-12-01
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Digital and AI

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⏳ Closing soon✓ Checked 2026-10-07

Doctoral focal award: chip design and verification (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £6,000,000
Deadline: 2026-12-02
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Digital and AI

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✓ Checked 2026-11-02

Gambling harms research grants (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Medical Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £2,000,000
Deadline: 2026-12-08
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Community and wellbeing

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✓ Checked 2026-11-02

UKRI: Integration of AI/HPC with quantum computing (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £3,750,000
Deadline: 2026-12-08
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Digital and AI

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✓ Checked 2026-10-06

Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £20,000,000
Deadline: 2027-01-12
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research

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✓ Checked 2026-11-02

Mathematical Sciences Early Independence Fellowship (Fellowship)

UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £1,250,000
Deadline: 2027-03-31
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research

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✓ Checked 2026-09-26

BBSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £2,000,000
Deadline: 2027-04-29
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research

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✓ Checked 2026-11-02

BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £2,000,000
Deadline: 2027-04-29
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research

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✓ Checked 2026-10-05

BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA) (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £35,000
Deadline: 2027-07-28
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research

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✓ Checked 2026-10-06

Pushing the frontiers of environmental research (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council · UK-wide

Amount: £1 – £950,000
Deadline: 2027-09-22
Who can apply: Public bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research

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✓ Checked 2026-11-02

Opportunities for the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)

Advanced Research and Invention Agency · International

Amount: £10,000 – £10,000,000
Deadline: 2028-01-17
Who can apply: IndividualsPublic bodiesCharities & community groupsBusinesses
What it funds: Academic research Research and innovation

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✓ Checked 2026-10-07