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Every open and upcoming R&D funding competition from Innovate UK, the UKRI research councils and co-funding government departments such as Defra, DfT and DESNZ, in one place. Updated automatically from the UKRI Funding Finder. If a grant looks relevant, our R&D tax consultants can also advise on how grant funding interacts with your R&D tax relief claim.

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Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI

Apply for funding for projects focused on speculative and high-risk fundamental research with the potential to deliver high reward and a step change in the explainability of future AI systems. You must be based at a UK…

Funder
EPSRC
Total fund
£12,050,000
Opens
11 Aug 2026, 9:00am
Closes
20 Oct 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 3 days BBSRC

International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciences

Apply for funding to visit international partners, in order to initiate collaborations, prepare joint funding proposals, visit overseas facilities or attend European consortia-building events. Stays may be of up to one…

Funder
BBSRC
Award
Up to £3,000
Opens
21 Oct 2025, 9:00am
Closes
20 Oct 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 4 days Innovate UK

Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Discovery C7

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Innovation Challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.

Funder
Innovate UK + co-funders
Funding
See opportunity
Opens
21 Sep 2026, 9:30am
Closes
21 Oct 2026, 11:00am
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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund round five discovery C7

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative discovery phase projects that meet the round five challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.

Funder
Innovate UK + co-funders
Total fund
£30,000,000
Opens
21 Sep 2026, 9:30am
Closes
21 Oct 2026, 11:00am
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Closes in 4 days Innovate UK

Engineering Biology Access to Infrastructure Pilot

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for Engineering Biology pilot scale and validation projects. This funding is part of UKRI’s Engineering Biology Programme and funded by BIST.

Funder
Innovate UK
Total fund
£5,000,000
Opens
7 Sep 2026, 9:00am
Closes
21 Oct 2026, 11:00am
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Closes in 4 days NERC

Research Infrastructure Renewal

Apply for capital funding to renew, replace and enhance capabilities for environmental science. The funding opportunity is for existing facilities, laboratories and other national capabilities which are demonstrably…

Funder
NERC
Total fund
£8,000,000
Opens
18 Aug 2026, 9:00am
Closes
21 Oct 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 4 days NERC

Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomy

Apply for proof-of-concept funding to develop and deploy innovative autonomous solutions for atmospheric science research or autonomous aerial systems for environmental science. You must be based at a UK research…

Funder
NERC
Total fund
£4,000,000
Opens
18 Aug 2026, 9:00am
Closes
21 Oct 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 5 days NERC · Defra

Resilient economy and security through ecosystem transitions grants

Apply for funding to improve our understanding of how ecosystem change affects resilience, security and prosperity as part of the NERC-Defra co-funded Resilient Economy and Security through Ecosystem Transitions…

Funder
NERC, Defra
Total fund
£15,000,000
Opens
13 Aug 2026, 9:00am
Closes
22 Oct 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 5 days EPSRC · BBSRC · AHRC · ESRC · MRC · NERC · STFC

Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage

Apply for funding to deliver entrepreneurship-focused doctoral training. Applications can be led by organisations with standard and non-standard eligibility. The non-standard eligibility process will need to be…

Funder
EPSRC, BBSRC, AHRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, STFC
Total fund
£25,000,000
Opens
10 Aug 2026, 9:00am
Closes
22 Oct 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 11 days AHRC · BBSRC · ESRC · EPSRC · MRC · NERC · STFC

Trust and confidence in policing: Research & Innovation Consortium

Apply for funding to develop and test dynamic tools and innovative approaches to measure public trust and confidence in policing by 2030. The tools and approaches developed will access the voices of underrepresented…

Funder
AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, NERC, STFC
Total fund
£2,000,000
Opens
1 Sep 2026, 9:00am
Closes
27 Oct 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 11 days EPSRC

High performance compute resources for EPSRC communities

Apply for funding to provide high-performance compute resource for engineering and physical sciences communities. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Funder
EPSRC
Total fund
£26,250,000
Opens
1 Sep 2026, 9:00am
Closes
27 Oct 2026, 4:00pm
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