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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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Closes today NERC

Exploring the frontiers of environmental research 2026

Apply for funding to pursue truly novel curiosity-driven environmental research that is at an early stage of development and has the potential to be transformative. You must be based at a UK research organisation…

Funder
NERC
Total fund
£8,000,000
Opens
10 Sep 2026, 9:00am
Closes
12 Nov 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes today Innovate UK · NERC

NERC-Innovate UK ICURe Discover programme

Apply for NERC’s ICURe Discover programme. Participants will build market awareness, deepen understanding of potential applications of their research and learn how to gauge customer opinion on their product. This…

Funder
Innovate UK, NERC
Award
Up to £2,500
Opens
15 Oct 2026, 9:00am
Closes
12 Nov 2026, 11:59pm
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Closes in 5 days Innovate UK

MDI programme innovation and scale-up hub

UK registered eligible organisations can apply for a share of up to £4 million for a manufacturing digitalisation innovation (MDI) and scale-up hub to improve the targeting, quality and commercial impact of grant funded…

Funder
Innovate UK
Total fund
£4,000,000
Opens
2 Oct 2026, 9:30am
Closes
18 Nov 2026, 11:00am
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Closes in 6 days MRC

UKRI Translation: MRC Proof of Concept: stage one

This funding opportunity was previously titled ‘Developmental pathway funding scheme: stage one’. Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions. You must…

Funder
MRC
Funding
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Opens
2 Jul 2026, 9:00am
Closes
18 Nov 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 7 days BBSRC

Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (26BBR)

Apply for funding to implement, improve or consolidate bioinformatics or biological resources in support of UK bioscience, helping to drive forwards progress in bioscience research and innovation. You must be based at a…

Funder
BBSRC
Total fund
£7,000,000
Opens
23 Sep 2026, 9:00am
Closes
19 Nov 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 7 days ESRC

Economic research on the returns to R&D investment

Apply for funding to support research that can help develop new measurements of the return on investments in research and development (R&D). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

Funder
ESRC
Total fund
£2,460,000
Opens
10 Sep 2026, 9:00am
Closes
19 Nov 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 12 days ESRC · NERC · BBSRC · AHRC · STFC · EPSRC · MRC · BIST

Data for metascience sandpit 2027

Apply to attend a five-day interactive sandpit to develop novel projects that can address multi-faceted metascience questions related to research and development policy and funding. You will complete an expression of…

Funder
ESRC, NERC, BBSRC, AHRC, STFC, EPSRC, MRC, BIST
Total fund
£2,000,000
Opens
27 Oct 2026, 9:00am
Closes
24 Nov 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 12 days EPSRC · STFC

NQS Mission 2: Components, systems and architectures

Apply for funding to advance research supporting the UK National Quantum Strategy Mission 2, strengthening UK leadership in quantum networking and communications and the future quantum internet. You must be based at a…

Funder
EPSRC, STFC
Total fund
£10,750,000
Opens
29 Sep 2026, 9:00am
Closes
24 Nov 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 12 days EPSRC · STFC

NQS Mission 2 Coordination Network

Apply for funding to establish a national coordination network supporting the UK National Quantum Strategy Mission 2. The network will connect researchers, industry partners and network operators to advance quantum…

Funder
EPSRC, STFC
Total fund
£630,937
Opens
29 Sep 2026, 9:00am
Closes
24 Nov 2026, 4:00pm
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Closes in 13 days UKRI

Expression of interest: Small-satellite missions sandpit

Apply to attend an interdisciplinary sandpit to develop challenge-led small satellite Earth observation mission concepts. Projects should deliver sovereign capability for national security and defence, societal benefit…

Funder
UKRI
Total fund
£1,870,000
Opens
22 Oct 2026, 9:00am
Closes
25 Nov 2026, 4:00pm
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