Funding

We list funding opportunities that are relevant to our network. If you have a funding opportunity that you would like us to share, please get in touch with our Communications Manager, Jordan Willis.

Closing date: 18 August 2026

Active travel facilitators and barriers within different populations

Overview Opportunity status: Open Type: Programme Opening date: 17 March 2026 at 1:00...

Closing date: 26 August 2026

Consumer Led Flexibility for the Clean Energy Superpower Mission

UKRI Opportunity status: OpenFunders: Innovate UKFunding type: GrantPublication date: 10 June...

Closing date: 26 August 2026

Consumer Led Flexibility for the Clean Energy Superpower Mission

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for pre-commercialisation...

Closing date: 27 August 2026

ESRC DFA Plus: Innovating in Data-Driven Research

ESRC has launched the Doctoral Focal Award Plus: innovating in data-driven research call...

Closing date: 31 August 2026

Pushing the frontiers of environmental science 2026

Apply for funding to pursue an ambitious, high-reward curiosity-driven project in environmental...

Closing date: 08 September 2026

UKRI Policy Internships 2026

Opportunity status: OpenFunders: UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences...

Closing date: 08 September 2026

UK Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme 2026

Apply for this jointly funded opportunity between EPSRC and the Japanese Ministry of Education,...

Closing date: 09 September 2026

UK Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme 2026

Apply for this jointly funded opportunity between EPSRC and the Japanese Ministry of Education,...

Closing date: 10 September 2026

Sector transition: UKRI policy fellowships 2026

Opportunity status: OpenFunders: UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences...

Closing date: 11 September 2026

BR-UK Commissioning Fund

Deadline: 11th September 2026. Summary Our £1.3 million Commissioning Fund supports...

Closing date: 15 September 2026

UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration Accounts 2027

Opportunity status: OpenFunders: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and...

Closing date: 16 September 2026

Doctoral focal awards in data-intensive sciences

Funding by STFC Opportunity status: OpenFunders: Science and Technology Facilities Council...

Closing date: 16 September 2026

DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate 3

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £20 million for late stage...

Closing date: 30 September 2026

Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage Project Development Studies

Funding type Grant Project size Your project’s total eligible grant funding request...

Closing date: 08 October 2026

EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure 2026 (invite only)

Opportunity status: OpenFunders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Funding...

Closing date: 15 October 2026

EDRC Rapid Projects Fund

This Flexible Fund is to create a research programme that can respond rapidly to changing research...

Closing date: 20 October 2026

Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI

Opportunity status: OpenFunders: UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences...

Closing date: 22 October 2026

Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage

Opportunity status: UpcomingFunders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC),...

Closing date: 05 November 2026

Large Grant full applications: November 2026 (invite only)

Opportunity status: UpcomingFunders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Funding type:...

Closing date: 08 December 2026

Housing, Place and the Built Environment for an Ageing Population

Opportunity status: Open Type: Programme Opening date: 17 March 2026 at 1:00 pm Closing...

Closing date: 31 December 2026

Pushing the frontiers of environmental research

Opportunity status: OpenFunders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Funding type:...

Closing date: 23 August 2027

Asset Decarbonisation and Retrofit Dynamic Purchasing System

Established in 2004, Procurement for Housing (PfH) is a national procurement consortium dedicated...