Opportunity status: Open
Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type: Grant
Total fund: £7,125,000
Publication date: 29 October 2026
Opening date: 29 October 2026 9:00am UK time
Closing date: 26 November 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply to attend a four-day sandpit to develop high-impact projects on the challenges and opportunities of digital integration to accelerate materials research translation. Selected participants must attend online and in-person days.
You must submit an expression of interest to apply.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. Industry partners are welcome to attend the sandpit and develop projects as a partner but are not eligible for EPSRC funding through this opportunity.
We expect between three and eight projects, up to 33 months, will be funded, sharing up to £7.12 million. EPSRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost.