Opportunity status: Upcoming
Funders: UK Research and Innovation
Funding type: Grant
Total fund: £20,000,000
Maximum award: £2,000,000
Publication date: 2 November 2026
Opening date: 3 November 2026 9:00am UK time
Closing date: 12 January 2027 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to establish a Community Centre of Excellence (CCE) that will provide a world class service layer for researchers and innovators to utilise the UKRI National Compute Resources (NCRs). A CCE is a mechanism for providing services and or resources that build an additional community-owned service layer or custodianship of a platform layer embedded between users and NCRs. CCEs will combine community stewardship, deep service provision and access to ensure research communities succeed.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2 million for three years. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will fund 100% of the FEC.