GOVERNMENT GRANTS FINDER
Browse the latest Grant Funding and competitions from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) below. UKRI is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom that directs research and innovation funding, funded through the science budget of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
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 activity.Innovate UK
Apply for funding for academically led experimental medicine studies in humans that deepen understanding of the causal biological and psychosocial mechanisms underlying the effects of gambling activities, products and interventions on gambling disorder.MRC AHRC ESRC UKRI-wide
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £8 million to develop engineering biology products and services with selected investor partners.Innovate UK
UK registered SME’s can apply for a share of up to £3.1 million to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) technologies with a clear route to defensible scale-up.Innovate UK
Organisations can apply for a share of £900,000, inclusive of VAT, to demonstrate and test low-cost counter uncrewed aerial system (UAS) technologies that are able to detect and track drones within UK prison estates. This is a Contracts for Innovation (CfI) competition.UKRI-wide
Apply for Future Data Services funding to bring together communities of practitioners to exchange knowledge, improve working practices and deliver better data services for researchers.ESRC
This is an invite only funding opportunity to support national research facilities (NRFs) for research across EPSRC Physical Sciences within the scope of the funding opportunity. Facilities may be outside the UK for national use. Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.EPSRC
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 programme is for participants looking to explore the potential of early-stage projects.Innovate UK NERC
Apply for funding to establish and lead a What Works Centre for a climate resilient UK to transform how the UK adapts to climate change. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Economic and Social Research (ESRC) funding.ESRC UKRI-wide
Research England (RE)’s Collaboration for a Sustainable Future funding for coordinating groups to convene communities to produce an output identifying barriers, challenges and potential solutions to institutional collaboration in England’s R&I system. This is not a research grant. See relevant eligibility criteria.Research England
This funding opportunity is part of RE’s Collaboration for a Sustainable Future programme. Funding for higher education providers: to pilot new institutional collaborations (England-only) and to seed innovation partnerships (UK-wide). This is not a research grant opportunity. See eligibility criteria.Research England UKRI-wide
Organisations can apply for a share of £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop practical solutions that reignite the importance of play and increase access to high quality, real world play experiences, improving outcomes for children and young people.Innovate UK
UK registered SME’s can apply for a share of up to £2.4 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Germany. You must collaborate with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme.Innovate UK
Apply for funding to establish a doctoral focal award in chip design. This supports interdisciplinary training in very large-scale integration design and systems-on-chip. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.EPSRC
Apply for funding to respond quickly to transient, unexpected environmental research opportunities created by sporadic natural occurrences such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, or ephemeral events in ecosystems. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.NERC
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.Innovate UK
Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the Unites States (US). Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of AHRC and NSF-SBE. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.AHRC
Apply for funding for flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.AHRC
Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.AHRC
Apply for funding to pursue an adventurous, ambitious curiosity-driven project in environmental research. You must be: based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements NERC