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UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Award 2026: £50,000 to £300,000 for One High-Risk Development Step Toward a New Medicine, Device, or Diagnostic — Applications Close 11 November 2026
The Medical Research Council funds a single, tightly scoped package of translational development work — £50,000 to £300,000 at 80% full economic cost, over six to 18 months — to generate the critical data that decides whether a medical product idea progresses or stops.
UKRI Translation: Proof of Concept 2026 — Applications Closed
The UKRI Translation: Proof of Concept 2026 funding opportunity is closed. The completed cycle offered £100,000 to £250,000 of full economic cost for six- to nine-month research-commercialisation projects led from eligible UK research organisations; no later cycle is announced on the official page.
UKRI Translation: STFC Proof of Concept 2026–2027: Up to £600,000 for STFC Commercialisation, Invite-Only Deadline 26 August 2026
UKRI Translation: STFC Proof of Concept supports invited UK research organisations to move STFC-funded particle physics, astronomy and nuclear-community technology from TRL 5–7 toward commercialisation over a minimum 24-month award starting in April 2027.
UKRI Trust and Confidence in Policing R&I Consortium: One £2 Million Award to Build Real-Time Measures of Public Trust in UK Policing, Closing 27 October 2026
UKRI's Safer Streets R&D Missions Accelerator Programme will fund a single Research and Innovation Consortium at up to £2 million full economic cost over 36 months to develop and pilot dynamic ways of measuring public trust and confidence in policing, opening 1 September 2026 and closing 27 October 2026.
UKRI Venture Doctorates 2026: A £25 Million Fund for One to Three Programmes Training at Least 50 Entrepreneurial PhD Students — Mandatory Expression of Interest Closes 21 September 2026
UKRI is investing £25 million in one to three doctoral focal awards that combine rigorous PhD research with hands-on venture creation, with a mandatory expression of interest due 21 September 2026 and outline applications closing 22 October 2026.
UKRI What Works Innovation Fellowships — Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls 2026: Three 18-Month Fellowships Worth Up to £220,000 Full Economic Cost, Embedded Inside Government-Backed What Works Centres
UKRI's R&D Missions Accelerator Programme is funding three 18-month What Works Innovation Fellowships hosted by Foundations, the College of Policing's What Works Centre for Crime Reduction, and the Youth Endowment Fund, open to UK-based researchers at any career stage who hold a PhD or equivalent research experience; applications close at 16:00 on Tuesday 8 September 2026 with a 4 January 2027 start.
Using the Our Future Health data resource for research
UK Research and Innovation’s Medical Research Council runs a pilot in which eligible MRC-funded researchers can access the Our Future Health data resource, with MRC covering data access costs while researchers handle compute and external fees.
Video games and gambling-related harms
Historical UKRI grant opportunity for research on the relationship between gambling and video games, with a total fund of £5,000,000 and up to £1,000,000 FEC per project.
Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Electric Power
UKRI and the Department for Transport are funding innovative 100% battery electric vessels and modern shore-power infrastructure through a three-year real-world demonstration model, with up to £150,000,000 allocated and a total project grant cap of £30,000,000 per application.