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Isambard-AI and Dawn AIRR Supercomputers: Rapid Access Route (Open for 2026/2027 R&D)

A UKRI compute-access opportunity for UK-registered startups and small businesses to get up to 20,000 GPU hours on Isambard-AI or Dawn for short-cycle feasibility and applied AI development.

Status: Rolling Type: Grant Deadline: Rolling or ongoing Location: United Kingdom

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2026 to 2027 Round 2 — Historical Reference

Historical reference for Innovate UK’s closed Knowledge Transfer Partnership round 2 for 2026 to 2027, which offered a share of a £10 million budget to UK knowledge bases working with UK businesses on strategic innovation projects.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: up to £10,000,000 competition budget Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Mathematical Sciences Early Independence Fellowship (EPSRC): UKRI Fellowship for Building Independent Research Careers

Open UKRI/EPSRC fellowship launched in 2026 to support post-PhD mathematical science researchers to make a transition to long-term research independence through a fellowship project funded up to £1,250,000 FEC.

Status: Rolling Type: Fellowship Amount: Up to £1,250,000 full economic cost (FEC); EPSRC funds 80% Deadline: Rolling or ongoing Location: United Kingdom

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026 (EPSRC): Ongoing UKRI Fellowship Route for Independent Early-Career Research

An open and continuing UKRI/EPSRC fellowship opportunity for early-career mathematical scientists in the UK, with no published funding cap and 80% full economic cost support.

Status: Rolling Type: Grant Amount: No published maximum; EPSRC pays 80% full economic cost Deadline: Rolling or ongoing Location: United Kingdom

Medicines Manufacturing: Labs of the Future 2026: Up to £1.5 Million for UK SME Automation Projects

The 2026 Innovate UK competition is closed. It offered UK registered businesses a share of up to £7.5 million to develop and use digital, automated and robotic technologies for pharmaceutical process development and manufacturing.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to £7.5 million total fund; eligible project grant requests from £500,000 to £1.5 million Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

MRC Academic and Industry Partnership Awards with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative 2026–27: £15,000 to £100,000 for Co-Funded Pilot Studies, With Matched Funding From an Industrial Partner — Closing 1 November 2026

The Medical Research Council and the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative are offering Academic and Industry Partnership awards of £15,000 to £100,000 for feasibility and pilot projects that build links between UK academic researchers and industry, with applications closing at 11:59pm on 1 November 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: £15,000 - £100,000 Deadline: Nov 1, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

MRC Centre of Research Excellence Round Four: Invited Full Application (MRC CoRE) 2026

A UKRI/MRC invited second-stage funding round for long-term, interdisciplinary MRC Centres of Research Excellence tackling major health challenges across UK research organisations.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Total program: £50,000,000; minimum year 1-7 FEC per award £26,250,000 Deadline: Sep 10, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

MRC Early Independence: Career Development Fellowship 2027: Up to Five Years of Salary and Project Costs to Launch Your Own Independent Health Research Group in the UK

The UK Medical Research Council's Early Independence: Career Development Fellowship funds a competitive salary plus 80% of project costs for up to five years so early-career researchers can establish an independent research niche within the MRC's health remit at an eligible UK organisation.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: Competitive salary plus 80% of full economic cost of project costs, for up to 5 years Deadline: Sep 15, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

MRC Equip 2026: Up to £1 Million for Mid-Range Biomedical Research Equipment in UKRI-Eligible Labs

UKRI’s MRC Equip pre-announcement offers up to £1 million FEC for a single piece of capital equipment that supports biomedical research in eligible UK organisations.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: £200,000 to £1,000,000 FEC; MRC funds 100% of FEC Deadline: Nov 5, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

MRC Experimental Medicine Stage One: Funding for Human Mechanistic Disease Research

UKRI's Medical Research Council (MRC) Experimental Medicine Stage One supports human mechanistic studies that test a biological hypothesis through an experimental intervention or challenge.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: No fixed funding cap is stated; MRC funds up to 80% of project full economic cost (FEC) Deadline: Oct 7, 2026 Location: United Kingdom