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UK Counter UAS Technologies Grant (Innovate UK) 2026: Counter UAS Technologies

UKRI/Innovate UK will invest in UK organisations and consortia to develop dual-use counter-drone technologies for civil, defence, security, and critical infrastructure protection in the 2026 competition.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Up to £5,000,000 total competition fund Deadline: Jun 3, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

UK International Ocean Drilling Programme Site Survey (UKRI/NERC)

UKRI's NERC fund supports UK-led ship-borne and virtual site survey investigations that strengthen applications for scientific ocean drilling expeditions.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Total fund: £800,000. Up to £500,000 FEC for ship-borne investigations and up to £187,500 FEC … Deadline: Jul 14, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

UKRI 2026 to 2027 Strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa) Outlines

An open UKRI outlines-stage grant for large, team-based bioscience discovery research in the UK requiring a minimum £2,000,000 full economic cost and funded 80% by BBSRC.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Minimum £2,000,000 full economic cost; typically up to four awards) Deadline: Jun 25, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

UKRI Metascience Scientometrics for Research Assessment (Invite-only) 2026

UKRI is funding a second-stage, invite-only phase to turn projects from the UKRI Metascience sandpit into funded research on novel scientometric indicators and research-assessment methods.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Up to £3,000,000 total (80% FEC, project FEC up to 10% above or below the sandpit pitch amount) Deadline: Jun 2, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

UKRI Policy Internships 2026: Three-Month Policy Placements for UKRI-Funded Doctoral Students

UKRI’s 2026 Policy Internships competition is open for existing UKRI-funded PhD students to secure a three-month placement in a high-impact policy environment while continuing their doctoral studies.

Status: Open Type: Internship Amount: Stipend and fees continue through the existing studentship Deadline: Sep 8, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

UKRI Pre-announcement: Gambling harms research grants 2026

Cross-council UKRI pre-announcement inviting expressions of interest and later full applications for research that advances understanding or solutions for gambling-related harms.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: up to £2,000,000 FEC total; UKRI funds up to 80% of FEC Deadline: Dec 8, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept

Open UKRI scheme supporting Arts and Humanities Research Council-linked projects to translate prior AHRC or UKRI research into measurable economic, social, cultural, or policy impact.

Status: Rolling Type: Grant Amount: Up to £150,000 (up to 100% FEC for some international co-lead costs) Deadline: Rolling or ongoing Location: United Kingdom

UKRI Translation: EPSRC ACT Proof of Concept 2026

Open 2026 UKRI opportunity supporting early to mid-stage commercialisation of EPSRC-funded research in Advanced Connectivity Technologies with awards from £100,000 to £500,000.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: £100,000 to £500,000 per award (total fund £5,500,000) Deadline: May 27, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

UKRI Translation: EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships 2027

Open 2026 UKRI EPSRC call funding ambitious collaborative research programmes through established business-academic partnerships with a minimum application size of £500,000 FEC and mandatory matched industry cash contribution.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Program funding £40,000,000 Deadline: May 21, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

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.

Status: Rolling Type: Grant Amount: £1,000,000 Deadline: Rolling or ongoing Location: United Kingdom