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Public Engagement Spark Awards 2026A
UK public engagement projects linked to STFC remit can receive up to £20,000 (100% FEC) through the UKRI STFC Public Engagement Spark Awards 2026A, with applications due 25 August 2026.
R&D MAP Creative Content Exchange pilot: Early Adopters fund (closed 2026 cycle)
Historical reference for the AHRC-funded R&D MAP Creative Content Exchange Early Adopters fund. The closed 2026 opportunity offered up to £125,000 full economic cost for up to nine months to help UK organisations prepare cultural and creative content for onboarding to the CCE platform.
RESET Strategic Research Projects 2026–2027: Up to £2.5 Million for Ecosystem Transition Research
The NERC–Defra RESET strategic research grant funds interdisciplinary projects on ecosystem transitions, resilience, economic prosperity and security, with applications due 22 October 2026.
STFC Core Summer Schools 2027: Up to £500,000 for UK Science Training Events
STFC invites accredited UK universities and research organisations to apply for support to run one of five approved astronomy, particle physics or nuclear physics summer schools in 2027.
STFC PATT Travel Grants 2026: Two Years of Travel and Subsistence at 100 Percent Full Economic Cost, From a £15,000 Minimum, for UK Astronomy Groups Spending More Than £7,500 a Year on Observing Runs — Applications Close 15 October 2026
The Science and Technology Facilities Council funds travel and subsistence for UK-based astronomers travelling to telescopes for competitively awarded science observation time, with two-year group grants starting 1 April 2027 at 100 percent full economic cost and a minimum award of £15,000.
UK Counter UAS Technologies Grant (Innovate UK): 2026 Historical Reference
Historical reference for Innovate UK's closed 2026 competition funding collaborative UK projects developing dual-use counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems technologies for civil and military settings.
UK International Ocean Drilling Programme Site Survey (UKRI/NERC)
Historical reference for NERC funding that supported UK-led ship-borne and virtual site surveys used to develop applications for scientific ocean drilling expeditions. The official opportunity is closed and no replacement application window has been announced.
UK Obesity Research Institute Full Application 2026: Up to £72 Million From MRC and the British Heart Foundation for One Seven-Year National Institute, Closing 19 November 2026
The Medical Research Council, co-funding with the British Heart Foundation, opened the full application stage for the UK Obesity Research Institute on 30 July 2026, offering a single director-led award of up to £72 million over an initial seven years for mechanistic biomedical research into obesity, with applications closing 19 November 2026 at 4:00pm UK time.
UKRI 2026 to 2027 Strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa) Outlines
A closed UKRI and BBSRC outlines-stage grant for large, team-based bioscience discovery research in the UK. The project full economic cost had to be over £2,000,000, with BBSRC funding 80% of FEC.
UKRI Metascience Scientometrics for Research Assessment (Invite-only)
Historical reference for UKRI's closed, invite-only follow-on funding opportunity for projects from the UKRI Metascience sandpit on novel scientometric indicators and research-assessment methods.