Apply for funding to support excellent investigator-led research across the breadth of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) scientific remit.You must be based at a UK research
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These fellowships are for those looking to return to a research career after a break of two or more years for family, health or caring reasons. The aim is to give participants
...The BBSRC has announced the Pioneer Awards 2025/26: bioscience discovery research.These short-term exploratory grants are aimed at researchers working in the BBSRC’s...
The Vallee Foundation has announced the 2026 round of the...
Academics, entrepreneurs and innovators are pioneering urgently needed technologies to help the world build resilience and adapt to climate change. But often, they lack the support they need to thrive. The Green Future Fellowship programme aims to nurture climate innovation by providing those...
The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust has announced...
Apply for funding to develop a Network Plus with academic, business, and policy partners to investigate how antifungal resistance emerges and spreads in the environment through healthcare, agriculture, and
Apply for funding to use artificial intelligence (AI) and data science in new ways to address complex environmental challenges. We’re seeking bold, innovative ideas with the potential to shape the future of
The ESRC have announced their...
The National Environment Research Council (NERC) has announced the Artificial intelligence (AI) for environmental science phase one...
BBSRC-DTP iCASE studentship with AstraZeneca -Evolving natural peptide scaffolds for pharmacological tools and therapeutics. Ion channels and GPCRs are high-value drug discovery targets. However, achieving selectivity between closely related isoforms using small molecules...
AZ funded non-clinical PhD studentship -Robust hypothalamic cellular models of neurometabolic disease. Obesity is a major global health
BBSRC-DTP iCASE studentship with AstraZeneca Evolving natural peptide scaffolds for pharmacological tools and therapeutics. Ion channels and GPCRs are high-value drug discovery targets. However, achieving selectivity between closely...
AZ funded non-clinical PhD studentship - Experimental and computational framework for optimising dosing strategies to mitigate T-cell exhaustion in T-cell engager therapies. T-cell engager (TCE) therapies are increasingly prevalent in the clinical pipeline of pharmaceutical companies. While...
AZ funded non-clinical PhD studentship Biological proximity-inducing degraders (apply by 31 October)
AZ funded non-clinical PhD studentship (Fixed Term) Delivering biological proximity-inducing degraders - a comparative analysis of viral, RNA and protein therapeutics. Conventional approaches to cancer drug discovery have proven incapable of tackling...
Project title - Matchmaker: Prioritising the best cell line for expressing target proteins using CRISPR and machine learning. Applications are invited for a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship based in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, and the new AstraZeneca Discovery...
Apply for funding to implement, improve or consolidate bioinformatics or biological resources in support of UK bioscience, helping to drive forwards progress in bioscience research and innovation. Your project must focus on the delivery of a community resource that addresses a significant demand...
Apply for funding to pursue early-stage bioscience discovery research. Applications should open original and adventurous research avenues with the potential to transform our fundamental understanding of living systems. You must be based at a UK research organisation...
The MRC intends to open a call for outline proposals to round four of their Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) opportunity on 1st October 2025. We have recently received confirmation from the MRC that only one application per institution will be permitted for this round...
The Royal Society has announced the second round of the ...
Projects should aim to generate institutional, perhaps interdisciplinary or collaborative programmes of strategic value to the University for
the promotion of education or research. Proposed projects should be transformational with a prospect of longevity and financial sustainability....
Apply for funding to conduct research in nature-based engineering, defined in EPSRC’s Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges report as developing systems and technologies inspired by nature. You must be
Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science. You must work for an organisation that:
- is based in the UK
- produces annual
As academics progress through their careers from postdoctoral positions into more senior roles, their workload evolves to include more teaching and administrative responsibilities. As a result, they are left with less time to dedicate to research. The RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships...
CRASSH offers support to postdocs and academic staff employed by the University of Cambridge or one of its Colleges to run a wide range of events and creative initiatives. We invite you to apply for funding and logistical support for any activity that will...
Apply for funding to explore the potential market of your engineering biology-based idea, increase market awareness and gain deeper understanding of your technology’s potential applications. You must be a
The CSAR PhD Student Award of £1000, is intended to recognise outstanding research with real world application and to assist students to pursue their research or careers. The award is open to students, in any discipline at the University of Cambridge, currently studying for their Ph.D. at the...
Apply for funding to pursue an ambitious, high risk and high reward curiosity-driven project in environmental research. This funding opportunity is open to research groups and individuals. Your research project must address a significant environmental science question, but we welcome...
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