Funding

A joint BBSRC-Defra programme aims to fund ‘plug and play’ veterinary vaccine platforms, leveraging transformative technologies, interdisciplinary approaches, and cross-sector partnerships, focusing on entire platform technology pipeline from antigen discovery to delivery and underpinned by...

Spend 18 months as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) core policy fellow, a Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellow or a What Works Innovation fellow to inform policy to address pressing national and global challenges. You will: co-design research with the host organisation to inform policy...

Are you interested in research & innovation funding opportunities in the areas of food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment? Join the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Information Days to learn more a bout the topics of the forthcoming Work Programme 2025.The event will cover...

This scheme aims to support the most talented early career researchers and innovators who are transitioning to or establishing research independence. The number of applicants that the University of Cambridge is permitted to submit is capped at 10 for this round and the call will therefore be...

The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme allows a UK registered business or not for profit organisation, (which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’ from now on) to partner with a ‘knowledge base partner’, which is either a UK higher education (HE) or further education...

Research Fellowships are awarded to outstanding early-career researchers to support them to become future research leaders in engineering. Applicants must have been awarded their PhD in the last four years, and the Research Fellowship must be held at a UK higher education institution or research...

Apply for funding to carry out independent research within a host laboratory and gain leadership skills. You must demonstrate appropriate and relevant research, technical or innovation experience. You are not eligible to apply if you hold or have held a post or position at lecturer level (or...

The ESRC have announced their New Investigator Grant scheme . This scheme is suitable for early career researchers who have yet to make the transition to be an independent researcher. Proposals are welcome in any topic which falls within ESRC’s remit, including projects at the “interface with the...

Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) are looking to fund bold ideas within the Programmable Plants opportunity space with up to £500k each. Apply >

UKRI has announced the Doctoral Focal Awards in AI and Data in the Biosciences and the Doctoral Focal Awards in Engineering Biology . Introduced by UKRI in January 2024, Doctoral Focal Awards fund research training for doctoral students in specific, tightly focused themes or challenges with a focus...