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Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition round six, strand one pre-deployment trials

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million for innovative clean maritime technologies. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

P2R: increasing UK policymaker engagement with research

Apply for funding to develop and expand UK-wide policy to research (P2R) infrastructure facilitating direct connections between public and civil servants and research organisations.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

LUCIA-Local Government Association (LGA) ECR fellowship programme

Apply for funding to connect researchers and local, regional and national government representatives, and conduct research into equitable, cross-sector partnership building, as a LUCIA-LGA early career fellow.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

BBSRC Follow-on Fund: 2025 round one

Apply for Follow-on Funding (FoF) to bridge the gap between bioscience research and achieving economic and societal benefit.

FoF applications must draw substantially on current or prior BBSRC funding.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

Nucleus Public Engagement Awards 2025

Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)-supported science, technology or facilities.

You must work for an organisation that:

  • is based in the UK
  • has audited accounts

Proposals must include a subject matter expert in an STFC-funded area.

Public Engagement Legacy Awards: 2025A

Apply for Legacy award funding to continue your programme to improve public engagement in an area of science and technology within the STFC’s remit.

You must have previously received funding through STFC public engagement Spark or Nucleus awards that have finished within the past 36 months.

Pre-announcement: Proof of Concept

Apply for proof of concept funding to support the commercialisation of research and the development of new products, processes or services.

Applications from across all disciplines and research councils’ remits are welcomed.

You must be a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

Cyber security academic startup accelerator programme year nine: phase one

Individuals based in a UK academic institution can apply for a share of up to £800,000 to join the Cyber Security Academic Startup Accelerator Programme.

BBSRC ICURe Explore

Apply for funding to get out of the lab and test your technology in the market to uncover its commercial potential.

BBSRC ICURe Explore is open to research teams in all UK universities, BBSRC-funded institutes and approved public sector research enterprises.

BBSRC new investigator award: 2025 round 2: responsive mode

Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

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