Funding Opportunities 2025

UMRI Interdisciplinary Research Placement Funding: This scheme supports early career researchers in developing cross-discipline partnerships through activities such as placements, work shadowing, and interdisciplinary workshops. Closing date: 28 April 2025

Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) – 9th Call for Proposals: The IAA provides fast and flexible funding to support knowledge exchange activities, fostering collaboration between researchers and external partners. Three funding mechanisms are available: Starter (£10k), Pilot (£30k), and Advance (£60k). Maximum award: £60k | Closing date: 23 April 2025

Research Culture Funding Call: Funding of £50k–£80k is available for projects that develop solutions or expand proven practices to enhance research culture across four key themes: careers, open research, ethics, and collaboration. Maximum award: £80K | Closing date: 14 May 2025

UMRI Pump Priming Award: The UMRI Pump Priming scheme was created to encourage collaboration and provide support for activities that will lead to an increase in successful interdisciplinary research across the University. Funds are awarded to proposals that aim to support and pump-prime new interdisciplinary research programmes which seek to release synergies between existing clusters of excellence. Maximum award: £50k | Closing date: 28 February 2025

Pre-announcement: UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme: round 2: Apply for funding for breakthrough or disruptive interdisciplinary ideas that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines that are not routinely funded through existing UKRI responsive mode schemes. Maximum award: £1,200,000 | Closing date: 19 November 2024
BBSRC-NC3Rs Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) Explore: Validate commercially promising bioscience-based ideas, research, science and technologies. market exploration for emerging technologies, products and services that offer the realistic possibility of replacing the use of specific in vivo models or refining animal studies in line with the NC3Rs mission. Maximum award: £35,000 | Closing date: 20 November 2024
Pre-announcement: Healthcare Technology Translation Partnership Scheme: Progress translation of research towards application and impact through partnering with clinical and healthcare professionals, and industrial partners. Maximum award: £1,500,000 | Closing date: 27 November 2024
Healthcare Technology Translation Partnership Scheme Outline: Apply for funding to progress basic and fundamental engineering and physical sciences research towards proof of concept and validation through partnering with clinical and healthcare professionals, and industrial partners. Maximum award: £1,500,000 | Closing date: 12 December 2024

Pre-announcement: MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round three: MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges. Closing date: 13 February 2025

Artificial intelligence, engineering biology and quantum technologies: highlight notice: Apply for funding for the application of artificial intelligence (AI), engineering biology, and quantum technologies in biomedical research and development. Closing date: 31 March 2025

EPSRC Standard Research Grant: Standard research grants are available for researchers at eligible research organisations. There is no limit on the value of the grant or the length of the project. You should ask for what is needed to deliver the proposed programme of research. Closing date: Open – no closing date.