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Manufacturing Scale-up Network Plus (not open yet)

with UK Research and Innovation funding finder

Manufacturing Scale-up Network Plus Opportunity to build a Network Plus to accelerate the scale-up of manufacturing innovation, driving growth across aerospace, automotive and wider UK advanced manufacturing frontier industries. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding. Opportunity status: Upcoming Funders: UK Research and Innovation Funding type: Grant Total fund: £5,625,000 Award:…

Opens 14 Oct 2026Closes 9 Dec 2026
Award not stated yetFor: Universities & researchers
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UK fundingNewNot open yet

Manufacturing Scale-up Network Plus (not open yet)

with UK Research and Innovation

Opportunity to build a Network Plus to accelerate the scale-up of manufacturing innovation, driving growth across aerospace, automotive and wider UK advanced manufacturing frontier industries. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

Opens 14 Oct 2026Closes 9 Dec 2026
Total fund £5,625,000For: Universities & researchers
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

Manufacturing Scale-up Research and Innovation: Automotive and Aerospace (not open yet)

with UK Research and Innovation funding finder

Manufacturing Scale-up Research and Innovation: Automotive and Aerospace Apply for funding to address manufacturing scale-up challenges for new technologies and processes, accelerating innovation and driving UK business growth in the automotive and aerospace sectors. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding. Opportunity status: Upcoming Funders: UK Research and Innovation Funding…

Opens 14 Oct 2026Closes 9 Dec 2026
Award not stated yetFor: Universities & researchers
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

Manufacturing Scale-up Research and Innovation: Automotive and Aerospace (not open yet)

with UK Research and Innovation

Apply for funding to address manufacturing scale-up challenges for new technologies and processes, accelerating innovation and driving UK business growth in the automotive and aerospace sectors. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

Opens 14 Oct 2026Closes 9 Dec 2026
Total fund £17,600,000For: Universities & researchers
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

NERC-Innovate UK ICURe Discover programme (not open yet)

with UK Research and Innovation funding finder

NERC-Innovate UK ICURe Discover programme Apply for NERC’s ICURe Discover programme. Participants will build market awareness, deepen understanding of potential applications of their research and learn how to gauge customer opinion on their product. This programme is for participants looking to explore the potential of early-stage projects. Opportunity status: Upcoming Funders: Innovate UK , Natural Environment…

Opens 15 Oct 2026Closes 12 Nov 2026
Award not stated yetFor: Universities & researchers
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

NERC-Innovate UK ICURe Discover programme (not open yet)

with Innovate UK , Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Apply for NERC’s ICURe Discover programme. Participants will build market awareness, deepen understanding of potential applications of their research and learn how to gauge customer opinion on their product. This programme is for participants looking to explore the potential of early-stage projects.

Opens 15 Oct 2026Closes 12 Nov 2026
Award £2,500For: Universities & researchers
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

Help Musicians Fast Track Live: Round Two (not open yet)

with Help Musicians (with LIVE Trust) · Music

Grants of £500 to £1,000 towards a grassroots live opportunity in the next six months, such as touring, festivals, showcases or venue shows: travel, rehearsal, accommodation, equipment, production and marketing. For individual working and early-career musicians aged 18 or over living in the UK who self-manage, self-release or self-produce. Round Two runs 19 October to 20 November 2026.

Opens 19 Oct 2026Closes 20 Nov 2026
£500 to £1,000 per musician, plus a two-hour career clinicFor: Individuals & freelancers
Preview on the funder's site (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

Capacity building: clinical research training fellowship (not open yet)

with UK Research and Innovation funding finder

Capacity building: clinical research training fellowship Apply for funding to reacquire research skills. Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC) remit to improve human health. You must: be a registered healthcare professional be a PhD graduate working outside of research, usually five or more years ago show plans to pursue a clinical academic research career Opportunity status: Upcoming…

Opens 21 Oct 2026Closes 13 Jan 2027
Award not stated yetFor: Individuals & freelancers
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

Trailblazer Fund (not open yet)

with Youth Music

The Youth Music Trailblazer Fund, supported by Arts Council England, offers grants of £2,000 to £30,000 to organisations in England to run projects for children and young people (25 or under) to make, learn and earn in music. The project should trial work or test a new way of working, sustain a grassroots programme or disrupt the status quo (or all three!).

Opens 23 Oct 2026Closes 20 Nov 2026
Award not stated yetFor: Charities & social enterprises
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

ESRC applicant-led: grow awards (not open yet)

with Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Funding to build skills, experience and confidence to make a step-change in research career. Grow awards support individuals at key career points to develop new capabilities or pivot in a new direction, strengthening the long-term capacity, adaptability and resilience of the UK's social science research base.

Opens 5 Nov 2026
Award not stated yetFor: Universities & researchers
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

ESRC applicant-led: explore awards (not open yet)

with UK Research and Innovation funding finder

Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: explore awards Apply for funding to advance knowledge through ambitious, curiosity-driven social science. Explore awards support individuals or small teams to pursue bold, novel ideas within ESRC’s remit that advance knowledge. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding. Opportunity status: Upcoming Funders: Economic and Social Research Council…

Opens 5 Nov 2026
Award not stated yetFor: Universities & researchers
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UK fundingNot open yet

ESRC applicant-led: explore awards (not open yet)

with Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Apply for funding to advance knowledge through ambitious, curiosity-driven social science. Explore awards support individuals or small teams to pursue bold, novel ideas within ESRC’s remit that advance knowledge. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Opens 5 Nov 2026
Award £300,000 - £2,000,000For: Universities & researchers
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

ESRC applicant-led: grow awards (not open yet)

with UK Research and Innovation funding finder

Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: grow awards Apply for funding to make a step-change in your career. Grow awards support individual researchers at key career points to develop capabilities or pivot direction, strengthening the UK’s social science research base. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding. Opportunity status: Upcoming Funders: Economic and Social Research Council…

Opens 5 Nov 2026
Award not stated yetFor: Universities & researchers
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

ESRC applicant-led: grow awards (not open yet)

with Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Apply for funding to make a step-change in your career. Grow awards support individual researchers at key career points to develop capabilities or pivot direction, strengthening the UK’s social science research base. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Opens 5 Nov 2026
Award £100,000 - £500,000For: Universities & researchers
Preview the call (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Decarbonising the health and social care system (Year 3) (not open yet)

with NIHR · Cross-programme

We are looking to fund research into decarbonising the health and social care system. As part of our climate, health and sustainability commitments to help reduce carbon emissions and achieve net zero, this cross-programme funding opportunity will run annually for 5 years from 2024.

Opens 9 Nov 2026Closes 11 Mar 2027
Amount not stated yetFor: Universities & researchers
Preview on the funder's site (not open yet)
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

AI in science (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 3 separate funding topics in this call · €30.5m in total · HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01

Opens 13 Oct 2026Closes 2 Feb 2027
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Industry and manufacturing (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 11 separate funding topics in this call · €224.7m in total · HORIZON-CL4-2027-01

Opens 13 Oct 2026Closes 2 Feb 2027
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Industry and manufacturing (two-stage) (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 2 separate funding topics in this call · €82.5m in total · EU call name: INDUSTRY-two-stage · HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-two-stage

Opens 13 Oct 2026Closes 2 Feb 2027 (first stage)
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Industry and manufacturing: fast track to market (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 2 separate funding topics in this call · €33.6m in total · EU call name: INDUSTRY-FTRI · HORIZON-CL4-2027-06

Opens 13 Oct 2026Closes 2 Feb 2027
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Nature and biodiversity (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 3 separate funding topics in this call · €41,449,485 in total · EU call name: Transformative change towards a nature-positive economy and society · HORIZON-NATURE-2027-01

Opens 13 Oct 2026Closes 14 Jan 2027
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Nature and biodiversity (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 5 separate funding topics in this call · €108m in total · EU call name: Transformative change towards a nature-positive economy and society · HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02

Opens 13 Oct 2026Closes 14 Jan 2027
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Applying AI: media, transport and frontier AI (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 4 separate funding topics in this call · €55m in total · EU call name: Bridging actions 2027 · HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01

Opens 20 Oct 2026Closes 16 Feb 2027
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Taking research results to market (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 1 separate funding topic · €32.5m in total · EU call name: Bridging actions 2027 · HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-02

Opens 20 Oct 2026Closes 28 Jan 2027
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Turning research results into innovation (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 1 separate funding topic · €20m in total · EU call name: Bridging Actions 2027 · HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-06

Opens 20 Oct 2026Closes 16 Feb 2027
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Health research (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 10 separate funding topics in this call · €341.6m in total · EU call name: Cluster 1 - Health (Single stage - 2027/1) · HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01

Opens 29 Oct 2026Closes 17 Feb 2027
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Health research (two-stage) (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 4 separate funding topics in this call · €186.6m in total · EU call name: Cluster 1 - Health (Two stage - 2027) · HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-two-stage

Opens 29 Oct 2026Closes 17 Feb 2027 (first stage)
Public contracts · before the tenderNot open yet

Public contracts to bid for: 111 coming up for tender

Strongest fit for your sector first · estimated values as the buyer states them

October 2026

25 UK calls · 95 contracts
UK fundingNot open yet

ALERT 2026 (not open yet)

with UKRI · BBSRC

Funding supports mid-range bioscience research equipment, including novel capabilities and upgrading or replacing widely used instruments. Equipment must be accessible to multiple users. Open to eligible researchers and Research Technical Professionals.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
This is an equipment only grant, awards range from £200,000 to £1.5 millionFor: Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Advanced Manufacturing: Advancing solutions for critical mineral production and recycling – phase 1 (not open yet)

with UKRI · IS-8 Priority Programme

Funding for pump priming research for up to 12 months, to explore, test and validate disruptive and transformative solutions for critical mineral extraction, processing, recovery, reprocessing, recycling or re-mining.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Total fund of £1.5 million with a maximum award of £305,000For: Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing scale-up programme (not open yet)

with UKRI · IS-8 Priority Programme

This programme will convert world-class research into repeatable, cost-effective and flexible manufacturing capabilities, delivering tangible impact for UK industry.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Total fund of £10 million with a maximum award of £2.5 millionFor: Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: enabling coordinating groups to identify barriers and create solutions (not open yet)

with UKRI · Research England

Funding for coordinating groups to convene communities to produce an output identifying barriers, challenges and potential solutions to institutional collaboration in England’s R&I system. This is not a research grant.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Total fund of £750,000 with a maximum award of £100,000For: Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: pilots, and cross-UK innovation partnerships seed funding (not open yet)

with UKRI · Research England

Funding for higher education providers to pilot new institutional collaborations within the R&I system. This is not a research grant.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Total fund of £19 million with a maximum award of £5 millionFor: Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Engineering Biology: Foundational Technology Hubs (not open yet)

with UKRI · IS-8 Priority Programme

Funding to build national capacity in transformative foundational technologies, platforms and enabling capabilities that address critical bottlenecks across the design-build-test-learn cycle, to accelerate discovery and innovation in Engineering Biology

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Funding to be confirmedFor: Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Engineering Biology: Mission Hubs (not open yet)

with UKRI · IS-8 Priority Programme

Funding to build engineering biology research capability in areas of significant societal importance, to accelerate the application of engineering biology technologies and deliver tangible benefits for the UK.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Maximum award of £15 millionFor: Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Eureka Globalstars Japan 2027 (not open yet)

with Innovate UK

Funding to support UK-Japan international business-led innovation collaboration. Innovate UK will support UK businesses to collaborate with Japanese and other Eureka country counterparts. Innovate UK is funding the UK partners only. Any funded projects require national funding body approval.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Total award of £2 million over a maximum of five awardsFor: Businesses
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

Forecasting Tipping Points Phase 2: Full proposals (not open yet)

with ARIA · Resilient Climate and Ecosystems

The Forecasting Tipping Points programme is entering its second phase, moving from understanding the science of climate tipping points to building a usable early warning system for the North Atlantic. We will be seeking ambitious, interdisciplinary teams that can fill specific gaps in our portfolio as we build an end-to-end early warning system: in adaptive ocean observation, state-estimate-linked forecasting,…

Expected 27 October 2026 (the funder's words)
Amount not stated yetFor: Universities & researchers
Preview on the funder's site (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Frontier AI cross-cutting novel round 1 (not open yet)

with Innovate UK

An initiative designed to strengthen the United Kingdom’s frontier artificial intelligence capabilities and reduce dependence on foreign-owned AI technologies. The programme addresses a range of interconnected market and system failures that constrain UK competitiveness, innovation, and long-term economic growth.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
£1.66 million over a maximum of five awardsFor: Businesses
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

International Placement Scheme 2027 (not open yet)

with UKRI · AHRC

Fully funded research placements at leading cultural institutions in the US, Japan, China, and Sub-Saharan Africa. For early career researchers, doctoral-level research assistants, and Arts and Humanities Research Council funded doctoral students.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Total award of £405,000For: Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Knowledge Transfer Partnership: 2026 to 2027 Round 4 (not open yet)

with Innovate UK

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships fund collaborative innovation projects between businesses and universities to deliver strategic change, develop new products or processes, and build capability.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Total fund of £9 million over a maximum of 68 awardsFor: Businesses, Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNewNot open yet

Liveline Fund: Round 2 for grassroots venues, promoters and artists (not open yet)

with Music Venue Trust (with Save Our Scene and the Association of Independent Promoters) · Music

UK-wide support that shares the financial risk of grassroots live music: a Guarantorship Scheme covering up to 80% of losses on approved shows or tours, plus funds for venue hire and promoter development, tour travel and accommodation to underserved areas, and extra safety and licensing costs for specific genres. For grassroots music venues, independent promoters, in-house bookers, and artists or their…

Expected October 2026 (the funder's words)
Amount not stated yetFor: Businesses, Charities & social enterprises, Individuals & freelancers
Preview on the funder's site (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence: round five outline application (not open yet)

with UKRI · MRC

Funding for a MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges. Outline stage open to applicants with the capability to lead a major CoRE based at organisations with standard eligibility.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Total fund of £50 million with a maximum award of £26.25 millionFor: Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

NERC Climate Adaptation ICURe Discover (not open yet)

with UKRI · NERC

A part-time nine week online market exploration programme for researchers and technicians. Support for activities to explore the potential market of climate adaptation based ideas, increase market awareness and gain deeper understanding of potential technology applications.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Maximum award of £2,500For: Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Precision Mitochondria ST&R: Request For Proposals (not open yet)

with ARIA · Programmable Physiology

The Precision Mitochondria programme aims to create a foundational toolkit for engineering the mitochondrial genome in vivo. Achieving this will require advances in delivery, expression, maintenance and transfer to work together – and for teams to be able to assess, reproduce and adapt one another’s methods. We will be seeking proposals from teams able to be the dedicated partner(s) to provide the shared…

Expected October 2026 (the funder's words)
Amount not stated yetFor: Universities & researchers
Preview on the funder's site (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Robot Locomotion (not open yet)

with ARIA · Adaptive Machines

This programme will aim to create robot bodies with new forms of locomotion that can operate beyond the limits of today’s machines, such as carrying loads across rough terrain or inspecting hard-to-reach infrastructure. We will be seeking proposals from teams rethinking robot locomotion from the ground up, building deployable systems that solve real operational problems and have clear routes to commercialisation.

Expected Late October 2026 (the funder's words)
Amount not stated yetFor: Businesses, Universities & researchers
Preview on the funder's site (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Small medium enterprise champions: Frontier AI – phase 1 (not open yet)

with Innovate UK

The Frontier AI SME Champions competition aims to advance state-of-the-art AI and machine learning in the UK by supporting SMEs to validate ambitious innovations that could deliver step-change capabilities and enable new products, services, or platforms.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Total fund of £3.1 millionFor: Businesses
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

UK-Germany Bilateral: collaborative research and development Round 5 (not open yet)

with Innovate UK

This funding is to support high-growth potential innovative UK companies in aligned IS8 sectors and frontier technologies to grow and scale internationally through collaborations with German counterparts. Innovate UK is funding the UK partners only.

Opens in October 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 26 Nov 2026
Total fund of £2.4 million over a maximum of nine awardsFor: Businesses
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
Public contracts · before the tenderNot open yet

Public contracts to bid for: 95 coming up for tender

Strongest fit for your sector first · estimated values as the buyer states them

November 2026

12 UK calls · 19 EU topics · 70 contracts
UK fundingNot open yet

Clean Energy Mission: Consumer-led Flexibility – Scaling Interoperable V2X (Vehicle to Everything) (not open yet)

with UKRI · Research and Development Missions Accelerator Programme

Funding opportunity to target the scale-up of Vehicle to Everything (V2X) products and propositions so they are reliable, producible and market-ready for 2030, in both domestic and non-domestic contexts.

Opens in November 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 27 Dec 2026
Total fund of £18 million to be confirmedFor: Businesses
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Climate Adaptation, Environment, and Resilience: Arctic frontier – accelerating innovation in ocean autonomy (not open yet)

with UKRI · IS-8 Priority Programme

Funding opportunity aimed at developing technological solutions to address the challenges of operating autonomous vehicles in the remote and exceptionally harsh environment of the Arctic Ocean.

Opens in November 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 27 Dec 2026
Total fund of £1 millionFor: Businesses, Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Climate Adaptation, Environment, and Resilience: Arctic frontier: shifts in science (not open yet)

with UKRI · IS-8 Priority Programme

This opportunity will support a large-scale deployment of autonomous systems in the high Arctic Ocean, demonstrating how integrated surface and subsurface autonomy, AI-enabled mission planning, and rapid data delivery can advance knowledge, strengthen UK capability, and accelerate innovation.

Opens in November 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 27 Dec 2026
Total fund of £1.5 millionFor: Businesses, Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Economic and Social Research Council postdoctoral fellowship scheme (not open yet)

with UKRI · ESRC

This scheme provides a career development opportunity for those in the immediately postdoctoral stage of their career, to consolidate their PhD through developing publications, their networks, and their research and professional skills.

Opens in November 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 27 Dec 2026
Total fund of £6.8 million, no maximum award for individual fellowships but costs are limited to salary, associated indirect and estate costs, and up to £7,500 for ‘other’ costsFor: Individuals & freelancers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Hydrogen R&D competition (not open yet)

with UKRI · Research and Development Missions Accelerator Programme

Funding opportunity to target innovations in the hydrogen for storage space, with a focus on technology agnostic innovations such as compressors, materials, sensors and supporting hydrogen storage scale-up within early 2030 timescales.

Opens in November 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 27 Dec 2026
Total fund of £10 million to be confirmedFor: Businesses, Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Policy Fellowships (not open yet)

with UKRI

An opportunity for early and mid-career researchers to work on research related to a current policy challenge, while embedded within a UK or devolved government department, facilitating knowledge exchange between policy and academic sectors.

Opens in November 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 27 Dec 2026
Award value depends on the types of partnershipFor: Individuals & freelancers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

UKRI Research on Research Security Hub (not open yet)

with UKRI · EPSRC

The UKRI Research on Research Security Hub will be a national focal point for evidence generation, capability building, community development and innovation in research security. It will strengthen the evidence base for effective research security practice.

Opens in November 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 27 Dec 2026
Funding to be confirmedFor: Businesses, Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

UKRI Translation: MRC Proof of Concept (not open yet)

with UKRI · MRC

Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions. Stage one application and stage two invite only for applicants successful at an earlier stage one.

Opens in November 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 27 Dec 2026
Uncapped, fully justified funding to support project leads, research staff and the research‑related costs required to progress translational developmentFor: Businesses, Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

UKRI gambling harms research and innovation partnerships: phase 2 (not open yet)

with UKRI · AHRC

Open to phase 1 award holders only. This opportunity will fund programmes of up to £5 million over four years by supporting multidisciplinary partnerships to deliver evidence, insights and actionable solutions addressing gambling-related harms.

Opens in November 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 27 Dec 2026
Total fund of £40 million with a maximum award of £5 million over four years.For: Businesses, Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Ubiquitous Particle Profiling: Concept papers (not open yet)

with ARIA · Adaptive Machines

This programme, which is still in development, will aim to make detailed particle profiling something we can do anywhere by developing compact, autonomous systems that can read a particle's size, shape and composition in real time and trace it back to its source. Subject to approval, we will be seeking proposals from teams with expertise ranging from aerosol chemistry and respiratory disease to air quality…

Expected Late November 2026 (the funder's words)
Amount not stated yetFor: Businesses, Universities & researchers
Preview on the funder's site (not open yet)
UK fundingNot open yet

Wearables and Observables: understanding children’s home learning environments (not open yet)

with UKRI · ESRC · Research and Development Missions Accelerator Programme

Funding to support innovative approaches to evaluating children’s home learning environments. Generating new insights into the experiences, behaviours and conditions that shape children’s learning and development at home, while advancing the tools, methods and technologies available for measuring them.

Opens in November 2026day not announced yet· likely closes after 27 Dec 2026
Total fund of £3.75 million over four or five awardsFor: Businesses, Universities & researchers
UKRI's timeline (not open yet)
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Climate science and solutions (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 7 separate funding topics in this call · €123m in total · HORIZON-CL5-2027-01

Opens 17 Nov 2026Closes 4 Mar 2027
EU funding · Horizon EuropeNot open yet

Digital technologies (not open yet)

Open to UK organisations · 11 separate funding topics in this call · €272m in total · HORIZON-CL4-2027-04

Opens 17 Nov 2026Closes 18 Mar 2027
Public contracts · before the tenderNot open yet

Public contracts to bid for: 70 coming up for tender

Strongest fit for your sector first · estimated values as the buyer states them

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December 2026

11 UK calls · 33 EU topics · 59 contracts

January 2027

20 UK calls · 2 EU topics · 65 contracts

February 2027

2 UK calls · 40 EU topics · 20 contracts

March 2027

3 UK calls · 28 EU topics · 27 contracts

April 2027

4 UK calls · 42 EU topics · 60 contracts

May 2027

60 EU topics · 19 contracts

June 2027

12 EU topics · 11 contracts

July 2027

11 contracts

August 2027

8 EU topics · 8 contracts

September 2027

11 contracts

October 2027

5 contracts

Opening date not announced yet

6 UK calls

Later: more than a year away

44 contracts

Running late: due already, not open yet

9 UK calls · 48 contracts

Where this comes from: UKRI's future funding timeline (correct as of September 2026, next update December 2026), last read 3 Oct 2026; UKRI gives a launch month, and its calls normally stay open at least eight weeks, so the earliest likely closing date is shown; NIHR, ARIA, EUREKA and other funders' own 'opening soon' lists; the EU Funding & Tenders portal (Horizon Europe topics only; amounts in euros, as the EU states them), last read 10 Oct 2026; Find a Tender and Contracts Finder notices published before a tender, checked for fit with our sectors, last read 10 Oct 2026. Dates and amounts are each funder's or buyer's own plans and can change. When something opens it moves to Find opportunities.