General non-NIBB funding opportunities. If NIBB, put under NIBB or appropriate EBNet
Closing date: 16 Feb 2026 The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) Enterprise Fellowship is a twelve-month programme that supports talented researchers and graduates to transform innovations into disruptive spinouts and graduate startups. The programme is aimed at: University researchers wishing to spin out from UK universities and research institutes Recent …
Date: 3 Feb, 5 Mar, 2 Apr 2026, 10:00 UK Water is not merely a resource we consume. It is a vital system that underpins our environment, economy and society. As pressures on the water environment intensify, from climate change and pollution to increasing demand across sectors, there is a …
Date: Thur 29 Jan 2026, 12-13:00 UK The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Catalyst (IBIC) is a ÂŁ5 million EPSRC place-based initiative that brings together north-west England’s industrial biotechnology community to accelerate knowledge exchange, skills development, and innovation. IBIC is led by Prof Aline Miller at the University of Manchester’s Institute of …
Closing Date: 15 Jan 2026 EPSRC is inviting applications to develop a NetworkPlus which builds new capacity, strengthens community and enhances research to innovation capabilities focused on the circular economy in built environment, textiles or data and metrics. The âPlusâ element should be used imaginatively to accelerate impact in your …
Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grants are for researchers based at universities, institutions of higher education or registered charities with university-equivalent research capacity, to undertake an innovative and original research project. Grants may be held for up to five years. The maximum grant value is ÂŁ500k. The grant provides research staff …
Deadline: Mon 19 Jan 2026 at 09:00 UK The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (Short Term) provides the opportunity for short-term visits for UK, European, North American and Canadian researchers ordinarily based in the UK or Ireland to carry out cooperative research …
Closing date:Â 4 Feb 2026 UK registered academic institutions, research and technology organisations or Catapults can apply for a share of up to ÂŁ10 million to fund innovation projects with businesses. The project must align with one of eight sectors in the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy: Advanced Manufacturing Clean Energy …
Deadline: 11 Feb 2026 This funding opportunity aims to support the development of cutting-edge enabling research technologies, which have the potential for transformative impact and are essential to sustaining the vibrancy of bioscience discovery research in the UK. This includes bioinformatics tools and computational approaches to the biosciences. These developments …
Application Deadline: 10 Dec 2025 This fellowship is an opportunity for those in our Environmental Biotechnology and Social Sciences WG (EBSS WG), and for other EBNet members with an interest in social sciences or other arts and humanities aspects. It allows researchers based outside Japan to conduct collaborative work with …
The next phase of the UKâUkraine Horizon Europe collaboration initiative is now open. Following a nationwide call, Ukrainian universities have submitted project ideas designed to foster academic cooperation, strengthen research partnerships, and stimulate innovation exchange with UK higher education institutions. These ideas are a milestone in joint efforts to build …
Dates: 11 and 17 Dec 2025, online On 11 Dec 2025 an online European Commission Info Day will present the topics in the Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area (WIDERA) Work Programme 2026-2027. Call types will include both Coordination & Support and Research & Innovation actions. On 17 …
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is inviting applications for funding to support excellent investigator-led research across the breadth of its scientific remit. Â Applicants are encouraged to consider the relevance of the proposed work in line with the long-term research and innovation priorities set out in BBSRCâs strategic …
Closing date: 20 Jan 2026 16:00 UK The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is inviting applications for funding to purchase mid-range equipment for research in areas across its scientific remit through ALERT 2025. The funding is intended to provide: equipment that will be widely used and underpins capability …
Closing date: 14 Jan 2026 16:00 UK The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is inviting applications for funding to support excellent new investigator-led research across the breadth of its scientific remit. This scheme is designed primarily to assist newly employed university lecturers, researchers (at a level equivalent to …
Registration deadline (stage 1): 19 Nov 2025 16:00 UK BBSRCâs Pioneer Awards provide funding to pursue early-stage bioscience discovery research. Applications should open novel adventurous research avenues with the potential to transform the fundamental understanding of living systems. Projects must: be early-stage fundamental bioscience lacking preliminary data explore visionary and …
