The UKRI Digital Research Skills Catalyst is a new national training platform built on six years of collaborative work across seven UK universities. It brings together peer-reviewed training materials covering programming, statistics, machine learning, data stewardship, and more, alongside direct one-to-one support from research software engineers and data scientists. Learning …
Closing date: 16 July 2026 The Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund (GPSF) enables UK researchers to develop new international partnerships and networks, which underpin the development of long-term sustainable collaborations. Proposed collaborations within this programme may involve international research partners from any country and in any science area within  NERC’s remit. While …
EBNet’s Director Prof Sonia Heaven will give a short talk on our Network to representatives of BBSRC in Southampton on 3 June 2026. This is an opportunity to share your thoughts on key issues for Environmental Biotechnology, and/or ideas for this and other UKRI-funded Networks. We plan to include preliminary …
Notification of intent: 27 May 2026 Closing date: 15 July 2026 These Doctoral Focal Awards are intended to equip the next generation of researchers with a robust foundation in advanced evidence synthesis methodologies, providing them with the skills to critically appraise, synthesise and communicate diverse sources of information to inform …
Closing date: 13 May 2026 This UKRI Proof of Concept funding call aims to accelerate the development of new or improved technologies, products, processes or services arising from research activities at eligible UK research organisations. Outcomes may include establishing university spinouts or social ventures, as well as developing other applicable …
Don’t miss two outstanding new training opportunities: Introduction to Quarto, 22 April 2026, Online workshop, ÂŁ75/ÂŁ50  – FLYER here Metatranscriptomics, 11-22 May 2026, Online workshop, Free  – FLYER here These workshops are organised by the UKRI Digital Research Skills Catalyst (DRSC), an initiative to promote materials and activities by Cloud-SPAN …
Closing date: 21 May 2026 Prosperity Partnerships are collaborative research partnerships that focus on important industry challenges. Applications should feature world-leading, fundamental engineering and physical sciences research, which creates long-term prosperity for the UK. They should lead to significant impacts by creating new knowledge, innovations, approaches, or technologies. It should …
Deadline: 16 June 2026 This funding opportunity aims to: develop, retain, attract and sustain research and innovation talent in the UK foster new research and innovation career paths including those at the academic, business and interdisciplinary boundaries, and facilitate movement of people between sectors provide sustained funding and resources for …
Closing date: 23 Oct 2025 16:00 UK EPSRC is calling for grant applications to conduct research in nature-based engineering, defined in EPSRC’s Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges report as developing systems and technologies inspired by nature. Teams must include two or more researchers from different areas and at least one early …
The TERC Better Water for All Network, led by Dr Bing Guo of the University of Surrey, is seeking two Network Managers. This new Network is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of its Tomorrow’s engineering research challenges initiative. It is one of six …
The UKRI webinar showcasing the ELEMENTAL Hub is now available to watch online. It includes an introduction to the overall Engineering Biology Mission Hubs programme by Dr Tom Pearson, followed by spotlight presentations on Enzyme-based metal/metalloid biosensors, and Efficient and effective methods for metal biorecovery and biorecycling, and descriptions of …
