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 be clear that both the business and academic researchers are making distinct intellectual contributions to the partnership.
Topic areas relevant to EBNet members include Clean Growth & Energy, and Engineering Biology
Projects must:
- be co-created and co-delivered by established business and academic partners
- aim to create long-term prosperity for the UK, by bringing jobs and revenue growth/addressing societal and sustainability issues
- be fundamental or applied research, firmly grounded within the engineering and physical sciences
Projects must apply for at least £500k and may last up to five years. EPSRC will fund 80% FEC. The business cash contribution must at least match the amount funded by EPSRC.
Applicants must demonstrate a minimum of one year of an established partnership. Less established partnerships are expected to apply for smaller grants, and larger applications will need to demonstrate stronger evidence of an established partnership.
Involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in this funding opportunity is encouraged, as the sole primary business or as part of a consortium.
For more information see here.