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Northern Ireland R&D grants
8 programmes administered by Northern Ireland agencies, alongside 244 UK-wide programmes open to Northern Ireland applicants.
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252 grants
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Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-22FD57A53EC51C91FFE3784E90464D0C
National Up to £8.5M Due 3 Nov 2026 -
EPSRC-Defra Reimagining Circularity: full stage
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-40A8446C862803EA93E78FAA9B98611B
National £4.3M–£5.4M Due 3 Nov 2026 -
Focal award: EPSRC and MHCLG Fire Engineering Skills Hub
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-F97B18054F08F9C468413B5779E86CDF
National £25K–£5.9M Due 3 Nov 2026 -
CfI: Battery innovation for dual use and defence phase 1
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-AB74A8DD2C2A4EC03A771D266F882AB2
National See listing Due 4 Nov 2026 -
DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund drawdown five
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-2940DFE538A2626CD790C3B2BC333FB2
National Up to £150M Due 4 Nov 2026 -
ESRC responsive mode: new investigator grants round two
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-637A7A40C3C8E7E9D05952AFAFF2A2AF
National £100K–£350K Due 4 Nov 2026 -
ESRC responsive mode: research grants round two
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-C5C52B3023945690AC89167ADACF132A
National £350K–£1M Due 4 Nov 2026 -
ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis round two
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-8B4DFF53B48CAC2985B60A2BB5EFCE04
National Up to £300K Due 4 Nov 2026 -
UKRI translation: MRC proof of concept: stage two
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-C92743D745A45AE498D7AD45C389E034
National See listing Due 4 Nov 2026 -
Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence 2027-2030 – invite only
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-6EC3A403F668CC325E5D69CFCB4A84E7
National See listing Due 5 Nov 2026 -
Expression of interest: First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) builder: programme entry
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-D502D6B95B9A141D69AFF78CD8C48A36
National Up to £315K Due 5 Nov 2026 -
Invite only: Precision prevention: biological mechanisms of response variation
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-B7BFD25E9F43E8EE8B6509C1EE69C434
National Up to £5M Due 5 Nov 2026 -
Large Grant full applications: November 2026 (invite only)
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-CE68A28C193D39E625FF600EED6AEAF3
National Up to £1.1M Due 5 Nov 2026 -
Purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-8332BEC2FB90EF1EC0461CE46674CAF5
National £200K–£14M Due 5 Nov 2026 -
Transformative sustainable AI technologies
Closing soonUK-UKRI-UK-UKRI-6B8D2786A16021CA1BC2D9E803BF2A6C
National See listing Due 10 Nov 2026