UK Research and Innovation
See open grants and funding opportunities from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the United Kingdom national funding body for research and innovation. Atom tracks its research council grants, fellowships, and innovation funding, with deadlines, eligibility, and amounts together in one place.
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About UK Research and Innovation
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the United Kingdom national body for funding and coordinating research and innovation. It brings together seven disciplinary research councils, the innovation agency Innovate UK, and Research England under a single organization that invests across the full breadth of knowledge.
UKRI funds research and innovation spanning the arts and humanities, social sciences, biological and medical sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and the environment, as well as business-led innovation. Its councils support discovery research, strategic priorities, training, and the infrastructure and partnerships that underpin a healthy research system.
Funding flows to universities, research institutions, businesses, and individual researchers through grants, fellowships, studentships, and innovation programs, awarded through competitive peer review with eligibility defined per scheme. Researchers and organizations can find current UKRI opportunities and deadlines on Atom.
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Limits AIUKRI restricts how applicants use generative AI: you must not use it to generate an entire application, or sections of one, without human involvement, and must not use it in interviews. You are expected to be transparent where you have used it (for example idea generation, data analysis, comparing literature, code or an abstract), and UKRI says this will not affect assessment. Minimal use such as translation or improving your English does not need to be disclosed.
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178 grantsExploring the frontiers of environmental research 2026
Exploring the frontiers of environmental research 2026 supports researchers testing original, early-stage environmental science ideas with the potential to transform knowledge, capability or application.
Longitudinal population studies strategic prioritisation exercise
UK Research and Innovation’s Longitudinal population studies strategic prioritisation exercise gathers detailed data on biomedical LPS to guide future research infrastructure and investment priorities.
MDI programme innovation and scale-up hub
MDI programme innovation and scale-up hub supports manufacturers and technology providers with digital innovation, validation and scale-up work to improve adoption, productivity and resilience across five sectors.
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