UKRI's Future data services sandpit funds collaborative projects to innovate discovery, access, and staff skills in social science data using advanced technology within ESRC infrastructures.
Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: pilots & UK seed funding supports higher education providers' joint working and innovation partnerships to improve cost-effectiveness and drive economic growth.
Arctic Region supports companies and cross-sector teams developing space-enabled services through studies and pilot projects to strengthen Arctic resilience, safety, sustainability and security.
Frontier AI: SME Champions, phase 1 supports UK SMEs with feasibility studies and industrial research to validate novel AI and machine learning technologies with a defensible route to commercial scale.
Public Engagement Spark Awards 2026B support researchers and public engagement teams to involve UK audiences in STFC-funded science, reaching new audiences and giving under-served communities an equal voice.