Current funding calls
Innovate UK: International Supply Chain Accelerator: Product Carbon Footprint Measurement
This project aims to support UK technology innovators and startups in identifying and addressing industry challenges to promote greater adoption of carbon accounting. Technology innovators from the UK can apply and play a leading role in digital transformation. Digital Catapult will help facilitate and guide partnerships between industry challenge owners and tech innovators, providing funding of up to £125,000 to tackle some of the UK’s most critical sustainability challenges.
Registration closes: 12 July 2024
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Registration closes: 12 July 2024
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AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge
The AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge is a global $100 million initiative from the Bezos Earth Fund. The Grand Challenge is exploring new ideas for multiplying the impact of climate and nature efforts using modern AI. The first round of awards will focus on sustainable proteins, power grid optimisation, and biodiversity conservation, in addition to embracing visionary wildcard solutions for climate and nature.
The first phase will award up to 30 seed grants ($50,000) for promising ideas that multiply impact using modern AI.
Deadline: 30 July 2024
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The first phase will award up to 30 seed grants ($50,000) for promising ideas that multiply impact using modern AI.
Deadline: 30 July 2024
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ERC Advanced Grant
The European Research Council (ERC) has opened the 2024 round of the ERC Advanced Grants. The awards will support active, well-established researchers of any nationality who wish to carry out their frontier research in any field or subject area in EU Member States or Associated Countries. Principal Investigators (PIs) must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their frontier research proposal. Proposals that cross disciplinary boundaries, pioneering ideas that address new and emerging fields and applications that introduce unconventional, innovative approaches are particularly encouraged.
Deadline: 29 August 2024
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Deadline: 29 August 2024
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UKRI: Pre-announcement: Core research challenges in digital twinning for crisis resilience
Apply to lead an interdisciplinary research programme in digital twinning focused on improving government crisis response and resilience.
The programme must:
Deadline: 5 September 2024
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The programme must:
- address identified digital twinning research challenges
- develop a proof-of-concept digital twin for crisis response and resilience with relevance to all transport essential services, and their interface with other interconnected critical national infrastructure sectors
- be delivered in close collaboration with key UK policy stakeholders
Deadline: 5 September 2024
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Opportunities for Early Career Researchers:
NUFFIELD FOUNDATION
SUPERVISORS FOR RESEARCH PLACEMENTS
Are you keen to inspire the next generation of food researchers/practitioners?
Nuffield Research Placements are engaging, real-life research projects, where year 12, or equivalent, students have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution towards the work of a host organisation. They are looking for supervisors who can inspire talented 17-year old students by giving them the chance to discover what a career in Social Sciences and STEM.
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Nuffield Research Placements are engaging, real-life research projects, where year 12, or equivalent, students have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution towards the work of a host organisation. They are looking for supervisors who can inspire talented 17-year old students by giving them the chance to discover what a career in Social Sciences and STEM.
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Other Opportunities
Many funding bodies/networks have regular calls that you can find on their webpages as follows:
- BBSRC - www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding
- EPSRC - www.ukri.org/opportunity/?filter_council%5B%5D=820www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls
- Gates Foundation - https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/how-we-work/grant-opportunities
- GCRF - Various - see UK Strategy for the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for details
- GFS - https://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/activities/interdisciplinary-calls/#post-14965
- NERC - www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/application/currentopportunities
- Innovate UK - Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTN) - https://ktn-uk.co.uk/events