Top 10 Funding Opportunities:

APC 26: Industrialising Net-Zero Automotive Technology – Industrial Research

The competition aims to support collaborative, pre-production research and development projects that achieve through the associated supply chain, the design, build and manufacture of net zero carbon emission vehicles.

APC 26: Industrialising Net-Zero Automotive Technology – Experimental Development

The competition aims to support collaborative, pre-production research and development projects that achieve through the associated supply chain, the design, build and manufacture of net zero carbon emission vehicles.

Mental Health Research Groups: Round 2

This scheme aims to support up to ten NIHR Mental Health Research Groups in geographical areas with high mental health (MH) burden, limited local research capacity and low recruitment into MH research studies. These groups will be partnerships between higher education institutions (HEIs) based in England with low/no mental health research capacity and close to areas with significant mental health support needs, and HEIs based in England with more experience and expertise in mental health research, who have a shared interest and vision.

Early Detection and Diagnosis Programme Award (March 2025)

This scheme aims to fund long-term, integrated and renewable programmes of exceptional science to transform how and when early cancers and pre-cancerous states are diagnosed.

NIHR Work and Health Research Awards Round 2

This competition aims to foster collaboration between teams representing different disciplines, professions and sectors to submit plans for ambitious research and to catalyse future research capacity and fund large scale, ambitious and transdisciplinary projects or programmes of research addressing key priorities and substantial areas of need in work and health and occupational health.

Infrastructure Grants – Building Acquisition and Renovation

This scheme is providing funding towards the costs of providing essential infrastructure to support cardiovascular science in any UK academic institution. The grant can be used to support building refurbishment or the purchase of major pieces of equipment to support the research activities of multiple cardiovascular groups that could not usually be requested on project or programme grants.

Infrastructure Grants – Purchasing Capital Equipment

This scheme is providing funding towards the costs of providing essential infrastructure to support cardiovascular science in any UK academic institution. The grant can be used to support building refurbishment or the purchase of major pieces of equipment to support the research activities of multiple cardiovascular groups that could not usually be requested on project or programme grants.

Innovation Fund to Reduce Demand for Illicit Substances (RDIS) Phase 3

This scheme aims to fund projects that address demand for recreational drugs and are thereby likely to lead to reduced drug use and dependency. Phase 3 projects should address testing evaluation on a wider population, implementation and rollout within England, or England and Wales where the intervention is focused on policing and/or criminal justice.

Mathematics for Safe AI

ARIA is seeking to fund ideas that sit within the Mathematics for Safe AI opportunity space. This can include ideas that could change the conversation about what is possible or valuable and ideas that range from early stage curiosity-driven research through to pre-commercial science and technology.

RfPB Under-Represented Disciplines and Specialisms Highlight Notice: Other Registered Health and Care Professionals

This call is inviting applications led by registered health and care professionals (HCPs) who were not eligible to apply to the previous research for Patient Benefit programme highlight notices supporting under-represented disciplines and specialisms.