New Grants Added This Week – 3rd August 2025 to 10th August 2025
There were 88 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £12,794,370.
The amounts available range from £1,000 to £4,000,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Buildings and Renovation, Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Overseas Markets Development, Property Development, Purchasing Equipment, Recruit and Develop Staff and Starting a Business.
Money is available for the following business types: Academic, Large Business, Medium Business, Micro Business, Research Organisation, Small Business and Start-ups.
Top 10 Funding Opportunities:
Boosting the Transformation Towards Climate Neutral Cities, the Net-Zero Economy and Open Strategic Autonomy through Pre Commercial Procurement (PCP)
Project results are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, public procurers stimulating from demand side the competitive development of market ready innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that can contribute to the transition of local communities towards climate neutrality, whilst strengthening EU open strategic autonomy.
Community Centres of Excellence
Proposals supported under this topic should carry out a well-chosen subset of actions including, but not limited to, identifying targeted applications and user communities and delivering highly scalable, optimized codes for Exascale or post-exascale/ advanced AI.
Transversal Centres of Excellence
This action aims to establish Transversal Centres of Excellence (CoEs) that serve as technical hubs for HPC application developers. Proposals should address one specific, well-defined and coherent transversal technical area that supports HPC application development.
BBSRC New Investigator Award: 2025 Round 3: Applicant-Led Mode (Grant)
Researchers can apply for grant to support new investigator-led research across the breadth of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) scientific remit. This fund seeks primarily to assist newly employed university lecturers, researchers in research council institutes, and fellows to secure their first major element of research support funding.
BBSRC Standard Research Grant: 2025 Round 3: Applicant-Led Mode (Grant) – Research and Development
Researchers can apply for grant to support new investigator-led research across the breadth of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) scientific remit.
AHRC Responsive Mode: Working with Brazilian Researchers
UK researchers can apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Lighthouse Codes for HPC Applications
The expected outcomes of the topic include, but are not limited to, successful integration of cutting-edge capabilities into production-grade software, driving innovation and enhancing Europe’s scientific excellence and industrial competitiveness.
BBSRC Follow-on Fund: 2025 Round Two
This funding aims to bridge the gap between bioscience research and achieving economic and societal benefit.
Evaluation of the UK-Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST)
The NIHR is inviting applications for an evaluation of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team. This will include an assessment of progress made against outcomes across the programme’s lifespan, its contribution to sustainable enhancement of outbreak response capacity in LMICs, and evidence of value for money.
Rural England Prosperity Fund – Tourism/Visitor Economy – New Round – Building Acquisition and Renovation
The scheme is providing capital funding to support the development of tourist attractions and infrastructure to increase the range of attractions available within a locality, which in turn will encourage tourists/visitors to stay longer, increase spend and extend the tourism period beyond April to October.