Top 10 Funding Opportunities:

Wellcome Discovery Awards

This scheme aims to support established researchers and teams from any discipline who are seeking to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.

EuroHPC International Cooperation

This call is inviting proposals that will contribute to objectives including enhanced quantum computing and/or hybrid Quantum-High Performance Computing (HPC) algorithms and codes in advanced academic and industrial applications of interest for Europe and Japan in the identified priority domains.

Climate and Mental Health Award: Uncovering Mechanisms Between Heat and Mental Health

This award seeks to support projects that will advance understanding of the biological, psychological and/or social mechanisms through which heat affects anxiety, depression and psychosis in the most impacted groups globally.

Biology of Fungal Adaptation

This Award aims to support studies that explore the mechanisms and triggers for fungal adaptation, particularly in environments that are associated with disease and/or impacted by climate change. Successful applicants will generate important breakthroughs in the field, strengthen research networks and empower future leaders in this field.

Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition – Round 19

The scheme is providing funding to support highly innovative late stage research and development projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.

Climate and Health Award: Advancing Climate Mitigation Solutions with Health Co-Benefits in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

This Award will provide funding to transdisciplinary research teams, led by an applicant at an LMIC-based organisation, for research that will investigate health effects alongside the social and economic impacts of planned or implemented greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.

Discovery and Impact Feature Funding – Discovery Feature Funding (May 2025)

The scheme aims to support original live action and animation feature filmmaking. The discovery feature funding strand will support debut directors with a budget of up to £3,500,000.

Innovations for Exceptionally Low-Cost Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Manufacturing

This call is inviting proposals to develop proof-of-concept for manufacturing platforms that produce monoclonal antibodies at a final drug substance cost-of-goods of $10 per gram (Option A). The call will also support organisations that already have proof-of-concept data that could support a final drug substance cost-of-goods of $10 per gram and would like to partner for further development funding (Option B). Under Option A, applicants can access up to $750,000 per project. Potential funding and grant terms for projects submitted under Option B will be evaluated on a per-project basis.

Venture Sunderland Fund

This Fund will invest in businesses in technology, advanced manufacturing, the creative sector and green industries that will catalyse the economic growth and prosperity of the Sunderland city region.

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

This scheme will provide funding to support early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.