Research grants for Businesses
11 opportunities
Supply chain resilience CSA
→Expected Outcome: The action should establish a supply chain data platform, as a digital twin of the semiconductor supply chain, which should: • Gather secure, anonymized data shared by companies, coming from both upstream and downstream industries. • Possibly make use of an existing digital reference14 of the semiconductor supply chain (based on semantic web technologies). • Be managed by a trusted intermediary and hosted on a trusted data sharing infrastructure (potentially leveraging secure Multi-Party Computation). • Provide access to each participating company (providing its data) to its own data and aggregate anonymised data. The action should support the data gathering from the companies involved. The action should support a global mapping of the semiconductor value chain, as regards to the capabilities and the products of each main company and its supply chain relationships. The action should also support conducting stress tests of the supply chain and develop risk analysis of the EU semiconductor supply chain. Finally, the action needs to support issuing early warnings and recommendations for proactive measures to the Commission and Member States to avoid any potential…
Grant$2.3MCloses 2026-09-22EUResearchNext Wave: Breakthrough Wave 1
→UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million for industrial research projects to explore industrial strategy aligned Createch innovation. This funding is from Innovate UK.
Grant$470KCloses 2026-08-11GBResearchPrevention and mitigation of misuse of synthetic biology for bioterrorism purposes
→Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Increased understanding of European policy makers, research community, biotech companies, and relevant security practitioners of the threat of bioterrorism and of synthetic biology, including a thorough lawful analysis of what needs to be monitored in this context, what needs to be regulated and how; Awareness raised within the related scientific community how research in synthetic biology can be used for malicious purposes. Scope: The rising threat of bioterrorism is driven by recent scientific advancements, notably by growing accessibility of synthetic biology, genetic engineering, related commercial services and public databases, which in turn enhance their obtainability to non-state actors and individuals with malicious intentions. The proliferation of do-it-yourself biohacking and community laboratories, including gene editing and sequencing technology, dropping costs of equipment and increased simplicity of use may inadvertently facilitate knowledge and skills dissemination about biological threats and open new pathways for bioterrorism. Challenges in detection,…
Grant$3.5MCloses 2026-11-05EUResearchOpportunities for the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)
→Society’s most important advances have stemmed from those willing to think differently about what might be possible. ARIA is an R&D funding agency built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. Created by an Act of Parliament, and sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology, ARIA funds breakthrough R&D in under explored areas to catalyse new paths to prosperity for the UK and the world.
Grant$13.4MCloses 2028-01-17GBResearchAHRC responsive mode: standard research grant (Grant)
→Apply for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) standard research grant funding to support well-defined collaborative projects across the arts and humanities, in areas covered by our remit. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.
Grant$2MCloses 2027-03-31GBResearchAHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency (Grant)
→Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the Unites States (US). Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of AHRC and US National Science Foundation, Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences Directorate (NSF-SBE). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.
Grant$2MCloses 2027-03-31GBResearchAHRC responsive mode: working with Brazilian researchers (Grant)
→Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.
Grant$2MCloses 2027-03-31GBResearchAHRC responsive mode: collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg (Grant)
→Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in Luxembourg. Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.
Grant$2MCloses 2027-03-31GBResearchPushing the frontiers of environmental research (Grant)
→Apply for funding to pursue an adventurous, ambitious, curiosity-driven project in environmental research. You must be: • based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding • in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.
Grant$1.3MCloses 2027-03-31GBResearchAHRC responsive mode: catalyst awards (Grant)
→AHRC awards to support researchers without prior experience of leading a significant research project to accelerate their trajectory as independent researchers, to unlock their potential and build leadership and convenor experience. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.
Grant$403KCloses 2027-03-31GBResearchAHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award (Grant)
→Flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.
Grant$134KCloses 2027-03-31GBResearch