Grant funders

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Research council, England

Also known as EPSRC

United Kingdom 25 open calls
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Open calls 25
Given in 2025 £700.9m
Typical grant £488k Middle half £258k to £1.1m
New grantees in 2025 11% first grant from this funder

Open calls

Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies Closes 6 Oct 2026 · Up to £1.1m 0 days left EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure 2026 (invite only) Closes 8 Oct 2026 2 days left Future computing paradigms Network Plus Closes 13 Oct 2026 · Up to £2.8m 7 days left Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI Closes 20 Oct 2026 · Up to £603k 14 days left Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage Closes 22 Oct 2026 Open High performance compute resources for EPSRC communities Closes 27 Oct 2026 Open EPSRC-Defra Reimagining Circularity: full stage Closes 3 Nov 2026 · Up to £5.4m Open Focal award: EPSRC and MHCLG Fire Engineering Skills Hub Closes 3 Nov 2026 Open UKRI: Integration of AI/HPC with quantum computing Closes 3 Nov 2026 · Up to £3.8m Open NQS Mission 2 Coordination Network Closes 24 Nov 2026 · Up to £631k Open NQS Mission 2: Components, systems and architectures Closes 24 Nov 2026 · Up to £2.6m Open Mathematical Sciences Early Independence Fellowship Rolling, no deadline · Up to £1.3m Open EPSRC standard research grant, Nov 2023: responsive mode Rolling, no deadline Open EPSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode Rolling, no deadline Open Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship Rolling, no deadline Open EPSRC network grant: Nov 2023: responsive mode Rolling, no deadline Open Statements of Need in Research Infrastructure Rolling, no deadline Open EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure outlines: September 2026 Rolling, no deadline Open EPSRC working with overseas scientists: Nov 2023: responsive mode Rolling, no deadline Open Advanced materials: highlight notice Rolling, no deadline Open EPSRC Programme grant full proposal Rolling, no deadline Open EPSRC discipline hopping in ICT, Nov 2023: responsive mode Rolling, no deadline Open EPSRC programme grant outline stage Rolling, no deadline Open Mathematical sciences small grants Rolling, no deadline Open EPSRC overseas travel grant: Nov 2023: responsive mode Rolling, no deadline Open

Giving by year

11% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 91% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

London 3,432 grants · typical £343k
South East 2,686 grants · typical £321k
Scotland 2,346 grants · typical £326k
Yorkshire and The Humber 1,803 grants · typical £331k
North West 1,669 grants · typical £310k
South West 1,581 grants · typical £302k
West Midlands 1,345 grants · typical £291k
East of England 1,335 grants · typical £308k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

University of Glasgow AdaptiveEye: Enhancing Mobile Interaction through Context-Aware Gaze Interfaces £7,406 31 Jul 2026
Nottingham Trent University TinyML-UK Network £490k 1 Jul 2026
Cardiff University Embracing disorder: Pioneering catalyst disorder for transformative carbon dioxide conversion £2.5m 1 Jun 2026
University of warwick Directly mapping quantum landscapes: finding superconductors’ hidden domains (QMATE) £2.3m 1 Jun 2026
King's college London IQ-BRAIN Improving QMRI By Realizing trustworthy integration of Al in NeuroImaging £268k 1 Jun 2026
Imperial college London Electrically driven maser-based quantum amplifiers for compact and ultra-low-noise detection of microwaves £1.3m 1 Jun 2026
University of sheffield Optimal control of open quantum systems in strong coupling regimes £404k 1 Jun 2026
University of Liverpool ALGeNeM: molecule design with active learning and generative modelling for experimental automation £593k 1 Jun 2026
Imperial college London Sustainable materials and manufacturing for zero-excess multivalent batteries £2.2m 1 Jun 2026
University of Liverpool Magnetic nanoparticle development for imaging and magnetophoretic rheology £1.7m 1 Jun 2026

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