Engineering funding

UK higher-education institutions eligible for EPSRC funding; mandatory expression of interest by 1 October 2026, 16:00 UK time. Consortium must include doctoral degree-awarding powers.

Doctoral students or researchers awarded a doctorate in 2022 or later, employed or enrolled at a current SASUF+ partner university throughout the placement. The host must be a current partner university in the other country, with an invitation and home-supervisor or manager approval. Former partner institutions are not automatically eligible.

Consortia of 2–3 legal entities, including at least one SME. Topic 2.1 requires three entities across at least two eligible countries; Topic 2.2 requires two and allows one country. Startups, SMEs, mid-caps, universities and RTOs qualify. University/RTO share is capped at 30%; lifetime FORTIS funding per legal entity is capped at €200,000.

Applicants need a PhD or equivalent, a permanent post at a UK university or eligible nonprofit research institution, and a well-established independent research programme. They must not have received a total of one year or more of sabbatical or other teaching/administration relief in the three years before application. Other recent funding must not duplicate the requested relief. The fellowship is held at the applicant’s own UK institution.

Eligible U.S. startups and small businesses must follow the current NSF 26-511 phase and submission requirements.

Eligible U.S. startups and small businesses must follow the current NSF 26-510 phase and submission requirements.

Mid-career researchers apply through an eligible Australian administering organisation. The PhD award date must fall between 1 March 2012 and 1 March 2022, or be equivalent after allowable career interruptions. A maximum of three applications is permitted. ARC medical-research exclusions apply.

UK project leads must be at UKRI-eligible organisations. Consortia need partners from at least three participating countries, including at least two EU member or Horizon Europe associated countries. UK funding covers topics 1–3; the participating-funder rules govern other partners.

Project leads must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding and meet UKRI individual eligibility rules. Research technical professionals may apply as project lead or co-lead; international researchers may participate only through the specified cooperation agreements or as collaborators.

Eligible UK higher-education institutions, research-council institutes, approved independent research organisations, public-sector research establishments and NHS bodies with research capacity may lead. Businesses participate as partners. Postdoctoral fellowship holders cannot apply as lead. Each person may lead one proposal and appear on at most two. International co-lead exceptions follow the stated Norway and IIASA agreements.

Lead applicants must be based at an eligible UK research organisation and meet UKRI individual eligibility. Industry partners must shape the challenge and application, provide appropriate support and commit matching funds. The call concerns scaling newly developed technologies and processes, rather than inventing new products.

Applicants must be based at a research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council funding and propose a high-risk development step for a medical product that builds on prior funded work.

PhD completed no more than three years, or equivalent full-time years, before the deadline. Research must have been mainly undertaken in Tasmania or under a Tasmanian organisation. Anyone may nominate another person; self-nominations are excluded.

Individual nominees must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents; group nominees must be eligible Canadian non-profits, postsecondary institutions, non-federal museums or science centres. A Canadian citizen or permanent resident nominates; self-nominations and posthumous nominations are excluded. Nominators normally cannot belong to the nominee’s organisation, with an exception for postsecondary senior administrators. Prior winners generally require a ten-year interval.

Applicants to the TTP-T and TTP-P tracks must follow the current NSF 25-540 organizational and submission requirements.

Applicants must identify as Black heritage, including the specified mixed Black backgrounds, and be UK nationals or have completed part of a UK undergraduate, masters or PhD degree or held a UK postdoctoral position. A PhD must be completed by the fellowship start; final-year doctoral applicants may apply with supervisor support. Less than 24 months of full-time postdoctoral experience is permitted at the deadline, with career-break adjustments. An eligible UK higher-education, research-council, nonprofit research or public-sector research host is required; permanent posts are ineligible.

An Austrian research institution applies for a researcher whose ERC Starting Grant 2026 proposal with that institution received an A rating but was not funded for budgetary reasons. Permanent professors or equivalent leaders, accepted permanent-professorship appointees, and former FWF START, ASTRA or ERC Starting Grant recipients are ineligible. ASTRA application rules also apply.

Individual researchers or joint candidatures of at most two main authors, with relevant results achieved within ten years before the announcement. Each candidate must be corresponding author of at least one submitted peer-reviewed paper. Three to five reference letters are required, with no more than two from one country. Resubmission limits apply. Applicants request platform credentials from the Secretariat.

Born in 1994 or later; thesis defended at an Italian university in 2025 or 2026, by 31 December 2026. A qualifying academic guarantor in Italy is required. For later defences, the degree certificate is due by 31 January 2027.

Researchers or joint candidates with significant results achieved within the preceding ten years. Candidates must be corresponding authors of submitted research and provide three to five references, with at most two from one country. Repeat-submission limits apply.