Materials Science funding

Individual researchers whose first doctoral degree certificate is dated between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2024; earlier degrees are considered only for special reasons (pregnancy or parental leave, childcare leave for a child under 3, military or non-military service, or long-term illness) that caused a long-term career break. Applicants must not hold a permanent senior research position (career stages 3 or 4, such as professor, assistant/associate professor or research director); fixed-term tenure-track staff may apply. The site of research in Finland must commit to the application within 14 days of the call's closing date. Current four-year Academy Research Fellows may apply only in the last year of their post. In the winter call only one application per applicant is considered across Academy Project funding and Academy Research Fellowships.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

At least three independent entities in three different EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries, including at least one EU Member State. Austria is eligible. This call is for organisations, not individual students. Doctoral recruits must meet the programme’s degree and mobility rules.

Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC support. Proposals must address the call's infrastructure, access and collaboration objectives.

An ARC-eligible organisation applies through its university research office with industry partners, subject to the 2026 edition of the programme guidelines. This call funds centres; doctoral and postdoctoral researchers apply separately to opportunities created by successful centres.

An ARC-eligible organisation submits through its research office with industry partners. Partner cash contributions must reach 37.5% of requested ARC funding; combined cash and in-kind contributions must reach 50%. These are institutional grants, not individual trainee applications.

Swedish citizens or permanent residents who received a doctorate within the past six years, or doctoral students expecting the degree within two years, may apply through this route. A host researcher at an eligible Japanese university or research institution is required. All academic fields are eligible.

Postdoctoral applicants normally within four years of the doctorate; experienced researchers within twelve years, with an independent publication record and a leadership role. German host agreement, facilities confirmation and assessment required. Prior Humboldt sponsorship excludes this route. Apply under the joint CAPES-Humboldt procedure.

The coordinator must hold a PhD and work at an Austrian member institution. Include at least one Austrian and one African member, all with 2026 fees paid. Participants must be PhD students or graduates. One proposal per coordinator; institutional endorsements and own funding are required.

Women founders or co-founders apply as individuals. Both residence and company establishment must be in an EU member state or Horizon Europe associated country. The company must have been incorporated before 1 January 2025. Only one prize category may be entered.

Lead applicants must be based at an eligible UK research organisation. International co-leads are restricted to the UKRI–RCN or UKRI–IIASA agreements; other collaborators join as project partners. The research office submits the application.

Canadian citizens, permanent residents or Protected Persons; eligible research graduate programme at an allocated Canadian institution. Normally 0–12 months of study by December 31; specific transition rules apply. First-class grades normally required, with institutional discretion. Prior agency master’s awards and specified Indigenous master’s awards exclude eligibility; only one CRTAS application per academic year.

Doctoral-qualified researchers currently holding a postdoctoral position at an eligible institution in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut, born in or after 1985 unless an exception is approved. The institutional president, provost or designated official submits the nomination. Self-nominations are not accepted.

Single UK-registered SME undertaking experimental development in engineering biology. One application per business. The proposal needs a route to market and growth, and aligned investment through a designated lead investor. Fundamental research, clinical trials, preclinical therapeutic evaluation and large capital infrastructure are excluded.

A UK-registered business of any size must lead. The consortium must include at least one UK-registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise claiming grant funding. Funded work must be carried out mainly in the UK and the results exploited in the UK.

A UK-registered business of any size must lead. The consortium must include at least one UK-registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise claiming grant funding; academic institutions cannot lead. Funded work must be carried out mainly in the UK and the results exploited in the UK.