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UK Research and Innovation is the UK government body that funds research and innovation through its seven research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. It was set up in 2018 and funds research grants, fellowships and doctoral training across every discipline.

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Open calls on pitute (144)

Calls from UKRI and its councils that pitute holds open today. The funder's own page has every scheme.

Future computing paradigms Network PlusEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) · United Kingdom · Closes 13 Oct 2026
CfI: Engineering Biology for Defra and FSA Phase 1Innovate UK · United Kingdom · Closes 14 Oct 2026
Investor Partnerships, ACT and SemiconductorsInnovate UK · United Kingdom · Closes 14 Oct 2026
Farming Innovation Programme: Small R&D Partnership Projects Round 5Innovate UK · United Kingdom · Closes 14 Oct 2026
Medicines Manufacturing Data Institute: Phase 1Innovate UK · United Kingdom · Closes 14 Oct 2026
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2026, 2027 Round 3Innovate UK · United Kingdom · Closes 14 Oct 2026
Doctoral focal award plus: innovating in data-driven researchEconomic and Social Research Council (ESRC) · United Kingdom · Closes 14 Oct 2026
UKRI Translation: BBSRC Proof of Concept 2026

Councils

Recently funded

The newest running awards in UKRI Gateway to Research, the funder's public register.

Mycobacterial cell walls as inducers of cryptic antimicrobial coding genes in environmental microbesApoorva Bhatt · University of Birmingham · From 28 Feb 2027 · £3,074
Diagnosing the nature of protoplanetary disc windsCathie Clarke · University of Cambridge · From 29 Sept 2026 · £511,304
Stellar streams as seismometers for dark matter subhaloesDenis Erkal · University of Surrey · From 29 Sept 2026 · £479,911
Probing clumpy star formation using Euclid observations and cosmic simulationsHugh Dickinson · The Open University · From 29 Sept 2026 · £457,140
The ISM and Star Formation Efficiency from GMC to Kiloparsec ScalesMatthew Smith · Cardiff University · From 29 Sept 2026 · £445,030
The baryon cycle: constraints from the next generation galaxy evolution surveysMark Swinbank · Durham University · From 29 Sept 2026 · £449,981
Satellite mitigation for ground-based optical astronomyJames Osborn · Durham University · From 29 Sept 2026 · £561,795
The Closed MagnetosphereStephen Milan · University of Leicester · From 29 Sept 2026 · £509,797

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Recently funded

The newest running awards in UKRI Gateway to Research, the funder's public register.

Mycobacterial cell walls as inducers of cryptic antimicrobial coding genes in environmental microbesApoorva Bhatt · University of Birmingham · From 28 Feb 2027 · £3,074
Diagnosing the nature of protoplanetary disc windsCathie Clarke · University of Cambridge · From 29 Sept 2026 · £511,304
Stellar streams as seismometers for dark matter subhaloesDenis Erkal · University of Surrey · From 29 Sept 2026 · £479,911
Probing clumpy star formation using Euclid observations and cosmic simulationsHugh Dickinson · The Open University · From 29 Sept 2026 · £457,140
The ISM and Star Formation Efficiency from GMC to Kiloparsec ScalesMatthew Smith · Cardiff University · From 29 Sept 2026 · £445,030
The baryon cycle: constraints from the next generation galaxy evolution surveysMark Swinbank · Durham University · From 29 Sept 2026 · £449,981
Satellite mitigation for ground-based optical astronomyJames Osborn · Durham University · From 29 Sept 2026 · £561,795
The Closed MagnetosphereStephen Milan · University of Leicester · From 29 Sept 2026 · £509,797

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.