EPSRC: EPSRC programme grant outline stage January 2024

25/01/2024

25/06/2024

Programme grants provide flexible funding to world-leading research groups addressing significant major research challenges. Funding should bring together the expertise of a team of internationally recognised scientists or engineers to focus on one strategic research theme. We see programme grants as critical mass investments, which cover a diverse engineering and physical sciences (EPS) portfolio. They benefit UK research through the concentration of high-performing talent. Funding can be awarded for up to six years. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Programme grants provide flexible funding to world-leading research groups seeking to address significant research challenges across the EPSRC remit. We expect most successful applications to be interdisciplinary and collaborative, but they can also address key challenges in a single discipline. They are not just large grants, they must be strategic in nature. We are looking for proposals that: - bring together the best researchers to tackle bigger, more open-ended challenges in a coherent and holistic way - build partnerships between universities and promote cross-disciplinary working - provide freedom to conduct feasibility studies, cross-fertilise ideas and build up new skill sets - create greater visibility nationally and internationally among other researchers and industry - help to bring in other researchers, attract more funding and promote UK science - allow early career researchers in the team to be given greater independence and responsibility, and promote their career development - offer grant holders flexibility to allocate resources between different projects and respond quickly to new challenges.

You can only apply for this funding opportunity if we have invited you to do so following a successful pre-outline application. Before applying for funding, check the Eligibility of your organisation. EPSRC standard eligibility rules apply. For full details, visit EPSRC’s eligibility page. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has introduced new role types for funding opportunities being run on the new UKRI Funding Service.