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EPSRC Programme grant (full proposal)

Grant
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) United Kingdom 2026

Information

The EPSRC Programme grant is a competitive research grant providing flexible funding to world-leading research groups addressing major research challenges across the engineering and physical sciences remit. Grants support interdisciplinary and collaborative projects that assemble internationally recognised teams and enable longer-term strategic research. Funding can be awarded for up to six years and is intended to create critical-mass investments that enhance UK research visibility and capacity. Applications to full proposal stage are by invitation only following a successful outline application.

Benefits

Flexible research funding for programme-scale projects; funding awards can run for up to six years and support building teams, interdisciplinary work and longer-term strategic research activity.

Eligibility

Applicants must be based at an eligible UK research organisation. Only invited applicants may submit a full proposal following a successful outline application. International project co-lead roles are only permitted where the application uses specified UKRI international agreements.

Application

Full proposals are by invitation only following a successful outline application; applications are submitted via the UKRI funding service.

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