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Investigating the mechanisms to prevent hypersensitivities to food

Apply for funding to reduce and prevent food hypersensitivities.

UK-based researchers must apply as part of a transnational consortium.

Projects should focus on one or more of the following:

  • mechanisms that induce or prevent food intolerance or allergies
  • improving detection of adverse reactions
  • the impact of food ingredients and processing.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
Food Standards Agency (FSA) and 12 international funders through the Joint Programming Initiative on A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life (JPI HDHL)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,250,000
Award range:
£100,000 - £250,000
Publication date:
17 February 2021
Opening date:
2 February 2021
Closing date:

Expression of interest: ISCF smart sustainable plastic packaging demonstrators

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £16 million for bold and ambitious demonstrator projects in smart and sustainable plastic packaging.

This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£16,000,000
Publication date:
17 February 2021
Opening date:
10 February 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Commercialising quantum technologies: germinator projects, round 1

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for high risk, high return, quantum technology projects with defined commercial outputs.

This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Publication date:
17 February 2021
Opening date:
10 February 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Farming innovation pathways (FIP): industrial research

UK registered businesses and research organisations can apply to carry out industrial research.

Projects will address these farming challenges:

  • productivity
  • sustainability
  • net zero emissions.
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,000,000
Publication date:
16 February 2021
Opening date:
1 March 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Farming innovation pathways (FIP): feasibility studies

UK registered businesses and research organisations can apply to carry out feasibility studies.

Projects will address these farming challenges:

  • productivity
  • sustainability
  • net zero emissions.
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
16 February 2021
Opening date:
1 March 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Innovate UK Smart Grants January 2021

Opportunity for UK-registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £25 million to deliver game-changing and commercially viable research and development innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Publication date:
16 February 2021
Opening date:
21 January 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: NERC scientific support and facilities

Tell us what you need from the next generation of NERC’s scientific support and facilities (S&F).

We want to hear about S&F ideas that are essential to the delivery of environmental science over the next five to 10 years.

This is not a funding opportunity. We will use your ideas to design future funding opportunities.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Other
Publication date:
11 February 2021
Opening date:
1 March 2021 12:00 UK time
Closing date:

MRC molecular and cellular medicine new investigator research grant: May 2021

Funding is available from MRC’s Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board to support researchers ready to progress to independence through their first major grant as a principal investigator.

There is no limit to the funding that you can request. This funding opportunity runs three times every year.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
11 February 2021
Opening date:
15 February 2021
Closing date:

MRC molecular and cellular medicine research grant: May 2021

An MRC research grant is the main way for UK-based medical researchers to apply for researcher-led project funding. You should apply if your research is on molecular and cellular medicine.

There is no limit to the funding you can request. This funding opportunity runs three times every year.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
11 February 2021
Opening date:
15 February 2021
Closing date:

UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems programme: responsibility

Apply for funding to support multidisciplinary research on responsibility for autonomous systems.

Your proposed project must integrate researchers from different disciplines, particularly from social sciences, arts and humanities.

You and your organisation must be eligible for UKRI funding.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,000,000
Award range:
£400,000 - £700,000
Publication date:
11 February 2021
Opening date:
10 February 2021
Closing date:

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