HECToR Resource Allocation Panel (RAP)
Invitation for proposals: Pilot of new access class for the HECToR service called Direct Access (Class 1b)
Issued: 01 September 2010 Closing Date: 22 December 2010
Collaboration fund
Expression of interest: Support to researchers wishing to work with a commercialising partner in taking forward business opportunities
Issued: 09 November 2010 Closing Date: 03 December 2010
Membership of EPSRC Council
Call for participants: The Secretary of State for BIS is seeking to appoint four new members to the EPSRC.
Issued: 22 November 2010 Closing Date: 03 December 2010
Coordinated short course centres in high performance computing
Invitation for proposals: Additional funding to enhance and broaden the reach of existing short courses in for high performance computing
Issued: 07 September 2010 Closing Date: 02 December 2010
Achieving adaptable assets: sustainable integrated infrastructure
Call for participants: Five-day sandpit for innovative ways to explore a cross-utility approach to sustainable asset design and management.
Issued: 19 October 2010 Closing Date: 01 December 2010
Support for collaborative networks academia-users in chemical biology
Invitation for proposals: EPSRC-BBSRC-MRC funding opportunity to support collaborative networks between academia and users in chemical biology.
Issued: 01 September 2010 Closing Date: 30 November 2010
India-UK collaborative research initiative in fuel cells
Collaborative research: DST, New Delhi, in collaboration with the RCUK, jointly invite proposals for research projects focussing on fuel cells.
Issued: 23 September 2010 Closing Date: 25 November 2010
Novel Technologies for Cross-disciplinary Research
Invitation for proposals: Development of Novel Technologies to support the needs of cross-disciplinary science and engineering in the 21st century
Issued: 02 September 2010 Closing Date: 24 November 2010
Nuclear fission network champion
Invitation for proposals: Research Councils Energy Programme is seeking to support a nuclear network champion
Issued: 28 July 2010 Closing Date: 23 November 2010
Membership of EPSRC’s advisory panels
Invitation for applications: For two of EPSRC’s three principal advisory bodies, the Technical Opportunities Panel (TOP) and the User Panel (UP)
Issued: 26 October 2010 Closing Date: 19 November 2010
Invitation to tender for the EPSRC national facility for X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Invitation for tenders: This call is being launched as a result of the recent EPSRC review of its provision for Mid Range Facilities.
Issued: 27 September 2010 Closing Date: 12 November 2010
Adaptation and resilience of the UK energy system to climate change
Invitation for proposals: Collabortation between RCUK Energy and Living with Environmental Change programmes and the UK Climate Impacts Programme.
Issued: 27 August 2010 Closing Date: 10 November 2010
NSF/EPSRC Materials Proposals Call 2010
Invitation for proposals: Initiative to foster collaborative activities in materials research between US researchers and the rest of the world
Issued: 11 August 2010 Closing Date: 10 November 2010
NSF/EPSRC Chemistry Proposals 2010
Invitation for proposals: Proposers from the UK and the US are invited to formulate a joint collaborative project
Issued: 07 September 2010 Closing Date: 05 November 2010
CHIST-ERA (European Coordinated Research on Long term Challenges in ICST)
Invitation for proposals: As part of the ERA-Net CHIST-ERA consortium, EPSRC invite highly innovative and multidisciplinary projects
Issued: 13 September 2010 Closing Date: 05 November 2010
Pilot projects in cloud computing for research
Invitation for proposals: Explore and develop new cloud computing technologies for research in engineering and physical sciences.
Issued: 01 October 2010 Closing Date: 26 October 2010
Promoting Cross-Disciplinary Research: Engineering and Physical Sciences and Economic and Social Sciences
Invitation for proposals: Support for cross-disciplinary proposals at these strategically important interfaces
Issued: 13 July 2010 Closing Date: 12 October 2010
Statement of Need for a Collaborative Computational Project
Invitation for outlines: EPSRC invites statements of need for collaborative computational projects in the remit of EPSRC
Issued: 12 May 2010 Closing Date: 01 October 2010
Joint EPSRC and POST Postgraduate Initiative 2011
Expression of interest: Three month secondment to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology open to EPSRC funded PhD students
Issued: 18 August 2010 Closing Date: 01 October 2010
SUPERGEN Bioenergy 'Hub' call
Invitation for proposals: The Research Councils UK (RCUK) Energy Programme is looking to support a Bioenergy SUPERGEN 'Hub'.
Issued: 15 July 2010 Closing Date: 30 September 2010
Low carbon vehicles integrated delivery programme strategic research portfolios
Expression of interest: Workshop exploring future technologies which may contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions from the UK vehicle market
Issued: 01 September 2010 Closing Date: 30 September 2010
Energy networks grand challenge
Invitation for proposals: RCUK Energy Programme call around the theme: Preparing the UK’s Energy Infrastructure for 2050.
Issued: 15 June 2010 Closing Date: 29 September 2010
Water for All Grand Challenge: Large Scale Solutions to Water Scarcity
Expression of interest: This sandpit will take forward the evolving research agenda in the area of ‘Large Scale Solutions to Water Scarcity’
Issued: 18 August 2010 Closing Date: 29 September 2010
Discipline Hopping: Engineering and Physical Sciences and Economic and Social Sciences
Invitation for proposals: The engineering and physical sciences and economic and social sciences interfaces are of strategic importance to EPSRC
Issued: 14 July 2010 Closing Date: 16 September 2010
HPC Software Development Call 2010/11
Invitation for proposals: First stage of the High Performance Computing (HPC) software development to enable science and engineering call
Issued: 08 July 2010 Closing Date: 15 September 2010
Lifelong Health and Wellbeing phase 3 - pilot studies
Invitation for proposals: The Research Councils in partnership with the UK Health Departments invite applications for Phase 3 (LLHW)
Issued: 17 May 2010 Closing Date: 15 September 2010
Scottish Government internships for EPSRC funded PhD students
Expression of interest: EPSRC funded PhD students who have completed their first year of study are invited to apply for internship opportunities
Issued: 20 August 2010 Closing Date: 10 September 2010
EPSRC-NPL Post-Doctoral Research Partnerships
Invitation for proposals: Applications are invited from UK University Research Supervisors for Post-Doctoral Research Partners
Issued: 08 July 2010 Closing Date: 09 September 2010
Who do you think you are?
Call for participants: Sandpit to develop new research concepts on problems associated with establishing and maintaining confidence in identity
Issued: 29 July 2010 Closing Date: 08 September 2010
Transport Grand Challenge: Travel behaviour, habits and practice
Call for participants: Five-day sandpit focused on travel behaviour, habits and practice.
Issued: 05 July 2010 Closing Date: 08 September 2010
ICT research – the next decade
Expression of interest: Two day workshop to permit the depth of thinking needed when considering the future strategy of the ICT programme.
Issued: 20 July 2010 Closing Date: 06 September 2010
Bridging the Urban and Rural Divide
Call for participants: Four-day consortium-building workshop held to explore research challenges in ‘Bridging the Urban and Rural Divide’
Issued: 03 August 2010 Closing Date: 01 September 2010
Research Council Follow-on Fund - August 2010
Invitation for proposals: Up to 12 months support available to develop the commercial potential of ideas generated by EPSRC research grant funding
Issued: 30 March 2010 Closing Date: 26 August 2010
SUPERGEN Marine Energy Hub
Invitation for proposals: The Research Councils UK (RCUK) Energy Programme is looking to support a Marine energy SUPERGEN Hub.
Issued: 21 June 2010 Closing Date: 24 August 2010
Healthcare Partnerships
Invitation for proposals: Scheme to establish a joint funding stream for high quality engineering and physical science research within academe
Issued: 29 June 2010 Closing Date: 19 August 2010
Research in the Wild
Expression of interest: Applicants are invited to apply for short-term funding to perform their 'Research in the Wild'
Issued: 05 July 2010 Closing Date: 12 August 2010
Postdoctoral research fellowships
Invitation for proposals: Fellowships available in theoretical physics, mathematical sciences and cross-disciplinary interfaces
Issued: 05 May 2010 Closing Date: 12 August 2010
Career Acceleration Fellowships 2011
Invitation for outlines: Up to five years funding for outstanding researchers at an early stage of their career
Issued: 10 June 2010 Closing Date: 11 August 2010
Challenging Engineering
Invitation for proposals: Awards to support challenging research programmes, focusing on developing a research group, over a five year period
Issued: 04 May 2010 Closing Date: 11 August 2010
Joint RCEP/NDA Call in Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste
Expression of interest: Workshop broadly focussed in the area of Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste.
Issued: 14 July 2010 Closing Date: 11 August 2010
Leadership Fellowships 2011
Invitation for outlines: Support for talented researchers with the most potential to develop into international research leaders
Issued: 10 June 2010 Closing Date: 11 August 2010
Grand Transport Challenge: Energy Storage
Invitation for proposals: The Research Councils UK Energy programme is seeking ambitious proposals in energy storage.
Issued: 24 June 2010 Closing Date: 10 August 2010
Collaboration Fund
Expression of interest: Support to researchers wishing to work with a commercialising partner in taking forward business opportunities
Issued: 11 June 2010 Closing Date: 30 July 2010
EPSRC National Service for Computational Chemistry Software
Invitation for tenders: Open to any academic institution, consortium, company or facility which believes that it can fulfil the criteria given
Issued: 21 June 2010 Closing Date: 29 July 2010
EPSRC national facility and service for electron paramagnetic resonance
Invitation for tenders: Open to any academic institution, consortium, company or facility which believes that it can fulfill the criteria
Issued: 22 June 2010 Closing Date: 22 July 2010
Healthcare Partnerships - Town Meeting
Expression of interest: Sharing of information about the forthcoming Healthcare Partnerships’ call and to provide an opportunity to network
Issued: 09 June 2010 Closing Date: 07 July 2010
Partnerships for public engagement starter grants
Invitation for proposals: Opportunities for active researchers to undertake public engagement projects related to their research interests
Issued: 03 June 2010 Closing Date: 06 July 2010
Mathematics underpinning Digital Economy and Energy
Invitation for proposals: Exploration, development or use of new mathematical techniques within the scope of Energy and Digital Economy
Issued: 04 May 2010 Closing Date: 01 July 2010
Lifelong Health and Wellbeing phase 3 - research grants
Invitation for outlines: The Research Councils in partnership with the UK Health Departments invite applications for Phase 3 of LLHW
Issued: 17 May 2010 Closing Date: 30 June 2010
Engineering Doctorate Training in Manufacturing Engineering
Invitation for proposals: EPSRC wishes to stimulate and establish new Industrial Doctorate Centres in the area of manufacturing engineering
Issued: 30 April 2010 Closing Date: 24 June 2010
EPSRC Centres in Innovative Manufacturing 2010
Invitation for outlines: Support for EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing in areas which complement existing manufacturing research centres
Issued: 28 April 2010 Closing Date: 24 June 2010
Enhancing photosynthesis - Ideas Lab
Expression of interest: BBSRC in the UK and NSF in the US have just launched a multidisciplinary Ideas Lab on enhancing photosynthesis
Issued: 04 June 2010 Closing Date: 15 June 2010
Early access for time on the first PRACE supercomputer
Invitation for proposals: First PRACE machine which is the Blue Gene/P supplied by the Gauss Computing Centre and based at Juelich in Germany
Issued: 10 May 2010 Closing Date: 10 June 2010
Creativity in composites engineering
Invitation for proposals: Programme Grant to tackle fundamental and scientifically exciting engineering challenges in composites engineering
Issued: 30 March 2010 Closing Date: 09 June 2010
New SUPERGEN Power Networks ‘Hub’
Invitation for proposals: Energy Programme is looking to support a Power Networks SUPERGEN ‘Hub’, with up to £4 million available for five years
Issued: 03 March 2010 Closing Date: 26 May 2010
Energy Programme – CAS Call for Collaborative Research with China on Solar Cells, Solar Fuels and Fuel Cells
Collaborative research: RCUK Energy Programme wishes to develop collaborative projects between UK and China with the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Issued: 18 March 2010 Closing Date: 20 May 2010
Electron Microscopy Mid-Range Facility: Community Workshop
Expression of interest: Half day workshop to explore community requirements for the forthcoming EPSRC Electron Microscopy Mid-Range facility
Issued: 26 March 2010 Closing Date: 06 May 2010
BBSRC-EPSRC Bioprocessing Research Industry Club (BRIC) Phase 2 - Call 1
Invitation for proposals: £10 million new funding for excellent research with impact - making medicines of the future
Issued: 16 March 2010 Closing Date: 05 May 2010
Multidisciplinary research at the Research Complex at Harwell
Invitation for outlines: Funding for research groups to establish a presence at the new laboratory and work closely with the central facilities
Issued: 02 February 2010 Closing Date: 22 April 2010
Cross-disciplinary feasibility account 2010
Expression of interest: Support for a suite of short-term research activities by an established cross-disciplinary research group
Issued: 16 March 2010 Closing Date: 20 April 2010
Collaborative UK-China research projects in carbon capture and storage technologies
Invitation for proposals: Activity following on from previous calls for collaborative research with China in Renewables and Cleaner Fossil Fuels
Issued: 17 February 2010 Closing Date: 15 April 2010
Railway capacity: overcoming the constraints caused by nodes (stations and junctions) on the rail network
Invitation for proposals: Strategic partnership to support high quality research to face pressing challenges to the rail industry in Great Britain
Issued: 19 February 2010 Closing Date: 14 April 2010
EPSRC policy fellowships in Defra
Invitation for proposals: Summer 2010 "policy fellowships" within Defra to promote knowledge exchange between the engineering community and Defra
Issued: 03 March 2010 Closing Date: 13 April 2010
Industrial CASE studentship competition 2010
Expression of interest: PhD studentships for businesses to take the lead in arranging projects with an academic partner of their choice
Issued: 29 January 2010 Closing Date: 07 April 2010
Collaboration Fund
Expression of interest: Support to researchers wishing to work with a commercialising partner in taking forward business opportunities
Issued: 01 February 2010 Closing Date: 01 April 2010
Bright IDEAS Awards – The Big Pitch: Chemistry and Beyond
Invitation for outlines: Support for research projects that have the potential to profoundly impact and/or transform a broad area of research
Issued: 02 February 2010 Closing Date: 30 March 2010
Royal Society Industry Fellowships 2010
Expression of interest: Scheme aiming to enhance knowledge transfer in science and technology between those in industry and those in academia
Issued: 11 August 2009 Closing Date: 24 March 2010
STFC Advisory Panels
Call for nominations: A number of vacancies have arisen for outstanding individuals to become members of STFC's Committees and Panels.
Issued: 04 March 2010 Closing Date: 22 March 2010
Energy and Communities Collaborative Venture
Invitation for proposals: Joint ESRC and EPSRC initiative aiming to advance understanding of issues surrounding energy use within communities
Issued: 01 December 2009 Closing Date: 11 March 2010
Responsible Innovation Workshop – recognising and managing wider implications of innovation research
Call for participants: Opportunity to shape how research councils can actively promote responsible innovation in an operational context
Issued: 08 February 2010 Closing Date: 05 March 2010
MRC, EPSRC - healthy ageing and the physical environment workshop
Expression of interest: Workshop on Healthy Ageing and the Physical Environment in co-operation with Tsinghua University in China
Issued: 12 February 2010 Closing Date: 05 March 2010
Energy Networks Grand Challenges
Submission of ideas: Input from stakeholder groups to help identify opportunities for Grand Challenges in the area of Energy Networks
Issued: 13 January 2010 Closing Date: 01 March 2010
Research Council Follow-on Fund - February
Invitation for proposals: Up to 12 months funding available to develop the commercial potential of ideas generated by EPSRC research grant funding
Issued: 06 November 2009 Closing Date: 25 February 2010
Energy Networks Grand Challenges scoping workshop
Expression of interest: RCUK Energy Programme is holding a scoping workshop to develop areas for Grand Challenges in Energy Networks
Issued: 25 January 2010 Closing Date: 24 February 2010
EPSRC national facility for III-V semiconductor epitaxy
Invitation for tenders: Open to any academic institution, consortium, company or facility which believes that it can fulfill the criteria
Issued: 16 December 2009 Closing Date: 23 February 2010
EPSRC national facility and service for x-ray crystallography
Invitation for tenders: Open to any academic institution, consortium, company or facility which believes that it can fulfill the criteria
Issued: 08 January 2010 Closing Date: 18 February 2010
Climate geoengineering sandpit
Expression of interest: EPSRC and NERC joint sandpit event intending to provide support to research within the Climate Geoengineering remit
Issued: 04 December 2009 Closing Date: 20 January 2010
Partnerships for Public Engagement starter grants - 2nd call
Invitation for proposals: Opportunities for active researchers to undertake public engagement projects related to their research interests
Issued: 29 October 2009 Closing Date: 14 January 2010
Healthcare Portfolio Day in Cardiovascular Disease
Expression of interest: Opportunity for researchers, stakeholders and users an to influence the future research in Cardiovascular Disease
Issued: 14 December 2009 Closing Date: 14 January 2010
ExICTe workshop
Expression of interest: Workshop to bring together researchers to encourage a broader interest in raising the profile of ICT
Issued: 01 December 2009 Closing Date: 08 January 2010
HECToR capability challenge 2010
Invitation for proposals: Opportunity for UK investigators to request access to explore the capability dimension of the HECToR service
Issued: 02 November 2009 Closing Date: 07 January 2010
Healthcare Portfolio Day: Neurodegenerative Diseases
Expression of interest: Opportunity for researchers, stakeholders and users an to influence the future research in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Issued: 26 November 2009 Closing Date: 05 January 2010