EPSRC Materials Innovation Partnerships

Funding

Up to £7,500,000

Deadline

Check with the funder

Location

England

Applications

Has a deadline

Overview

This grant funds ambitious research partnerships between businesses and universities working on advanced materials. You need an established partnership of at least one year with your academic or business partner. Projects must focus on one of six themes like energy solutions, healthcare materials, or electronics. EPSRC pays 80% of costs up to £7.5 million total. Your business partner must match the EPSRC funding with cash. Applications open 3 March 2026 and close 14 May 2026. This is for UK-based organisations or those with significant UK research activity.

Requirements to check

Who can apply:

limited companyacademicpublic sector

Key requirements:

  • established_partnership_required
  • business_match_funding_required
  • collaborative_research

This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.

Regions

No published award history for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Some funders do not publish their grants data.

Full details from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Apply for funding to support ambitious, collaborative research programmes.Materials Innovation Partnerships must be co-created and co-delivered by business and academic partners that share an existing working relationship and align to one of the six themes in the National Materials Innovation Strategy.

How to apply

The academic partner creates and submits the application on the UKRI Funding Service. All partners must contribute to creating the application together before submission.

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Last updated: 21 April 2026