EPSRC Materials Innovation Partnerships
Funding
Up to £7,500,000
Location
England
Applications
Has a deadline
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.
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- established_partnership_required
- business_match_funding_required
- collaborative_research
Regions
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.
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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