Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Grants
EPSRC funds engineering and physical sciences research through UKRI, and its grants are held by universities and research institutes rather than by companies. If you run a business, the realistic routes in are as a project partner or through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Applications are made by a named academic investigator.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has 16 open funds listed here, 13 of which accept applications all year.
Checked daily. Last updated 11 November 2026.
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EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure outlines: September 2026
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
This EPSRC opportunity funds strategic infrastructure at UK research organisations. The aim is to improve UK scientific capability and enable cutting-edge research that fits national priorities, including the UKRI strategy and the EPSRC Strategic Delivery Plan. There are two routes. Route one pays for buying and setting up equipment, digital infrastructure or both. The infrastructure must cost at least £400,000 including VAT. That can be one item, or several items clearly meant to work together as a single asset. EPSRC funds up to 100% of full economic cost for capital items and 80% for non-capital costs such as technical staff time, training and engagement. You do not need to offer matched funding, but your institution must show the project is a strategic priority. Route two is for invited applicants only. It pays for resources that get more use out of equipment you already have, such as staff support or pump-priming. You must get approval from the relevant EPSRC theme lead first. Awards normally last up to two years, and items of equipment over £25,000 are not covered. The opportunity opened on 17 September 2026 and has no closing date. Applications are grouped into batching periods, and the first runs from September 2026 to the end of December 2026. You can apply when your application is ready. One important caveat. Each institution can send no more than three applications per batching period, and any extras are automatically rejected. Your research office submits the final application on the UKRI Funding Service. Official source: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/epsrc-strategic-infrastructure-outlines-september-2026/. Last checked by GrantMatch on 15 October 2026.
EPSRC standard research grant, Nov 2023: responsive mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
EPSRC standard research grants fund discovery-led research in engineering and the physical sciences. You can apply in any field within EPSRC's remit. This includes artificial intelligence, digital security and resilience, energy and decarbonisation, engineering, healthcare technologies, ICT, manufacturing and the circular economy, mathematical sciences, physical sciences and quantum technologies. Projects range from small, short-term grants to multi-million-pound programmes. They can include high-risk research, feasibility studies, instrument development, project-specific equipment and collaborative work across disciplines. The grant suits researchers based at eligible research organisations. EPSRC particularly welcomes strong applications on critical technologies such as AI, engineering biology, future telecommunications, semiconductors and quantum technologies. The majority of your research must fall within EPSRC's remit. There is no limit on the value of the grant or the length of the project. You should ask for what you need to deliver the work. EPSRC pays 80% of the full economic cost, and your organisation covers the standard 20%. Funding can cover staff, equipment up to £400,000 per item, travel and subsistence, impact costs and other items the project needs. The opportunity is open with no closing date. EPSRC batches applications internally and sends them to panel meetings, which are expected to run quarterly. You can apply when your application is ready. For system reasons, a closing date will show on the UKRI Funding Service about 28 months after the opportunity was published, but EPSRC asks you not to wait for it. One practical point: EPSRC will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects already submitted to UKRI or any other funder. Applications are not returned for amendment, so if yours is rejected for substantive errors you will need to submit a new one. Official source: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/epsrc-standard-research-grant-nov-2023-responsive-mode/. Last checked by GrantMatch on 28 October 2026.
Mathematical sciences small grants
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
EPSRC's Mathematical sciences small grants fund original research projects in the mathematical sciences that do not need the level of funding seen in standard research grants. Awards range from £10,000 to £80,000. Your project's full economic cost (FEC) can be up to £100,000, and EPSRC will fund 80% of that for up to 12 months. The scheme suits researchers who want to explore new areas inside or beyond their expertise, produce proof-of-principle results, run short follow-on projects, build new collaborations or renew old ones, realise user impacts, or support the career development of postdoctoral-level researchers. Most of the research must sit within EPSRC's Mathematical sciences theme. Interdisciplinary work is welcome as long as most of it is mathematical sciences. There is also a discipline hopping route if you are moving into, or from, one of the EPSRC Mathematical Sciences Research Areas. There is no closing date. You can submit a full application at any time, and EPSRC assesses applications on a rolling basis. The Funding Service will show a closing date for system reasons. EPSRC asks you not to wait for it, as it processes applications throughout the year. Up to £2 million a year is allocated to the scheme, and this may be reviewed. Applications that focus purely on networking, community building or impact are not suitable. Bids better suited to network, overseas travel grant or Impact Acceleration Account opportunities will be rejected. Equipment over £25,000 is not available through this scheme. You can only hold one small grant at a time as a project lead or co-lead, and EPSRC will not accept uninvited resubmissions. Official source: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/mathematical-sciences-small-grants/. Last checked by GrantMatch on 28 October 2026.
EPSRC overseas travel grant: Nov 2023: responsive mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funds overseas travel for project leads at eligible UK research organisations. Visits can be in any area within EPSRC's remit. The funder's website gives no award range, and there is no closing date. Apply when your application is ready. EPSRC batches applications internally and processes them throughout 2024, 2025 and 2026. A closing date will appear on the Funding Service about 28 months after the opportunity was published. EPSRC asks applicants not to wait for it. Applications go to the most suitable responsive mode panel: Engineering, ICT, Mathematical Sciences or Physical Sciences. Panels are expected to meet quarterly after September 2024. The grant normally supports a single project lead. Other staff costs can be requested if fully justified. You must explain why the travel is needed, why you are the right person, why the destination is the best place to go, and why the timing matters. Applications go through the UKRI Funding Service, not Je-S, and your research office submits them.
EPSRC programme grant outline stage
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
EPSRC programme grants give flexible, long-term funding to world-leading research groups tackling major research challenges across the engineering and physical sciences. This is the outline stage. A team of internationally recognised scientists or engineers comes together around one strategic research theme, and awards can last up to six years. The scheme suits established, collaborative teams who want to take on bigger, more open-ended problems. EPSRC wants proposals that build partnerships between universities, encourage cross-disciplinary working and give early career researchers more independence. You can move resources between projects as needs change, but you cannot hold unassigned pots of money. Every programme grant must run an independent advisory board that meets at least once a year, with at least half independent members and an independent chair. EPSRC funds 80% of the full economic cost. The amount available depends on your theme, so speak to the relevant theme contact for indicative funding. You can include equipment up to £400,000 per item. The opportunity is open with no closing date. EPSRC batches applications internally, so you should apply when your application is ready. A closing date shows on the Funding Service for system reasons, but you should not wait for it. One important caveat: since 1 December 2025, applications have been paused for at least 12 months in three areas. These are energy and decarbonisation (clean growth), manufacturing and circular economy, and quantum technologies. All other themes remain open. You are also expected to contact the relevant theme contact before you submit, and EPSRC will not accept uninvited resubmissions. Official source: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/epsrc-programme-grant-outline-stage/. Last checked by GrantMatch on 28 October 2026.
Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
This EPSRC fellowship backs early career researchers who want to build their own programme of work in the mathematical sciences. It is a personal, career development focused award. It suits you if you have recently started shaping your own research ideas. A fellowship can last up to three years. You can hold it part time, at no less than 50% full time equivalent, and the length can then extend proportionally to a maximum of six years. There is no limit on the value of the grant. EPSRC funds 80% of the full economic cost. This covers equipment and other project items, impact costs, and travel and subsistence. It does not cover extra researchers or single items of equipment over £25,000 including VAT. You need a PhD or more than four years of experience in a relevant field by the start of your fellowship, and an eligible UK research organisation must host you. Most of the novelty in your research must sit within EPSRC's mathematical sciences remit, or the application will be rejected. There is no closing date. EPSRC assesses applications as they arrive and holds regular decision points through the year. Applications go through your research office, which submits them for you on the UKRI Funding Service. Official source: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/mathematical-sciences-postdoctoral-fellowship/. Last checked by GrantMatch on 28 October 2026.
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
EPSRC, part of UKRI, funds UK-based researchers to run joint projects with partners in Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland, Brazil and the US. The opportunity is open with no closing date, and the funder's website gives no award range. Overseas partners are funded by their own agencies: DFG in Germany, FNR in Luxembourg, Science Foundation Ireland (Research Ireland), FAPESP in Brazil and the NSF in the US. The project lead must be at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. Most of the UK research must fall within EPSRC's remit. Applications go through the UKRI Funding Service, not Je-S, and the research office submits them. No expression of interest is needed for Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland or Brazil. US collaboration is by invitation only, after an expression of interest sent at least three months before the planned submission date. The Vision and Approach document is capped at six sides of A4. There is no requirement for matched funding beyond the standard 20% FEC.
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Frequently asked questions about Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding
How many Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grants are open right now?+
16 grants from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are open on GrantMatch today, of which 13 have no fixed deadline. The list is checked daily.
When is the next Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) deadline?+
The nearest deadline is 26 November 2026, and the furthest is 16 December 2026. Always check the funder's own page for the final date before applying.
How do I apply for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding?+
Each grant on this page links to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) application page for that fund. Read the funder's own eligibility criteria before you start, since terms differ between funds.