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Trauma Responsive Greater Manchester Fund

This fund supports organisations in Greater Manchester to go beyond basic trauma awareness. It helps you embed trauma-responsive approaches into your services and systems. Your application must align with at least one of the fund's stated priorities. Strong applications will show a clear understanding of trauma-informed principles.

UK-Switzerland CR&D Round 3

Innovate UK

Innovate UK is offering a share of up to £3 million for innovative collaborative research and development projects. You must be a UK registered business based in England. You need to work with at least one Swiss partner who applies through the Swiss Innosuisse programme. The funding covers specific technology areas, though these are not detailed in the source.

Next Wave: Breakthrough Wave 1

Innovate UK

Innovate UK is offering up to £10 million for industrial research projects. Your project must explore Createch innovation. Createch means creative technology, where creative industries meet digital and tech. UK registered businesses in England can apply. No minimum or maximum award size per project is stated.

Supporting people with practical cost-of-living interventions in North East England

Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland

The Mayor's Opportunity Fund supports people facing cost-of-living pressures in North East England. Grants are available up to £7,500. The fund covers County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Sunderland. Applications close on 27 July 2026.

Rewilding Britain - Rewilding Innovation Fund

Rewilding Britain

This fund supports new and ambitious community rewilding projects across Britain. It aims to remove barriers that stop rewilding projects from getting started or going further. Funding goes to projects with the highest potential impact for people and nature. Projects can be at early planning stages or already underway.

Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe - European Jewish Heritage Programme

Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe

This programme funds work to make Jewish heritage and culture more accessible. It supports digitising collections held in archives, libraries, museums, and professional institutions. The goal is to open up these materials to wider and more diverse audiences. Any organisation or institution can apply.

Baring Foundation - Strengthening Civil Society

Baring Foundation

The Baring Foundation's Strengthening Civil Society programme funds UK organisations that use legal tools to create social change. From 2026, the focus shifts to tackling corporate harm, especially where businesses cause discrimination or disadvantage. The current funding round is focused on migration. This grant is available to organisations in North West England.

Wolfson Professional Development Grants for Palliative Care Staff

The Wolfson Foundation

This grant pays for professional training and development for medical staff working in palliative care. It covers both adult and children's hospice staff based in England. You apply through Hospice UK, which administers the programme on behalf of the Wolfson Foundation.

Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellowships

The Wolfson Foundation / Royal Society / Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

This fellowship helps UK universities and research institutions bring outstanding scientists from overseas to the UK. It covers all areas of life and physical sciences, including engineering, but not clinical medicine. There are two options. The Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship supports a five-year relocation to the UK. The Visiting Fellowship offers a flexible 12-month sabbatical. The programme is jointly funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and run by the Royal Society.

The Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara) Fellowships Programme

The Wolfson Foundation

This funding supports Cara Fellowships at UK universities. The fellowships give early and mid-career researchers a safe place to work when they are fleeing persecution or danger. UK universities apply to host these researchers through the programme. The Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara) runs the scheme, with backing from the Wolfson Foundation.

2523: Scaling performance of quantum computing hardware: CR&D

Innovate UK

Innovate UK is offering up to £33 million for businesses developing quantum computing hardware. The funding covers device-level hardware and related software. Your work must address the scale, programmability, and runtime performance needed for universal fault-tolerant quantum computers. Only UK-registered organisations based in England can apply.

Doctoral focal awards in data-intensive sciences

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

This grant funds doctoral training in data-intensive sciences. It is run by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). You can apply for up to £10,500,000 to deliver training programmes for PhD students. The funding helps students build skills for careers in academia or industry. You must be based at a UK research organisation that is eligible for STFC funding.

Early independence: BBSRC fellowships: full stage

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

This BBSRC fellowship supports early-career researchers who want to run their own independent research project. It is funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Grants can be worth up to £9,000,000. This is the full stage of the application process, meaning you have already passed an earlier stage.

EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure 2026 (invite only)

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

This grant helps UK research organisations buy major scientific equipment and infrastructure. It is invite only, so you cannot apply unless EPSRC has contacted you directly. The funding supports high-priority research that advances UK scientific capability. No funding amounts or deadlines have been published.

Pre-announcement: UK Obesity Research Institute

Medical Research Council (MRC)

This grant funds the creation of a UK Obesity Research Institute. The institute will carry out world-leading research into the biological causes of obesity. It will also develop new ways to prevent and treat obesity and its health consequences. Your application must be led by a UK-based research organisation that is eligible for MRC funding.

UKRI Translation: MRC Proof of Concept: stage one

Medical Research Council (MRC)

This grant helps researchers develop and test new treatments, medical devices, and diagnostics. You must work at a research organisation that is eligible for MRC funding. It was previously called the Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme, stage one. Apply to move your research idea closer to real-world use.

Barbara Ward Children's Foundation

Barbara Ward Children's Foundation

The Barbara Ward Children's Foundation supports small, non-religious charities that help severely disadvantaged children. Grants have previously gone to youth projects around the world. The fund is managed through Action Together and focuses on organisations based in or connected to North West England.

Auto Trader - Digital Inclusion Fund

Auto Trader

This fund supports community projects that improve access to digital resources in Greater Manchester. It helps people stay connected with loved ones and access essential services online. Grants are available for community organisations across Greater Manchester. The fund focuses on community-led digital projects that help people feel included and better connected.

Women's Diversion Fund

Women's Diversion Fund

This fund supports early intervention services for women aged 18 and over. It targets women at risk of entering the criminal justice system. The goal is to tackle the root causes of offending and improve life outcomes. Services must be community-based. The fund covers North West England.

UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration: CHERI IKC

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

This grant funds the creation of an Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) focused on CHERI technology. CHERI is a hardware security approach that helps make digital systems safer by design. Up to £7.7 million is available. You must be based at a UK research organisation that is eligible for EPSRC funding. The grant is based in England.

Computing resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC facility (RAC19)

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

This grant gives researchers access to the DiRAC supercomputing facility. DiRAC is a high-performance computing network that supports advanced science research. It covers areas like particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, astronomy, and cosmology. You apply for computing time and resources, not cash funding.

Supporting people aged over 65 to be independent, healthy and socially included

Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland

The Pargiter Trust Fund supports people aged over 65 to stay independent, healthy and socially included. It is open to organisations working in Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Sunderland. Grants are available up to £10,000. The closing date is 31 August 2026.

Helping organisations in Tyne & Wear support young people aged 10 to 25

Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland

The Tyne & Wear High Sheriff's Awards offer grants of up to £1,000. The funding supports organisations that help young people aged 10 to 25. You must be based in or working in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, or Sunderland. The closing date is 19 October 2026.

Better Futures Fund Learning and Development Partner Competition

The Better Futures Fund supports place-based projects in England that improve young people's life chances. It focuses on areas like school attainment, youth employment, and reducing reoffending. This competition is for a Learning and Development Partner role. The fund is based in North West England.