UK grant · UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Ministry of Defence (MOD), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Doctoral focal award: chemical threat reduction (Grant)
Up to £12,525,000 Closes 19 January 2027
Official listing and how to apply
Source: Find a Grant (GOV.UK) · Last checked
Key facts
| Funder | UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Ministry of Defence (MOD), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) |
|---|---|
| Amount per award | Up to £12,525,000 |
| Total funding available | £12,525,000 |
| Opens | 3 November 2026 |
| Closes | 19 January 2027 (70 days left) |
| Who can apply | Businesses, Public sector and councils, Charities and non-profits |
| Applicant types listed | Public Sector; Non-profit; Private Sector |
| Nation or region | National |
| Status | Open |
| Source | Find a Grant (GOV.UK) |
| Last checked | 10 November 2026 |
About this grant
Summary from the official listing on Find a Grant (GOV.UK):
Apply for funding to deliver a doctoral focal award (DFA), offering high quality, cohort-based doctoral training in chemical threat reduction skills related to the defence section of the Government’s Industrial Strategy and the protection of UK health and national security.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) expect up to £14.275 million funding to be available for this opportunity.
As a non-full economic cost award, UKRI will fund 100% of eligible costs listed in the opportunity. Estates and indirect costs will not be funded.
An expression of interest must be completed by 1 December 2026, 11:59pm UK time.
Eligibility
If you intend to apply as a lead applicant, your research organisation must complete the intent to submit survey by 11:59pm on 1 December 2026. You will not be permitted to apply to the funding opportunity if your research organisation has not completed the survey. We require this information in order to effectively plan the assessment process.
This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility.
Check if your organisation is eligible
UKRI individual eligibility rules apply. For full details, visit UKRI’s eligibility page.
Who is eligible to apply
The following organisations are eligible to apply to this funding opportunity:
- higher education institutions
- research council institutes
- eligible independent research organisations and Catapult centres
- public sector research establishments (PSREs)
You must ensure the application includes an organisation with degree awarding powers within the consortium.
PSREs wishing to be involved in an application are required to choose whether they wish to do so either as a project lead or project co-lead, where they will provide the principal base (host) for students, or as a project partner. An organisation cannot perform both roles within one application.
Organisations can only apply as the lead organisation on one submitted application. However, organisations can be a collaborating organisation or project partner on any number of applications.
The lead organisation:
- will play a strategic leadership role in shaping the vision, skills priorities, and delivery model
- will lead submission of the application
- will act as the training grant holder if you are successful
- does not require doctoral research degree awarding powers, but an organisation with these powers must be present within your consortium
- must provide the principal base (host) for a minimum of one student per year of intake for this funding opportunity.
Identification of the project lead should not be interpreted as recognition as the dominant partner or where the majority of studentships will be hosted.
While only one individual can be included as project lead on the UKRI Funding Service, UKRI welcomes applications that reflect flexible and joint leadership models.
Lead organisations may join with additional organisations which will also host students or support delivery of the training programme. You are encouraged to engage effectively with other organisations to ensure delivery of a truly interdisciplinary training environment an
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