Funding Programme Launches & Closures
New funding opportunities, programme redesigns, and discontinuations across national and international funders. Covers what changed, who is eligible, and what the deadline structure means for institutions planning submissions.
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- MRC Reopens Proof of Concept and Impact Acceleration Awards
UKRI’s MRC has reopened its paused translational funding routes under new names: Proof of Concept (was DPFS) closes 18 Nov 2026, Impact Acceleration Award (was Gap Fund) closes 11 Nov 2026 and funds £…
- DOE’s Genesis Mission: 278 AI-for-Science Projects Selected, What It Means for Research Offices
DOE selected 278 AI-for-science projects across 342 institutions in the first Genesis Mission funding round announced July 22, 2026, led by a $60M nuclear-AI award and multi-project wins for Oak Ridge…
- NSF’s $47M Industry-Integrated PhD Pilot: How the Four-Year I-PhD Model Works
NSF and UIDP launched a $47M, five-year pilot funding a four-year PhD model that guarantees at least one year of industry-embedded dissertation research, split-funded by university, NSF, and a require…
- NSF Opens $100M State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs: Who Can Apply
NSF 26-513 opens $100M for up to 10 State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs (Nov. 4 deadline). NSF funds coordination and training; consortium partners must fund the compute itself. Here is who can …
- DORA Launches a Practical Guide for Funders
DORA published a Practical Guide to Responsible Research Assessment for funders, with GRC and Science Europe, launched via regional events 13-14 May 2026.…
- AfriGen-D Launches: African Genomics Data Hub
AfriGen-D, a pan-African human genomics data hub, launched May 7, 2026, led by UCT, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, and University of Mauritius.…
- NIH Overhauls Peer Review for Fellowship (F), Career Development (K), and Training (T) Grants
NIH is centralizing peer review of fellowship (F), career development (K), and training (T) applications, giving more weight to candidate potential and training goals — part of its broader Unified NIH…
- Springer Nature Launches “Nature Books,” Extending the Nature Portfolio Brand into Book Publishing
On 16 July 2026, Springer Nature launched Nature Books, a new imprint that lets authors publish long-form work under the Nature brand for the first time. It sits alongside Springer and Palgrave Macmil…
