EPSRC network grant: Nov 2023: responsive mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) · United Kingdom
Grant funding to support the development of interdisciplinary research communities by enabling interaction between researchers, industry and other stakeholders. The aim is to build networks that generate new research topics and lead to future collaborative research proposals.
Summary
Deadline
Rolling
Complexity
Medium
Time to apply
20-60 hours
Updated
9 Jun 2026
Grant funding to support the development of interdisciplinary research communities by enabling interaction between researchers, industry and other stakeholders. The aim is to build networks that generate new research topics and lead to future collaborative research proposals.
Eligibility
Applicant types
Research
Business size
Research organisation
Industries
Research areas within EPSRC remit including artificial intelligence, digital security and resilience, energy and decarbonisation, engineering, healthcare technologies, information and communication technologies, manufacturing and the circular economy, mathematical sciences, physical sciences and quantum technologies.
Match funding
Not required
Requirements
Applicants must meet EPSRC standard eligibility rules and be based at an eligible UK research organisation. The application must be submitted by an eligible UK research organisation through the UKRI Funding Service. Activities that build research networks such as workshops, collaboration meetings, mobility between academia and industry, and development of new interdisciplinary research topics.
Eligible applicants
Applicants must meet EPSRC standard eligibility rules and be based at an eligible UK research organisation.
Funding and scope
Benefit amount
No funding cap specified
Total fund available
Not specified
Funding intensity
80% of Full Economic Cost (FEC).
Payment type
Grant (typically 80% FEC in arrears)
Eligible scope
Activities that build research networks such as workshops, collaboration meetings, mobility between academia and industry, and development of new interdisciplinary research topics.
Eligible expenses
- Salary costs for network management, travel and subsistence for meetings and collaboration, workshops, administrative support, communication costs and equipment such as computers or web servers used to coordinate the network.
Ineligible costs
- Costs not eligible under UKRI FEC and EPSRC funding opportunity terms.
Application and risks
Application platform
UKRI Funding Service
Competitiveness
Open (Rolling assessment)
Decision timeline
Applications are batched and reviewed through responsive mode panel meetings held periodically.
Assessment process
Applications undergo peer review followed by prioritisation panel assessment where proposals are ranked against the published assessment criteria.
Application sections
- Summary, core team details, thematic area alignment, vision and approach document, applicant and team capability, added value of the network, references, project partner contributions and letters of support, facilities, resources and cost justification, and ethics and responsible research considerations.
Application components
Not specified
Decision risks
Applications may be rejected if they fall outside EPSRC remit, fail to follow submission guidance or do not demonstrate sufficient interdisciplinary value.
Timeline and partners
Opening date
13 Nov 2023
Project duration
Up to 3 years
Project start
Not specified
Project end
Not specified
Co-funders
Not specified
Collaboration rules
- Networks must involve researchers with a range of expertise and may include collaboration with industry, other stakeholders and international partners.
- International collaborators may participate. A project co-lead (international) may be based at a Norwegian institution under the UKRI–Research Council of Norway Money Follows Cooperation agreement.
Consortium requirements
- Networks should involve multiple researchers forming a new interdisciplinary research community.
Additional guidance
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Quick facts
- Status
- Open
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding amount
- No funding cap specified
- Funding band
- Mid (£500k-£5M)
- Funding type
- Grant
- Payment type
- Grant (typically 80% FEC in arrears)
- Audience
- Research Innovation
- Industry
- Research areas within EPSRC remit including artificial intelligence, digital security and resilience, energy and decarbonisation, engineering, healthcare technologies, information and communication technologies, manufacturing and the circular economy, mathematical sciences, physical sciences and quantum technologies.
- Last updated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Published
- 12 Nov 2023