EPSRC Programme Grant Full Prop

Application Platform: UKRI Funding Service

Application Sections: Application sections include vision, approach, additionality, applicant and team capability to deliver, resources and cost justification, management strategy, organisation support, and ethics and responsible research and innovation considerations.

Assessment Process: Applications undergo independent peer review, shortlisting based on reviewer comments and scores, and panel interviews before final funding decisions are made by EPSRC.

Co-Funders: Not specified

Collaboration Rules: Programme grants typically involve collaborative and interdisciplinary teams bringing together researchers with complementary expertise to address strategic research challenges.

Competitiveness: Not specified

Consortium Requirements: Teams of internationally recognised researchers working collaboratively on a strategic research theme.

Decision Risks: Applications may be rejected if eligibility requirements are not met, if proposals fall outside the EPSRC remit, or if application guidance is not followed.

Decision Timeline: Not specified

Eligible Expenses: Research staff, project costs and equipment required to deliver the research programme. Individual equipment items costing between £25,000 and £400,000 may be requested.

Eligible Scope: Projects addressing large, open-ended research challenges that require coordinated research activity across disciplines and institutions, enabling feasibility studies, idea development and new research capabilities within a strategic programme.

Funding Intensity: EPSRC funds 80% of the full economic cost of the project.

Important Notes: Programme grants are designed as large-scale, long-term investments supporting collaborative research teams with flexibility to adapt research directions and allocate resources across programme activities.

Ineligible Projects: Uninvited resubmissions of projects previously submitted to UKRI or other funders are not accepted.

International Collaboration Requirement: International collaborators may participate through the project co-lead (international) role only where permitted under the UKRI-RCN Money Follows Cooperation agreement or the UKRI-IIASA agreement.

Interview Stage: Yes. Shortlisted applicants are invited to interview with an expert panel.

Key Requirements: Applicants must be invited following a successful outline stage. Proposals must address major strategic research challenges and demonstrate strong leadership, collaboration and management structures.

Lead Organisation Requirement: The project lead must be based at an eligible UK research organisation.

Match Funding Requirement: Not specified

Project Duration: Up to 6 years

Project End Date: Up to six years from project start

Project Start Date: Not specified

Publication Date: 2025-02-20 00:00:00

Renewal Rules: Uninvited resubmissions of previously submitted projects are not accepted.

Research Category: Strategic, interdisciplinary and collaborative research programmes addressing major scientific and engineering challenges.

Research Organisation Funding: Funding is provided to eligible UK research organisations under the full economic cost model.

Subcontractors: Not specified

Total Fund Available: Not specified