Research and Partnership Hubs for a Healthy Society (Invite Only)

Application Platform: UKRI Funding Service

Application Sections: Summary, core team, vision and approach, applicant and team capability to deliver, project partners, facilities, resources and cost justification, ethics and responsible research and innovation and other Funding Service application sections.

Assessment Process: Applications are assessed through peer review and panel assessment as part of the EPSRC funding process.

Collaboration Rules: Hubs are expected to bring together partnerships across the research and health landscape including academic institutions, industry, charities, health providers, policymakers and other stakeholders.

Competitiveness: Not specified

Consortium Requirements: Hubs should include multiple institutions and partners forming a multidisciplinary research partnership across relevant disciplines and sectors.

Decision Risks: Applications may be rejected if they are out of scope, do not follow guidance or fail to meet eligibility requirements.

Decision Timeline: Not specified

Eligible Expenses: Staff costs, equipment between £25,000 and £400,000 if essential to the hub mission and other project resources required to deliver the hub activities.

Eligible Scope: Projects must establish research hubs addressing priority challenge areas including prevention and population health, supporting people to manage their own health and novel techniques for early diagnosis.

Funding Intensity: EPSRC funds 80% of Full Economic Cost (FEC).

Important Notes: Hubs are expected to deliver world leading research programmes, support partnerships and translation activities, involve public and patient engagement and provide leadership and skills development within the health technologies research ecosystem.

Ineligible Projects: Projects outside the EPSRC remit, projects duplicating substantial existing investments in the health technologies research landscape and large scale clinical trials involving large numbers of animals or patients.

International Collaboration Requirement: International researchers may participate as project co lead (international) under specific UKRI international cooperation agreements or as project partners.

Interview Stage: Not specified

Key Requirements: Applications must be invited following a successful outline application and must establish a multidisciplinary research hub aligned with the EPSRC health technologies strategy.

Lead Organisation Requirement: The hub should be based around a lead institution that submits the application through the UKRI Funding Service.

Match Funding Requirement: No institutional matched funding required beyond the standard 20% FEC contribution.

Project Duration: Up to 6 years

Project End Date: Not specified in document

Project Start Date: Not specified in document

Publication Date: 2025-12-16 00:00:00

Renewal Rules: Not specified

Research Category: Multidisciplinary research programmes in engineering and physical sciences supporting healthcare technologies and population health.

Research Organisation Funding: Research organisations receive 80% of Full Economic Cost.

Section: Research and Partnership Hubs for a Healthy Society (Invite Only)

Subcontractors: Not specified

Total Fund Available: £37,500,000 to £62,500,000 (Full Economic Cost)