EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships round six

1 month ago

Swindon, United Kingdom NERC - the Natural Environment Research Council Full time
Opportunity status: Open Funders: Funding type: Grant Total fund: £40,000,000 Publication date: 12 March 2024 Opening date: 12 March 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 21 May 2024 4:00pm UK time

Last updated: 27 March 2024 -

Apply for funding to support ambitious collaborative research programmes.

Prosperity Partnerships projects must:

  • be business-led, co-created and co-delivered by business and academic partners
  • address research areas based on

EPSRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost (FEC) of your application.

The business cash contribution must at least match the amount funded by EPSRC.

Business organisations

Businesses can act as the ‘primary business partner’ if they are:

  • a UK-based business or have UK-based research activity
  • a business in the private sector driven by profit, which can provide the necessary cash contribution

We welcome consortia of businesses of any size including Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs). One of the businesses needs to act as the primary business partner. We encourage SME participation and use the European Commission definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. Check the .

Your application must show evidence that all partners were involved in the creation of the project.

Academic organisations

Research organisations can act as the ‘primary academic partner’ if they are eligible to receive research council funding:

  • UK higher education institutions
  • research council institutes
  • UKRI-approved independent research organisations
  • NHS bodies with research capacity

EPSRC standard eligibility rules apply. For full details, visit 

The primary academic partner should start and create the application on the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Service, but all partners are expected to contribute to the application in the spirit of the partnership before its added to the system.

Project roles

This funding opportunity has a ‘primary business partner’ as well as an ‘primary academic partner’. Only the primary academic partner may be added on the Funding Service platform, so the academic partner will be the named project lead in the the Funding Service. Also indicate under the ‘Applicant and team capability section’ who the primary business partner will be in your application. All assessment stages will consider both roles.

A primary academic partner and a primary business partner can only be in these joint roles on one application, but businesses and research organisations can support multiple applications. They may also be a contributor to other applications. They are required to declare, as part of their applications, that they will commit the stated resources to all successful applications they are involved in.

UKRI has introduced new role types for funding opportunities being run on the new Funding Service. For full details, visit .

If you are planning to include international collaborators on your application, you should visit for guidance on getting the most out of international collaboration whilst protecting intellectual property, sensitive research and personal information.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all funding applicants. We encourage applications from a diverse range of researchers.

We support people to work in a way that suits their personal circumstances. This includes:

  • career breaks
  • support for people with caring responsibilities
  • flexible working
  • alternative working patterns

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