Addressing nuclear fission challenges for a prosperous future

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Swindon, United Kingdom NERC - the Natural Environment Research Council Full time

Opportunity status: Open Funders: Funding type: Grant Total fund: £16,250,000 Award range: £5,000,000 - £8,500,000 Publication date: 2 September 2025 Opening date: 5 September 2025 9:00am UK time Closing date: 15 January 2026 4:00pm UK time Apply for funding for academic research addressing UK nuclear fission priorities. This is a strategic opportunity inviting large multidisciplinary consortia to adopt a whole-systems approach, integrating reactor design, fuel cycles, decommissioning, waste management, materials science, modelling, and socio-economic impacts to inform policy, provide impact and drive innovation. Consortia can have a focus area as well as an impact plan. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £8.5 million. EPSRC will fund 80% of the FEC. Projects can last up to five years. Who can apply To lead a project, you must be based at an eligible organisation. . Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) standard eligibility rules apply. For full details, visit . Resubmissions We will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) or any other funder.



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