Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) assists companies with the operating costs associated with running rail
or inland water freight transport instead of road, where rail or inland waterway transport is more expensive.
Waterborne Freight Grant (WFG) is designed to facilitate and support modal shift to waterborne freight services.
Location England, Wales, Scotland
Funding organisation Department for Transport, Transport Scotland and the Welsh Government
Who can apply Non-profit, Private Sector
How much you can get From £5,000 to £20 million
Total size of grant scheme £20 million
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The Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) offers funding of up to £30,000 for the production of a UKFS-compliant Woodland Creation Design Plan.
The scheme was re-launched in autumn 2020 to enable more people to apply and help proposals move more quickly through the Environmental Impact Assessment process and future planting and establishment grant funding.
Location England, North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, Midlands
Funding organisation Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs / Forestry Commission - Nature for Climate Fund
Who can apply Personal / Individual, Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
How much you can get From £1,000 to £30,000
Total size of grant scheme £708,607
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This funding programme provides grants to local communities and economies that are disrupted by the construction of Phase One and Phase 2a of HS2 between London and Crewe.
Location England
Funding organisation HS2 Ltd
Who can apply Public Sector, Non-profit
How much you can get From £1 to £250,000
Total size of grant scheme £45 million
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If your organisation supports people in Copeland, Allerdale or Warrington you may be eligible to apply for a grant/reusable equipment.
Location North West England
Funding organisation Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Who can apply Private Sector
How much you can get From Various to £200,000
Total size of grant scheme N/A
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The Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) provides funding to landowners, land managers and public bodies (excluding Forestry England) to help cover the costs of producing a UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) compliant woodland creation plan, which can support applications to other funding sources for woodland creation, such as the England Woodland Creation Offer. The WCPG contributes towards the costs of gathering and analysing the information land managers need to consider in order to ensure their proposals for new woodland take account of any impacts on biodiversity, landscape, water, soil, climate change, the historic environment, and local stakeholders.
Location England
Funding organisation Forestry Commission
Who can apply Private Sector, Non-profit
How much you can get From £1000 to £30,000 per project
Total size of grant scheme N/A
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You can apply for this bursary if you are a researcher looking to return to an academic research career after a break of two or more years.
You can get funding of up to £2500 for no more than six months to support you in developing a proposal suitable for submission to the STFC fellowship scheme.
Location National
Funding organisation Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Who can apply Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
How much you can get From £1 to £2,500
Total size of grant scheme £2,500
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Apply for funding to develop a large or complex scientific project.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
Your project must be focused on one of the following:
- particle physics
- nuclear physics
- astronomy
- particle astrophysics
- accelerator physics
- computing for physics
Location National
Funding organisation Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Who can apply Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
How much you can get From £1 to £50,000
Total size of grant scheme £50,000
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You can apply for up to £3000 to cover travel and subsistence when travelling outside the UK in support of your BBSRC-funded research.
Location National
Funding organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Who can apply Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
How much you can get From £1 to £3,000
Total size of grant scheme £3,000
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Apply for funding to develop institutional-level innovations in research and knowledge exchange.
You must be a higher education (HE) provider that is:
- based in England
- registered with the Office for Students in the ‘approved (fee cap)’ category
carrying out research.
This funding comes from the Research England Development (RED) fund.
Location National
Funding organisation Research England
Who can apply Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
How much you can get From £1 to £50,000
Total size of grant scheme £50,000
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You can apply for up to £35000 over two years to pump-prime collaborations between scientists in the UK and São Paolo state in Brazil. The awards support the development of future applications within our remit under the UK Research and Innovation-São Paulo Research Foundation lead agency agreement.
Location National
Funding organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Who can apply Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
How much you can get From £1 to £35,000
Total size of grant scheme £35,000
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