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Science and Technology Facilities Council

STFC

Funds particle physics, astronomy, nuclear physics and space science, and operates the UK large-scale facilities including Diamond Light Source, the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source and the Rutherford Appleton and Daresbury laboratories. Peer-reviewed facility access is itself a substantial in-kind award.

Kind of funder
Research council
Where it funds
UK-wide
Indicative award size
£50k – £5m
Approx. annual research spend
£600m
Who can apply
Universities, Research institutes, SMEs, Large businesses
Career stages
PhD / doctoral, Postdoctoral, Early career, Established researcher

Includes free-at-point-of-use access to national facilities for peer-reviewed proposals.

Research areas

Named schemes

No individual schemes recorded yet — see the funder’s own opportunities page above.