Doctoral focal award: chemical threat reduction

Funder

UKRI – Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Deadline

01 Dec 2026 — Expression of interest / intent to submit survey (mandatory for lead organisation; 11:59pm UK / 6:59pm ET)

Due-date cycles

Next due date: 01 Dec 2026 (Expression of interest / intent to submit survey (mandatory for lead organisation; 11:59pm UK / 6:59pm ET)); Full application deadline (4:00pm UK / 11:00am ET) next due 19 Jan 2027.

01 Dec 2026 — Expression of interest / intent to submit survey (mandatory for lead organisation; 11:59pm UK / 6:59pm ET)
19 Jan 2027 — Full application deadline (4:00pm UK / 11:00am ET)

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Amount

UKRI ‘Total fund / maximum award’: £12,525,000

UKRI ‘Funding available’ text: up to £14.275 million

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12 Nov 2026 against the UKRI listing (listing facts confirmed; not every eligibility interpretation re-derived)

Region / eligibility

United Kingdom

Fields

chemistry

Reference

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Application timeline

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EOI01 Dec 2026
Full application19 Jan 2027
Today12 Nov 2026

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Stage	Date
Expression of interest / intent to submit survey (mandatory for lead organisation; 11:59pm UK / 6:59pm ET)	01 Dec 2026
Full application deadline (4:00pm UK / 11:00am ET)	19 Jan 2027
Today (not a deadline)	12 Nov 2026

Eligibility in plain language

Organisational doctoral training award (DFA): only UKRI-eligible organisations apply (higher education institutions, research council institutes, eligible IROs/Catapults, PSREs). The lead research organisation submits; the consortium must include an organisation with degree-awarding powers. Project partners (including businesses) are encouraged and cannot receive grant funds; collaborating organisations that host students must be named on the application. Mandatory: the lead organisation must complete UKRI's intent-to-submit survey by 1 December 2026 (11:59pm UK) or it cannot apply. Full application deadline 19 January 2027 (4:00pm UK). PhD students are recruited by the funded programme later — individuals do not apply to this opportunity for a personal research grant.

At a glance

Who submits: Organisations apply as a consortium led by one research organisation; the consortium must include degree-awarding powers. Individual researchers cannot apply for this as a personal grant.
Your role: Through an eligible organisation / consortium application; individuals do not submit in their own name.
Funding figure: UKRI ‘Total fund / maximum award’: £12,525,000; UKRI ‘Funding available’ text: up to £14.275 million. Confirm which figure applies on the funder page.
Next required milestone: 01 Dec 2026 — Expression of interest / intent to submit survey (mandatory for lead organisation; 11:59pm UK / 6:59pm ET); later: 19 Jan 2027 — Full application deadline (4:00pm UK / 11:00am ET)
Unresolved conditions: consortium required; Mandatory expression of interest / intent-to-submit survey by 1 December 2026 (11:59pm UK) for the lead organisation

Listing facts checked: 12 Nov 2026. Eligibility interpretation sourced: 2026-11-05

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Who should apply

UK research organisations able to lead or join a doctoral training consortium in chemical threat reduction (with degree-awarding capacity in the consortium); not a personal fellowship or single-group research grant.

Summary from source

Apply for funding to deliver a doctoral focal award (DFA), offering high quality, cohort-based doctoral training in chemical threat reduction skills related to the defence section of the UK government’s Industrial Strategy and the protection of UK national security. EPSRC

Raw eligibility text

If you intend to apply as a lead applicant, your research organisation must complete the intent to submit survey by 11:59pm on 1 December 2026. You will not be permitted to apply to the funding opportunity if your research organisation has not completed the survey. We require this information in order to effectively plan the assessment process. This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible UKRI individual eligibility rules apply. For full details, visit UKRI’s eligibility page . Who is eligible to apply The following organisations are eligible to apply to this funding opportunity: higher education institutions research council institutes eligible independent research organisations and Catapult centres public sector research establishments (PSREs) You must ensure the application includes an organisation with degree awarding powers within the consortium. PSREs wishing to be involved in an application are required to choose whether they wish to do so either as a project lead or project co-lead, where they will provide the principal base (host) for students, or as a project partner. An organisation cannot perform both roles within one application. Organisations can only apply as the lead organisation on one submitted application. However, organisations can be a collaborating organisation or project partner on any number of applications.