 The Grant Lattice issue #5 · Thu 12 Nov 2026 |
| Funding calls for crystallization, solid-state, chemistry and pharma process researchers. Listings checked between 15 Oct and 12 Nov 2026. Day counts are as of 12 Nov 2026. |
This week’s priority
7 calls on our list close within 10 days (by Fri 20 Nov); 2 of them are tagged early-career. The Spotlight is Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D round 2 (Innovate UK, closes Wed 2 Dec), rated high for crystallization relevance (Medicines manufacturing incl. crystallisation/isolation processes). Also worth a close look: ACA awards: Margaret C. Etter Early Career, Fankuchen Memorial, Kenneth N. Trueblood, Bau Neutron Diffraction (nominations for 2028 meeting) (closes Thu 1 Apr 2027). |
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| 98% of calls checked in the last 7 days · 3 open calls added · 2 deadlines updated since issue #4 · What changed |
| Correction: CCRP Initiative: Promoting a Basic Understanding of Chemical Threats to Skin (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed): the deadline is now 5 Oct 2027; issue #4 showed 5 Nov. |
| Fit tags (from each listing’s data): ★ Early-career · ● Postdoc · ■ Industry-partnered · ◎ Beamtime/instrument · ◇ Fits crystallization if framed · ▲ Urgent (10 days or less) · ◆ Crystallization (tagged) |
| New on the site since issue #4 (10) |
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| +8 more new on What changed → |
| ◆ Crystallization Spotlight |
20 days left (as of 12 Nov)
Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D round 2
Innovate UK (UKRI) with DHSC · Closes Wed 2 Dec · Total budget (all awards): Up to £7 million total competition budget (per-project size: see the competition brief); award size: see call · UK
Who can apply: Collaborations only; lead must be a UK-registered business, RTO, catapult, not-for-profit, public body or charity; consortium must include at least one UK SME claiming grant
Eligibility checklist
• Who applies: Organisations apply together as a consortium; individual researchers can't apply on their own.
• Who can lead: Lead: UK business, RTO, catapult, not-for-profit, public body or charity; must include a UK SME.
• Where: UK-registered lead and partners.
Read this first: the official call page
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| Also listed for crystallization |
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| All 32 open crystallization calls → |
| Closing in the next 30 days (19) |
Tue 17 Nov 5 days left (as of 12 Nov)
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase II
National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Award: Up to $650,000
■ Industry-partnered · ▲ Urgent (10 days or less)
US federal opportunity; see the eligibility section of the funding notice | Wed 18 Nov 6 days left (as of 12 Nov)
AFRL/AFOSR-Taiwan NSTC Frontiers in Materials and Nanostructures: AI-Driven Discovery, Quantum Geometry, and Energy-Efficient Information Technologies 2027-2030
U.S. Department of Defense – AFOSR · Award: Up to $150,000 per year per US PI for 3 years; US-side funding $1,200,000 per year in total
▲ Urgent (10 days or less)
Teams of two: one investigator from a US institution or DoD lab and one from a Taiwan institution submit one…
Deadline details: Joint US-Taiwan pre-proposal (white paper) due 18 Nov 2026, 11:59 PM EST: email to AFOSR plus the Taiwan partner's submission in the NSTC online system. Selections announced by 15 Jan 2027. Full proposals are by invitation only, due 19 Feb 2027. | Wed 18 Nov 6 days left (as of 12 Nov) ◇ Crystallization if framed
CHESS 2027 Winter Run (2027_1) proposals
Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source · Facility access (beamtime/instrument time), no cash award
★ Early-career · ◎ Beamtime/instrument · ▲ Urgent (10 days or less)
Peer-reviewed users | Wed 18 Nov 6 days left (as of 12 Nov) ◆ Crystallization
MDI Programme Innovation and Scale-up Hub
Innovate UK · Total budget (all awards): Share of up to GBP 4 million; award size: see call
▲ Urgent (10 days or less)
UK RTO or academic institution lead; single or collaborative | Fri 20 Nov 8 days left (as of 12 Nov)
Unlocking New Levels of Output and Capacity for Key Subsurface Resources (UNLOCK)
U.S. Department of Energy – Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy · Award: Up to $5,000,000
▲ Urgent (10 days or less)
US federal opportunity; see the eligibility section of the funding notice |
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| The Spotlight call above also closes in this window. |
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| Eligibility not checked = we have not yet confirmed who can apply; read the official call. |
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| Industry watch |
| Industry-funded calls, consortia, company pages and playbooks that changed on the site since issue #4 (5 Nov), and upcoming conference dates. Industry pathways · Themes |
| Industry-funded calls, new or changed: nothing new since issue #4 (5 Nov). |
| Directory, company and playbook changes: nothing new since issue #4 (5 Nov). |
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