Seedcorn and Flexible Funding Opportunities – July 2026
Seedcorn Funding: Early Career Researcher (ECR) Career Development
We are pleased to announce a new round of Seedcorn Funding, available to Early Career Researchers who have not held a grant as a Principle Investigator over £100k (excluding fellowships), or is within 5 years of completing a PhD. All applicants must be based at a UK HEI.
- A total fund of £20k is available. Maximum award for any individual project = £10k
- Proposals to support early-stage activity in the energy networks field
- 6 Month project duration (Jan 2027 – July 2027)
Flexible Funding Call
We are pleased to announce a new round of Flexible Funding.
This funding call seeks to support projects that directly align and support with the Supergen Energy Networks Hub (SEN) Research Missions and Sprints and builds upon existing SEN research activities
- A total fund of £200k is available. Maximum award for any individual project = £100k
- Project leads (PI) must be based at a UK Higher Education Institute
- 80% of the full economic cost (FEC) is available
- Two stage review process
- 12 Month project duration (March 2027 – March 2028)
- Outputs will include a final report and presentation at the Supergen Energy Networks Conference in March 2028
Funding
Flexible funding is an opportunity for the hub to offer support to our Early Career Researchers to bid for projects which enables them to deliver a significant research output and gain a track record of funding awards. We encourage collaboration with established academics and impact partners, to help build collaborative industrial relationships.
The SEN Hub works towards improving the balance of protective characteristics across the hub and therefore no eligible funding applicant will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of: race and ethnicity, gender re-assignment, disability, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy or maternity status, marital status or socio-economic background. All proposals will be anonymised prior to review by the Call Panel, and will be assessed on equal terms, regardless of the gender, age and/or ethnicity of the applicant.
Proposals for funding are assessed and graded on their merits, in accordance with the criteria and the aims and objectives set for the call. If you have any queries please contact the Supergen Energy Networks Hub.
