EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure outlines: September 2026
Overview
What you need to judge this in 30 seconds
Funding type: Grant · Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
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- Category
- R&D
- Industry
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- Technology
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- Target stage
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- Project duration
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- Estimated preparation
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Funding
Award size and how it is paid
- Award range
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- Currency
- GBP
- Total programme budget
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- Support type
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- Co-funding
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- Matching fund
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- Disbursement
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Eligibility
Can we actually apply?
This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility only. Check if your organisation is eligible . UKRI individual eligibility rules apply. For full details visit UKRI’s individual eligibility page . UKRI has introduced new role types for funding opportunities being run on the new UKRI Funding Service. For full details, visit Roles in funding applications . A research technical professional can apply as a project lead or project co-lead, provided that they meet the UKRI individual eligibility criteria. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) expects institutions to take a strong strategic approach prioritising applications that are both strongly aligned with EPSRC’s strategic priorities and of highest importance to the institution. The applications made should not be considered as ‘nice to have’ infrastructure, but rather a strategic necessity for the host institution’s long-term strategy. EPSRC will accept no more than three applications from each institution per batching period. Additional applications from the same institution will automatically be rejected. The institutional limit should not be seen as a target by institutions. Applications should only be submitted when they have fully addressed the assessment criteria and reflected as an institutional priority. Batching period: • Batching period 1: September 2026 to end of December 2026 • Batching period 2: January 2027 to end of April 2027 • Presumably period 3: May 2027 to end of November 2027 • Presumably period 4: December 2027 to end of March 2028 • Presumably period 5: April 2028 to end of September 2028 We reserve the right to modify the batching periods or assessment timelines at any stage to ensure effective demand and resource management. International researchers The UKRI-RCN Money Follows Cooperation Agreement does not apply to this funding opportunity. As such grants submitted to this funding opportunity cannot include a Norway-based Project Co-Lead (international). Resubmissions We will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to UKRI or any other funder. Find out more about EPSRC’s resubmissions policy . Equality, diversity and inclusion We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all funding applicants. We encourage applications from a diverse range of researchers. We support people to work in a way that suits their personal circumstances. This includes: • career breaks • support for people with caring resp
- Company age
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- Employees
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- Revenue limits
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- Consortium
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Location Requirements
Geography and legal-entity conditions
- Primary country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Also eligible
- None
- Foreign companies
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- Local entity
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- Location condition
- 영국 소재 기관·기업(또는 영국 파트너와의 협업)이 일반적으로 요구됩니다(원문 확인 필요).
Required Documents
Required/optional · issuer · difficulty · validity · cautions
Document requirements were not captured (needs verification). Check the official announcement.
Application Process
How you apply
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Evaluation
Review process and criteria
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Timeline
Announcement → intake → review → agreement → execution
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Equity & Financial Terms
Equity, loans and contract conditions
- Equity required
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- Loan
- Non-dilutive grant
- Duplicate funding
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- IP ownership
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- Deliverable ownership
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- Exclusivity
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- Right of first refusal
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- Audit & settlement
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Risk Intelligence
Should we apply at all? — five dimensions plus an overall score (lower is safer)
Chance of failing eligibility, location or legal-entity rules
Co-funding, matching funds, reimbursement and loan exposure
Paperwork load, timeline pressure, reporting and audit duties
Exclusivity, right of first refusal, duplicate-funding limits
How much technical detail you must hand over, and who owns it
- 10Required documents not collected· evidence needs verification
The list of required documents was not collected.
- 8Local-entity requirement not stated· evidence needs verification
The announcement does not say whether a local entity is required.
- 8Payment timing not stated· evidence needs verification
Advance versus reimbursement makes a large difference to cash flow.
- 7Overseas eligibility not stated· evidence needs verification
Whether an overseas company may take part has to be confirmed.
- 7Exclusivity not stated· evidence needs verification
Any exclusivity clause has to be checked.
- 6Award size not stated· evidence needs verification
The announcement does not state how much is available.
- 6Right of first refusal not stated· evidence needs verification
Any right-of-first-refusal clause has to be checked.
- 6Duplicate-support rule not stated· evidence needs verification
Whether parallel support is allowed has to be confirmed.
- · The list of required documents was not collected — check the announcement for what technical material must be submitted.
- · Whether an NDA can be signed is not stated (needs verification).
- · IP ownership terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · Ownership of the deliverables is not stated (needs verification).
- · Data-rights terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · How submitted material may be reused is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether an exclusivity clause applies is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a right of first refusal applies is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a local entity is required is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether an overseas company may apply is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a matching fund is required is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether payment is in advance or in arrears is not stated (needs verification).
- · The level of settlement and audit obligation is not stated (needs verification).
- · The award size is not stated (needs verification).
- · The duplicate-support rule is not stated (needs verification).
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IP / Idea Protection
How much of your technology and idea you must disclose
The announcement does not say what has to be submitted, so the disclosure exposure cannot be judged. the scope of the material requested is not stated. The awarding body is Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). 8 fields could not be read and must be checked in the announcement and the grant agreement.
- NDA
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- IP ownership
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- Deliverable ownership
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- Data rights
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- Disclosure depth
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- File patent first?
- Not applicable
- Reuse of submissions
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- Publicity obligation
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- Exposure score
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- · The problem your product solves, and the market definition
- · Your value proposition and quantified results (improvement rates, throughput)
- · Anything already public: granted patents, papers, press coverage
- · Team composition, capabilities and a summary of past delivery
- · Architecture-level diagrams at module granularity, without internal implementation
- · Core algorithms: formulae, hyper-parameters and pre-processing rules
- · Raw training data and the details of your collection pipeline
- · Full source code and build or deployment scripts
- · Cost structure and unit-price formulae
- · Named customers, contract terms and pricing
- · How an unfiled invention is actually implemented
- MEDIUMRequest an NDA
Ask in writing for a mutual NDA before submitting detailed technical material; if it is refused, keep what you submit at summary level.
4 evidence item(s) from the source
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No document list was collected, so the exposure of technical material cannot be judged.
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No NDA clause could be found.
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IP ownership terms could not be found.
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Ownership of the deliverables terms could not be found.
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- · The list of required documents was not collected — check the announcement for what technical material must be submitted.
- · Whether an NDA can be signed is not stated (needs verification).
- · IP ownership terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · Ownership of the deliverables is not stated (needs verification).
- · Data-rights terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · How submitted material may be reused is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether an exclusivity clause applies is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a right of first refusal applies is not stated (needs verification).
This assessment is derived from the stored announcement, document and contract fields. Anything the source does not state is marked "needs verification" — it never asserts that your idea will be taken. Generated by local:rules-v1 · 5d ago
AI Analysis
Pros · cons · difficulty · competition · attractiveness
From paperwork and review stages
Heuristic from award size and type
Amount, terms and IP combined
Weighted average of five dimensions
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- Nothing flagged
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Source & Provenance
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- Official URL
- https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/epsrc-strategic-infrastructure-outlines-september-2026/
- Application URL
- https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/epsrc-strategic-infrastructure-outlines-september-2026/
- Last fetched
- 2026.09.08
- Human review
- Not reviewed — check the official announcement
- First seen
- 2026.08.24
- Data status
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