Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,125,000
Maximum award:
£1,125,000
Publication date:
17 June 2025
Opening date:
2 July 2025 9:00am UK time
Closing date:
10 September 2025 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to build a Canada-UK academic NetworkPlus in semiconductor research, share expertise in areas of joint interest and seed future projects. Focus on joint research and development strengths in compound semiconductors, photonics, NEMS/MEMS, advanced packaging and chip design.
Funding for this activity is unilateral. It will develop a roadmap and vision for a longer-term larger scale Canada-UK initiative in semiconductors.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £1,125,000. EPSRC will fund £900,000 (80% FEC).
The project should last 36 months and start on 1 January 2026.
To lead a project, you must be based at an eligible organisation. .
EPSRC standard eligibility rules apply. For full details, visit .
Who is eligible to apply
Project leads must be able to demonstrate an existing collaboration with Canada in at least one of the following areas compound semiconductors, photonics, nano and micro-electromechanical systems (NEMS and MEMS), advanced packaging and chip design.
We expect the project lead and project co-leads to demonstrate their expertise and existing Canadian collaborations covers at least three of the scope areas.
You may be involved in no more than one application submitted to this funding opportunity.
Each eligible UK research organisation is permitted to submit no more than one application as lead.
International researchers
As EPSRC is the lead funder for this opportunity, international researchers can only apply as ‘project co-lead (international)’ as part of an applications making use of the or the .
All other international collaborators (or UK partners not based at approved organisations) are not eligible to be project leads or co-leads. They should be involved in the grant as visiting researchers, project partners, sub-contractors or members of advisory boards as appropriate.
Resubmissions
We will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to UKRI or any other funder.