Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Co-funders:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£13,000,000
Maximum award:
£1,700,000
Publication date:
28 May 2025
Opening date:
28 May 2025 9:00am UK time
Closing date:
23 July 2025 4:00pm UK time
Last updated: 17 June 2025 -
This is the second stage of this funding opportunity. You may only submit a full proposal if you have been invited by EPSRC.
Apply for funding for research to accelerate UK recycling capabilities. Projects will progress the development of more energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and economically viable recycling technologies and systems.
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 £1,700,000. EPSRC will fund 80% (£1,360,000) of the FEC. Projects can be up to 36 months in duration.
Who can apply
You can only apply for this funding opportunity if we have invited you to do so following a successful outline application.
To lead a project, you must be based at an eligible organisation. .
EPSRC standard eligibility rules apply. For full details, visit .
International researchers
As EPSRC is a 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 .
You should include all other international collaborators (or UK partners not based at approved organisations) as project partners.
Resubmissions
We will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) or any other funder.