Guidance

UK Research and Innovation endorsed funders

Updated 13 May 2025

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Endorsed funders

An endorsed funder is an organisation accepted by UK Research and Innovation as a prestigious funder of research and innovation. Each funder has an excellent track record of awarding funding to researchers with critical skills, following a rigorous peer review process.

All UK ministerial departments and devolved government departments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are endorsed funders, as are the following:

  • Advanced Research and Invention Agency
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) (France)
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation바카라 사이트¯(Germany)바카라 사이트¯
  • Alzheimer바카라 사이트™s Research UK바카라 사이트¯바카라 사이트¯
  • Alzheimer바카라 사이트™s Society바카라 사이트¯바카라 사이트¯
  • Anthony Nolan
  • Arts Council바카라 사이트¯England바카라 사이트¯
  • Arts Council Northern Ireland바카라 사이트¯
  • Arts Council of Wales
  • Austrian Science Fund (FWF)바카라 사이트¯
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Blood Cancer UK
  • Brain Tumour Research
  • Breast Cancer Now바카라 사이트¯(UK)
  • British Council
  • British Heart Foundation (UK)
  • Canadian Institute for Advanced Research바카라 사이트¯
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)바카라 사이트¯
  • Cancer Research UK
  • Chief Scientist Office - Scotland
  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) (Italy)
  • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research바카라 사이트¯(India)
  • Creative Scotland바카라 사이트¯
  • Darwin Initiative (UK)
  • Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)바카라 사이트¯(India)
  • Department of Biotechnology (DBT)바카라 사이트¯(India)
  • Department of Science and Technology (DST)바카라 사이트¯(India)
  • Diabetes UK바카라 사이트¯바카라 사이트¯
  • ELIXIR
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • European Molecular Biology Organisation
  • European Space Agency
  • Euratom
  • Faraday Institution (UK)
  • Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) (Luxembourg)
  • German Research Foundation (DFG)바카라 사이트¯
  • Health and Care Research Wales바카라 사이트¯
  • Health and Social Care Research and Development Division, Northern Ireland바카라 사이트¯
  • Health Data Research UK바카라 사이트¯
  • Higher Education Funding Council for Wales바카라 사이트¯바카라 사이트¯
  • Horizon Europe programmes, including Horizon 2020
  • Human Frontier Science Programme (France)
  • Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF)바카라 사이트¯
  • Indian Council of Historical Research바카라 사이트¯
  • Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)바카라 사이트¯
  • International Development Research Centre (Canada)
  • International Institute for Applied System Analysis (Austria)
  • Japan Agency of Medical Research and Development바카라 사이트¯
  • Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  • Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science바카라 사이트¯(JSPS)바카라 사이트¯
  • Korean Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI)바카라 사이트¯(South Korea)
  • Learned Society of Wales바카라 사이트¯
  • Leukaemia UK
  • Leverhulme Trust바카라 사이트¯(UK)
  • Medical Research Foundation (UK)
  • Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)바카라 사이트¯(India)
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology (MEXT) (Japan)
  • Mitacs바카라 사이트¯(Canada)
  • Motor Neurone Disease Association (UK)
  • National Cyber Security Centre (UK)
  • National Endowment for the Humanities (USA)바카라 사이트¯
  • National바카라 사이트¯Health and바카라 사이트¯Medical바카라 사이트¯Research바카라 사이트¯Council (NHMRC)바카라 사이트¯(Australia)
  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture바카라 사이트¯(USA)
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (UK)
  • National Institutes of Health바카라 사이트¯(USA)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (China)) 바카라 사이트¯
  • National Research Council (Canada)
  • National Research Foundation바카라 사이트¯(South Africa)
  • National Research Foundation (South Korea)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) (USA)
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)바카라 사이트¯(Canada)
  • NC Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (Brazil)
  • Netherlands바카라 사이트¯Organisation바카라 사이트¯for Scientific Research (NWO)바카라 사이트¯
  • Nuffield Foundation (UK)
  • Parkinson바카라 사이트™s UK바카라 사이트¯바카라 사이트¯
  • Pancreatic Cancer UK
  • Prostate Cancer Research
  • Prostate Cancer UK
  • Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland)
  • Public Health Scotland
  • Public Health Wales
  • Research Council of Finland (AKA)
  • Research Council of Norway
  • Rosetrees Trust (UK)
  • Royal Irish Academy
  • Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Rural Environment Scientific and Analysis Services (RESAS) (UK)
  • São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) (Brazil)
  • Science Foundation Ireland
  • Scottish Funding Council바카라 사이트¯바카라 사이트¯
  • Ser Cymru
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada)바카라 사이트¯
  • South Africa Medical Research Council (SAMRC)바카라 사이트¯
  • Swedish Research Council (VR)
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)바카라 사이트¯
  • The Academy of Medical Sciences
  • The British Academy
  • The Indian Council of Medical Research
  • The Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research (UK)
  • The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (UK)
  • The Royal Academy of Engineering
  • The Royal Society
  • UK Atomic Energy Authority
  • UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI)
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • UK Research and Innovation, and its Councils
  • UK Space Agency
  • Versus Arthritis바카라 사이트¯(UK)
  • Vivensa Foundation
  • Wellcome Trust (UK)
  • Wolfson Foundation (UK)
  • Worldwide Cancer Research
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