Projects Peer Review Panel (PPR

Application Platform: UKRI Funding Service

Application Sections: Summary, vision and approach, project management plan, applicant and team capability to deliver, ethics and responsible research and innovation, resources and cost justification, project partners, data management and sharing, facilities and trusted research considerations.

Assessment Process: Applications are assessed through the STFC Projects Peer Review Panel process based on scientific excellence, strategic importance and feasibility of delivery.

Co-Funders: Not specified

Collaboration Rules: Collaborative projects and partnerships are allowed where they contribute to delivering complex scientific programmes.

Competitiveness: Not specified

Consortium Requirements: Not specified

Decision Risks: Applications may be rejected if eligibility requirements are not met or if proposals fail to follow application guidance or fall outside programme scope.

Decision Timeline: Not specified

Eligible Expenses: Eligible costs aligned with STFC research grant funding including project staff, infrastructure, equipment and operational research costs as agreed with the programme manager.

Eligible Scope: Projects may include participation in major experiments or missions, development of instruments or detectors, accelerator technologies, upgrades to existing facilities, high performance computing development, and new initiatives in e science including modelling and data management.

Funding Intensity: STFC funds 80% of the full economic cost of the project.

Important Notes: Applications are assessed on their own merit rather than ranked against other proposals within the panel process.

Ineligible Projects: Project studentships are not funded through this opportunity.

International Collaboration Requirement: Not specified

Interview Stage: Not specified

Key Requirements: Applicants must be invited following a successful Statement of Interest stage and projects must align with STFC programme priorities.

Lead Organisation Requirement: The project lead must be based at an eligible UK research organisation.

Match Funding Requirement: No institutional matched funding required beyond the remaining 20% full economic cost contribution.

Project Duration: Duration as required to deliver the project

Project End Date: Not specified

Project Start Date: Not specified

Publication Date: 2025-07-16 00:00:00

Renewal Rules: Not specified

Research Category: Fundamental scientific research and large scale research infrastructure development.

Research Organisation Funding: Funding is provided to eligible UK research organisations under the full economic cost model.

Subcontractors: Not specified

Total Fund Available: Not specified