Advanced materials: highlight notice

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is seeking to support applications through their standard research grant scheme in two critical areas of materials science. The first area focuses on advanced materials solutions for critical minerals, including the development of novel advanced materials that reduce or replace the need for critical minerals in existing systems, and approaches to working with impurities in materials design and fabrication. The second area addresses in-situ and in operando materials metrology and characterisation, supporting the development of real-time characterisation of materials during processing or use. This highlight notice supports the UK Industrial Strategy 2025 by driving innovation in advanced materials across key sectors including advanced manufacturing, life sciences, clean energy, digital technologies and defence. Applications should be predominantly within EPSRC remit and consider design, manufacture and scale-up where appropriate. There are no limits on grant value or project length, with EPSRC funding 80% of the full economic cost.