EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships 2027

EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships supports ambitious, collaborative research programmes that are business-led, co-created and co-delivered by business and academic partners. The partnerships aim to create long-term prosperity for the UK through jobs, revenue growth, and addressing broader societal and sustainability issues. Projects must feature world-leading, fundamental engineering and physical sciences research that creates significant impacts through new knowledge, innovations, approaches, or technologies. Both business and academic researchers must make distinct intellectual contributions to the partnership. EPSRC funds 80% of the full economic cost (FEC) of projects, with business partners required to provide a cash contribution that at least matches the EPSRC funding amount. Applications must demonstrate at least one year of established partnership collaboration between the primary academic and business partners. The program particularly encourages involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and prioritizes applications showing clear strategic alignment to UK national priorities such as The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy 2025.