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The Science and Technology Facilities Council invites applications for its PATT travel grants. These provide travel and subsistence support for telescope time at STFC’s astronomy facilities.

Applicants must be permanent members of staff or otherwise hold a fully tenured post within an eligible UK institution. Observers are eligible to use the funds awarded in support of an approved programme of observations if they are one of the following:

•the principal investigator, co-investigator or their nominated representative;

•employed as a research assistant or researcher co-investigator on a research grant;

•students attached to an eligible institution whose credentials have firmly established them as bona fide observers.

Funds are provided for groups that have an expenditure that exceeds £5,000 per year over two years.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council invites standard research proposals under its manufacturing the future challenge theme. This supports investigator-led research from the breadth of the engineering and physical sciences research community that address key challenges in UK manufacturing, to be considered at a manufacturing-focused prioritisation panel. Research must have clear benefits and manufacturing outcomes, and must contribute towards the following research visions:

•21st century products;

•digital manufacturing;

•sustainable industries;

•new industrial systems.

High-risk, high-return research proposals relating to new concepts or techniques are particularly encouraged.

The PI must be resident in the UK and an academic employee at the lecturer or equivalent level at an eligible organisation, which may be a HEI, a research institute funded by a research council or an independent research organisation. Collaborations with business and the public sector are encouraged, particularly where they can help research advances and the take-up of results. Collaborations with other universities are also accepted.

Awards are worth up to £2 million each. Each evaluation panel has a budget of £3 million. Grants may range from small value, short term grants for feasibility studies to longer-term awards, such as multi-institution projects, including first grants and networks or workshop funding.