PhD in the Production & Analysis of Nuclear Threat Reduction Relevant Radionuclides, hosted at University of Birmingham

Developing Artificial Intelligence-based Methods to Detect and Characterise Explosions using Seismic Arrays, hosted at University of Bristol

Organic Semiconductor Neutron Calorimeter project, hosted at Queen Mary University of London

Predicting, Monitoring, and Managing Distributed Detector Systems: Evolution, Fatigue and Performance, hosted at University of Bristol

Applications must be e-mailed to [email protected] by Wednesday 22nd April 2026.  

Decisions will be communicated to applicants by 31st May 2026.

Projects must show the potential to enhance the field of Nuclear Threat Reduction.

Projects could involve the development of an early research idea, a small proof of concept or a feasibility study for 2-3 months during Summer 2026.

Applications are welcome from researchers who are working within UK universities. We welcome collaborations between UK universities, companies and/or government laboratories.

We will fund approx. 5 projects up to a maximum of £4,000 each.

For further information on how to apply, please download the adjacent Application form.

For more information please contact [email protected].

Applications must be e-mailed to [email protected]. You can either apply for access to the data only, or you can apply also for funding in which case your application will be processed along with the Pilot Project Application call (there is no separate funding call for sigma data projects this year).

Applications are welcome from researchers who are working within UK universities. We welcome collaborations between UK universities, UK companies and/or UK government laboratories.

For further information on how to apply, please download the adjacent Application form.

For more information please contact [email protected].