Flexible Funding - Supergen ORE Hub - Sixth Call for Proposals

Summary of Call Details:

*Please see section 5 - Scope of Flexible Funding Call for further details. **If all monies are not allocated in the round, the Supergen ORE Hub Board retains the right to re-allocate funds.

About this call

This is the sixth call for proposals from the Supergen ORE Hub Flexible Fund. We are seeking research proposals from universities or other institutions eligible to hold UKRI awards to facilitate a programme of co-ordinated UK led ORE research projects aligned with, and in partnership with the Hub.

This Flexible Fund call will seed areas that complement existing research, fill gaps or add cross cutting activities to explore the transfer of research findings between sectors within ORE. Proposals are invited across themes A to F that fit within the EPSRC remit, and where appropriate are encouraged to include elements of environment and socio-economics research themes G and H. A detailed list of research challenge titles under each of these themes for this call is provided in the call document. More detail regarding the Hub Core Research Work Packages can be found via our website HERE (Please note, full details of the core research workstreams are available towards the bottom of the webpage through this link).

Flexible Fund Call 6 - Summary of Application Process

This Flexible Funding Call has three stages:

Stage 1 – Expressions of Interest (EOI)

• The first stage is a call for Expressions of Interest (deadline for submissions 1st September 2025 @ 1700 BST). Expressions of Interest (EOI) are to be submitted electronically via completion of an online EOI form which can be accessed HERE. (on submission of your EOI you will receive a thank you message and a confirmation email. If no email is received please contact SupergenORE.Flexi@plymouth.ac.uk asap to confirm receipt of your EOI proposal)
• EOIs received will be shortlisted to proceed to the second stage, which will be an invitation to submit a full proposal. Successful and unsuccessful EOIs will be notified by 15th September 2025

Stage 2 – Full proposals

• Full proposals received (deadline for submissions 27th October 2025 @ 1700 hrs GMT) will go through a double-blind peer review process

Stage 3 – Review Panel

• Peer reviewed proposals will then be submitted to a review panel, drawing on the Hub Co-Directors, Industry Advisory Board and EPSRC. Peer reviewed proposals at this stage will be shortlisted by the panel and ranked. Final award decisions will be made using the resulting panel ranked order by the Hub Director, Co-Directors and EPSRC.

Eligibility

For this call, full proposals are invited from eligible UK researchers, i.e. applicants based in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Research Council Institutes and Centres, and Independent Research Organisations (IROs) approved by UKRI. Potential applicants should contact Supergen ORE Hub in advance of the submission deadline if they have any queries concerning their eligibility. Sub-contracting is not permitted – please see our FAQ section of the Hub website for our definition of sub-contracting. Individuals may submit no more than one Proposal as Principal Investigator plus one as Co-investigator, or two as Co-Investigator, to this call. Principal and Co-Investigators within the Supergen ORE Hub may not apply.