University of Sheffield

Funded awards at University of Sheffield.

Funded awards
4,949
Published Funding
£1.7B
Average published award
£543K
Active funded awards
841

Amounts are published for 3,101 of 4,949 funded awards. Data as of 16 July 2026.

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The biggest topic here is Materials & Manufacturing — 522 grants (11%). The busiest year was 2023, with 373 grants.

Funded Awards by Year

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YearFunded awards
2006173
2007165
2008170
2009145
2010167
2011156
2012178
2013173
2014147
2015227
2016285
2017349
2018347
2019332
2020350
2021349
2022355
2023373
2024316
2025156

Grants

White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training PartnershipUniversity of SheffieldESRC£21.2M2017Active
White Rose ESRC Doctoral Training Centre DTG 2011University of SheffieldESRC£21.1M2011Completed
High Rate Manufacturing Automation of Large-Scale Composites (HICOMS-A)University of SheffieldUKRI£17.7M2023Active
DTP 2224 University of SheffieldUniversity of SheffieldEPSRC£16.9M2022Active
Sir Henry Royce Institute -Sheffield EquipmentUniversity of SheffieldEPSRC£15.2M2016Completed
Determining Consequences of Mitotic DNA Entanglements, from Molecules to CellsUniversity of SheffieldMRC£2.3M2026Active
Decoding the Internal and External Drivers of Plant Defence MemoryUniversity of SheffieldEC£2.1M2026Active
Bio-inspired micromachines for condition assessment of buried water supply pipesUniversity of SheffieldEPSRC£2.1M2025Active
Investigating Safety and Toxicity of Advanced Therapies (iSTAT)University of SheffieldMRC£2.0M2025Active
Evaluating the implementation and uptake of Waking Saliva Cortisone: a new home-based test for Adrenal InsufficiencyUniversity of SheffieldNIHR£1.4M2026Active
Bioprocessing intensification of biomanufacture of microbial polyester with microbubble mediated gas fermentation, cell flotation and PHB harvestingUniversity of SheffieldEPSRC£1.4M2025Active
The IncRNA, LRSC1 is a novel and unexpected regulator of plant responses to carbon dioxide?University of SheffieldBBSRC£1.1M2025Active
Electric & mechanical power for metal manufacturingUniversity of SheffieldEC£986K2026Active
Plagiarism in the Poaceae: the role of lateral gene transfer in grass evolutionUniversity of SheffieldNERC£797K2025Active
New Genetics, Same Old Surgeries? Cancer Risk, Personalised Medicine and Women’s Health (NeGen-SOS)University of SheffieldESRC£708K2025Active
Deciphering the isoform-specific roles of ApolipopriteinE in Tau pathologyUniversity of SheffieldUKRI£595K2025Active
NSF/IIS-EPSRC: Longitudinal, Multilingual, and Multi-format Investigation and Detection of LLM-Generated DisinformationUniversity of SheffieldEPSRC£580K2025Active
Elucidating the influence of dynamic FNR interactions on photosynthetic electron transfer and photosystem I photoprotectionUniversity of SheffieldBBSRC£556K2026Active
Understanding digit patterning and evolution across amniotesUniversity of SheffieldBBSRC£506K2025Active
Air Hub: Engineering healthy indoor environmentsUniversity of SheffieldEPSRC£498K2025Active

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