UK recipient region

North East

Newcastle and Durham drive research excellence in ageing, energy, and data science.

#10 of 13 UK recipient regions by total grants — 620 mapped lead organisations

Funded awards
8,895
Published funding
£3.4B
Average published award
£563K
Active funded awards
1,553
NIHR-supported projects
1,976

Amounts are published for 6,037 of 8,895 funded awards and EC project participations. Data as of 16 July 2026.

Search funded awards in North East See NIHR-supported projects

North East's biggest topic is Engineering — 802 records (9%). Newcastle University leads local UK-based recipients with 3,849 awards or participations.

Top Funders

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NameFunded awards
EPSRC1,681
InnovateUK1,277
AHRC731
EC672
BBSRC663
UKRI631
ESRC613
NERC591
NIHR560
STFC444

Funded Awards by Year

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YearFunded awards
2006225
2007243
2008283
2009291
2010273
2011271
2012317
2013323
2014295
2015419
2016430
2017570
2018507
2019627
2020657
2021628
2022691
2023739
2024703
2025326

Grants

Offshore renewable energy catapult core delivery programmeOffshore Renewable Energy CatapultInnovateUK£96.3M2018Completed
Offshore renewable energy catapult core delivery programmeOffshore Renewable Energy CatapultInnovateUK£92.8M2023Active
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Innovation InfrastructureOffshore Renewable Energy CatapultInnovateUK£85.6M2024Active
Offshore renewable energy catapultOffshore Renewable Energy CatapultInnovateUK£73.5M2015Completed
High Value Manufacturing Catapult National Biologics Industry Innovation CentreCentre for Process Innovation LimitedInnovateUK£38.0M2012Completed
Uncovering the biological basis of probiotic non-response in preterm gut healthNewcastle UniversityWellcome£2.6M2026Upcoming
Vascascope – Portable Real-Time Point-of-Care Perfusion Imaging for Faster, Earlier Stroke DiagnosisCortirio LimitedEC£2.1M2026Active
Unravelling the genetic codes governing transposon mobilizationDurham UniversityEC£1.7M2026Active
Convergence of unitary representationsDurham UniversityEC£1.7M2026Active
Are huge landslide-tsunami more frequent, larger and less predictably linked to glacial cycles?Durham UniversityNERC£753K2027Upcoming
Assessing ChrOnobiological Rhythms iN health and epilepsy [ACORN] FLF renewalNewcastle UniversityUKRI£596K2026Active
Farmer-in-the-loop heritage-aware AI and Robotic Mechanisation for Agricultural ResilienceDurham UniversityEC£331K2026Upcoming
Unlocking Osteoarthritis: Transcriptomic and Functional Analysis of Novel Osteoarthritis Effector GenesNewcastle UniversityVivensa Foundation£321K2026Active
Guided Robotic-human Orchestration with Wearables for manufacturing: Twin Transition Through Tactile TeamingNewcastle UniversityEC£321K2026Upcoming
Feasibility and acceptability of a remote community exercise and lifestyle change intervention in patients with smaller abdominal aortic aneurysmsNewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNIHR£305K2026Active
Developing reproductive health support to prevent early and unplanned pregnancy among care experienced young peopleNewcastle UniversityNIHR£250K2026Active
Validation of the Specificity of the Bells Test for Progressive Supranuclear PalsyDurham UniversityMRC£196K2026Active
Global Network for Advancing Small Green Energy Systems in Crisis, Low-Income, and Remote Regions through Research, Innovation, and TrainingNorthumbria UniversityEC£185K2026Upcoming
Accelerating Innovation in Marine AI-powered BioprospectingProzomix LimitedEC£184K2026Upcoming
REstoring VIsion via native-Code-Aligned NeurostimulationNewcastle UniversityEC£116K2026Upcoming

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