UK recipient region

West Midlands

Birmingham, Warwick, and Aston drive research in engineering, health sciences, and advanced manufacturing.

#8 of 13 UK recipient regions by total grants — 1228 mapped lead organisations

Funded awards
14,226
Published funding
£7.7B
Average published award
£808K
Active funded awards
2,398
NIHR-supported projects
2,289

Amounts are published for 9,583 of 14,226 funded awards and EC project participations. Data as of 16 July 2026.

Search funded awards in West Midlands See NIHR-supported projects

West Midlands's biggest topic is Engineering — 1,401 records (10%). University of Birmingham leads local UK-based recipients with 5,312 awards or participations.

Top Funders

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NameFunded awards
EPSRC2,801
InnovateUK2,239
EC1,542
BBSRC1,321
NIHR968
UKRI964
ESRC885
AHRC824
MRC656
STFC557

Funded Awards by Year

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YearFunded awards
2006369
2007373
2008376
2009372
2010406
2011424
2012445
2013539
2014528
2015809
2016794
2017872
2018856
2019922
20201,086
2021971
20221,050
20231,132
20241,155
2025568

Grants

High value manufacturing catapult core delivery programmeHigh Value Manufacturing CatapultInnovateUK£743.7M2023Active
High value manufacturing catapult core delivery programmeHigh Value Manufacturing CatapultInnovateUK£729.1M2018Completed
High Value Manufacturing Technology Innovation Centre - Project Funding ( HUB to SPOKE)High Value Manufacturing CatapultInnovateUK£269.6M2016Completed
(NOW 160051) High Value Manufacturing Technology Innovation Centre - Project FundingHigh Value Manufacturing CatapultInnovateUK£176.3M2011Completed
UK battery industrialisation centre (UK bic)Coventry City CouncilUKRI£114.5M2017Completed
Decoding Competition in the BrainUniversity of BirminghamWellcome£2.9M2027Upcoming
Religious Authority in Extractive Industry StrugglesUniversity of WarwickEC£1.7M2026Upcoming
Duality approach to non-equilibrium quantum matterUniversity of BirminghamEC£1.7M2026Upcoming
Generating sustainable, Responsible, Effective, and Eco-frieNdly delivery systems for fertilising productsUniversity of BirminghamEC£538K2026Upcoming
Role of T peripheral helper cells in driving immune-related adverse eventsUniversity of BirminghamMRF£399K2026Upcoming
Laser-engineered Electrodes with Advanced Structures for Sustainable EnergyUniversity of WarwickEC£352K2026Upcoming
Modelling the cost-effectiveness of early term induction of labour to prevent shoulder dystocia for fetuses suspected to be large for gestational age and/or macrosomic (Big Baby 3)University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS TrustNIHR£205K2026Upcoming
SMART: deSigning a Meaning-Aware eneRgy-efficient optical communication network archiTectureAston UniversityEC£172K2027Upcoming
Novel Endemic Wild Bee Engagement for Environmentally-sound agricultureInnovation for AgricultureEC£86K2026Upcoming
Farmer-in-the-loop heritage-aware AI and Robotic Mechanisation for Agricultural ResilienceManchester Robotics LimitedEC£60K2026Upcoming
Developing next-generation genetic reporters for detecting horizontal gene transferUniversity of BirminghamECNot disclosed2027Upcoming
Sacred Sites, Shared Futures: Reclaiming Sacred Forests by Advancing Biocultural Governance in Europe and GloballyCoventry UniversityECNot disclosed2027Upcoming
Sustainable Jet Fuel Production from Biomass Derivatives via Green MOF CatalysisUniversity of WarwickECNot disclosed2027Upcoming
Gut-on-chip Utilization for Therapeutic design: Microbiome-epithelium interactions Model And PredictionsUniversity of BirminghamECNot disclosed2027Upcoming
Water Electrolysers based on heterojunction Catalyst Electrodes with Edge active site riched MoS2 and metal oxide compositesUniversity of BirminghamECNot disclosed2027Upcoming

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