Research Competitions
The table below sets out all our current competitions, covering both calls for full proposals and expressions of interest. Competition packs may cover individual projects or requirements documents or newsletters covering multiple projects. Further details are available within each pack.
Call for a Full Proposal
| Title Click the Pack Code for the Competition Pack. |
Pack Code | Closing date |
| A Review Of Completed And Near-Completed Environment, Health And Safety Research On Nanomaterials And Nanotechnology. | CBO409 |
29 March 2008 |
Call for Expressions Of Interest
| Title Click the Pack Code for the Competition Pack. |
Pack Code | Closing date |
| Drinking Water Quality And Health Research Programme | CTX 0704 (164KB) | 14 March 2008 |
Research Requirement Documents and Newsletters covering project calls
| Title Click the Pack Code for the Competition Pack. |
Pack Code | Closing date |
| Department of Health's Policy Research Programme - Research on nano-toxicology | DoH (11KB) | |
| BiodivERsA - New Funding For Biodiversity Research In Europe | BiodivERsA (11KB) |
If you wish to be notified as new competitions are advertised please click here. A guidance note providing information on preparing and submitting a research tender to Defra is available here.
Details of historical competitions are available here
The Packs: Important details
Each competition pack includes all the relevant information relating to the competition, including the project specification, a guidance note on completing a bid, the relevant application form and, where applicable, Defra's standard research contract. Please read all the documents contained within the pack.
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Each competition pack is a ZIPPED file containing PDF and MS Word documents. A number of different extraction and reader programmes are available. Typical examples can be found via the following links:
If the PDF documents fail to open, please download the latest version of Adobe Acrobrat, here.
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