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UKRI list of approved research organisations

Updated 31 July 2026

Approved research organisations

UKRI accepts these UK organisations are able to employ or host an applicant who holds, or provides critical contributions to work supported by, an award or grant from an endorsed funder:

A

  • Adaptix
  • Added Value Solutions (AVS)
  • Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC)
  • Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)
  • Advanced Research and Invention Agency
  • Aegiq
  • The Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom
  • Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
  • Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
  • Agritech UK
  • Alan Turing Institute
  • Alchemab Therapeutics
  • Alcyomics
  • Alfrecell Limited
  • Altair Engineering
  • Amcor Flexibles UK
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
  • Anthony Nolan
  • APIS Assay Technologies
  • Applied Quantum Computing
  • Aquark Technologies
  • Arm
  • Armagh Observatory
  • Arqit
  • Arts Council England
  • Arts Council Wales
  • AstraZeneca
  • Atelerix
  • AWE Nuclear Security Technologies

B

  • Babraham Institute
  • BASF
  • Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
  • Beyond Blood Diagnostics
  • BirdLife International
  • Bitrez
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • British Film Institute
  • British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • British Library
  • British Museum
  • British Trust for Ornithology
  • Building Research Establishment Ltd (BRE)
  • Butterfly Conservation

C

  • CAB International
  • Cadw
  • Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme
  • Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
  • Campden BRI
  • Catapults:
    • Cell and Gene Therapy
    • Compound Semiconductor Applications
    • Connected Places
    • Digital, Energy Systems
    • Medicines Discovery
    • Offshore Renewable Energy
    • Satellite Applications
    • the seven centres of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult
  • CatSci
  • CCFE/UKAEA
  • Cellular Agriculture
  • Cenex
  • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
  • Centre for Sustainable Energy
  • CERN
  • Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs)
  • Clinical Practice Research Datalink (subsidiary of MHRA)
  • Concert Bio
  • CPI
  • Crompton Mouldings

D

  • Daresbury Proteins
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
  • Denroy Plastics
  • The Design Museum
  • DG Cities
  • Diamond Light Source Ltd

E

  • Earlham Institute
  • Earthwatch Institute
  • Education Policy Institute
  • EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute
  • English Heritage
  • Environment Agency
  • Equans
  • European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

F

  • The Faraday Institution
  • FERA Science Ltd
  • Ffilm Cymru Wales
  • FloWave
  • Forest Research
  • The Francis Crick Institute
  • Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd
  • Fujifilm Biotechnologies

G

  • Galytx
  • Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
  • Gen 2 Carbon
  • Genomics England
  • GKN Aerospace
  • Glass Futures
  • Glaxosmithkline

H

  • Health and Safety Executive
  • Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)
  • Hexcel Composites
  • all UK Higher education institutions
  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
  • Historic Environment Scotland
  • Historic Royal Palaces
  • Horiba Mira
  • HR Wallingford Group Ltd
  • HRMNY

I

  • IAAPS
  • IBM
  • IMERYS Minerals
  • Immunocore
  • Impact Recycling
  • Imperial War Museum
  • Infinitopes
  • Infleqtion (Coldquanta UK Ltd)
  • Ingenza
  • Institute for Fiscal Studies
  • Institute of Cancer Research
  • Institute of Development Studies
  • Institute of Employment Studies
  • Institute of Occupational Medicine
  • Instruct-ERIC
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • International Institute for Environment and Development
  • Interwoven Impact CIC
  • Ionoptika
  • Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes

J

  • Jaguar Land Rover
  • The James Hutton Institute
  • Jisc
  • John Innes Centre
  • Joint Astronomy Centre
  • Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

L

  • Labman Automation
  • Labskin
  • Laverock Therapeutics
  • Leonardo UK
  • LGC Ltd [footnote 1]
  • LightOx
  • Lineat Composites
  • London Institute of Mathematical Sciences (LIMS)
  • Loop Technology
  • Lucideon
  • Lumino Tech
  • LYVA Labs

M

  • Malaria Consortium (UK)
  • Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)
  • Marine Biological Association
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Marine Scotland Science
  • Marra Bio
  • McLaren Plastics
  • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
  • Metallobio
  • The Met Office
  • Moredun Research Institute
  • MRC Centre for Macaques
  • MRC Harwell Institute
  • MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
  • MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
  • Muller UK & Ireland Group
  • Museum of London Archaeology
  • Mutus Tech

N

  • Nanovery
  • National Archives
  • National Botanic Garden of Wales
  • National Centre for Social Research
  • National Composites Centre
  • National Engineering Laboratory
  • National Foundation for Educational Research
  • National Galleries of Scotland
  • National Gallery
  • National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA)
  • National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC subsidiary of MHRA)
  • National Institute of Economic and Social Research
  • National Institute of Health and Care Excellence
  • National Library of Scotland
  • National Library of Wales
  • National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS)
  • National Maritime Museum
  • National Museum Wales
  • National Museums Liverpool
  • National Museums of Scotland
  • National Nuclear Laboratory
  • National Physical Laboratory
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • The National Trust
  • Natural England
  • Natural History Museum
  • Natural Resources Wales
  • NatureScot
  • NERC British Antarctic Survey
  • NERC British Geological Survey
  • NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science
  • NERC National Centre for Earth Observation
  • NERC National Oceanography Centre
  • NERC UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
  • Nesta
  • Net Zero Technology Centre
  • all NHS Trusts, Hospitals, Boards and GP Practises
  • NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Botany)
  • Northern Ireland Environment Agency
  • Notpla
  • Nuclear AMRC
  • The Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services
  • NunaBio
  • NuQuantum

O

  • Office for National Statistics (ONS)
  • Office of Health Economics (OHE)
  • OQC (Oxford Quantum Circuits)
  • Ordnance Survey
  • Organic Research Centre
  • Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
  • Oxford Instruments

P

  • Pentaxia
  • Pharmaron Biologics
  • Phasecraft
  • Photonic Inc
  • The Pirbright Institute
  • Plastic Energy
  • Plastic Engineering Solutions
  • Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  • PrecisionLife
  • Public Health Wales

Q

  • QFX (Quantum Fabrix)
  • Quadram Institute Bioscience
  • Quantinuum
  • Quantum Motion Technologies
  • Quentangle
  • Quereca
  • QV Bioelectronics

R

  • RAND Europe Community Interest Company
  • Rapid Fluidics
  • Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL)
  • Research Data Scotland
  • The Resolution Foundation
  • Resurrect Bio
  • Riverlane
  • Rosalind Franklin Institute
  • Roslin Technologies
  • Rothamsted Research
  • Royal Armouries
  • Royal Botanic Gardens - Edinburgh
  • Royal Botanic Gardens - Kew
  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
  • Royal Opera House Enterprises
  • The Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
  • Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

S

  • The Sainsbury Laboratory
  • Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture
  • Science Museum Group
  • Scotch Whisky Research Institute
  • Scottish Association for Marine Sciences
  • Scottish Environment Protection Agency
  • Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
  • SHD Composites
  • Sightsavers
  • Sigmatex
  • Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science
  • Sir John Soane’s Museum
  • Smith Institute (www.smithinst.co.uk)
  • Spectre Bio
  • Sport England
  • Sport Wales
  • Sterling Pharma Solutions
  • STFC - Laboratories
  • Sticks and Glass
  • The Square Kilometre Array Organisation (SKA)

T

  • Tate
  • Tavistock Institute of Human Relations
  • The Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Coram)
  • Thomas Swan
  • Transport Research Laboratory Limited

U

  • UK Agri-Tech Centre
  • UK Astronomy Technology Centre
  • UK Biobank
  • UK Dementia Research Institute
  • UK Fashion and Textile Association
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • UK Hydrographic Office
  • UK Space Agency
  • Unlimit Health

V

  • Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Victrex
  • Viridor Polymer Recycling Ltd

W

  • Wallace Collection
  • The Welding Institute
  • Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
  • Wells Performance Materials
  • World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
  • WSP

Y

  • Young Foundation

Z

  • Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology

0–9

  • 3M United Kingdom
  1. LGC Ltd (formerly Laboratory of Government Chemist) including the National Measurement Laboratory for Chemical and Biological Measurements, Office of the Government Chemist, and MHRA’s Official Medicines Control Laboratory (OMCL) for chemical testing and the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) Commission Laboratory. ↩ ↩