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Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI (Grant)
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UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (UK) · National scheme · 1 eligible country
€693k
Published funding
20 Oct 2026
Deadline
What this scheme funds
This UK grant funds ambitious, high-risk research aimed at making future AI systems more explainable — meaning researchers can develop new fundamental approaches to understanding how AI reaches its decisions, even if the ideas are speculative and may not succeed.
artificial-intelligence · research-excellence · deep-tech
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Who it is for
A UK-based research organisation pursuing bold, fundamental research into explainable AI methods rather than incremental or applied product development.
The scheme in detail
- Agency
- UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (UK)
- Eligible countries (1)
- United Kingdom
- Funding
- €693k
- Deadline
- 20 Oct 2026
- Applicant type
- Not stated by the agency.
- Eligible applicants
- public sector, non-profit, private sector, research organisation
- Also required
- Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding; total scheme budget is £12,050,000 across all recipients.
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