UCL EPSRC Landscape Award (UELA) - 2026/27 project catalogue

This catalogue lists all the projects available for applicants to UELA 2026/27. See the main website for details on how to apply.

UPDATE FOR UELA 26/27 ROUND 2 (deadline for applications: 21/05/2026 at 1pm)

The following projects are accepting applications from HOME STUDENTS ONLY (overseas fee status can’t be accepted in Round 2). Please carefully check your eligibility here before applying.

- Project 2531bc1597 (collaborative project) (Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences / London Centre for Nanotechnology)

- Project 2531bc1598 (collaborative project) (Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences / London Centre for Nanotechnology)

- Project 2531bd1612 (standard project) “Autonomous Collective Construction with Recyclable Modular Building Components” (Faculty of the Built Environment / Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction)

- Project 2531bd1655 (standard project) (Faculty of Medical Sciences / Division of Medicine)

- Project 2531bd1656 (standard project) (Faculty of Brain Sciences / Division of Psychology and Language Sciences (PALS))

- Project 2531bd1688 (standard project) (Faculty of Engineering Sciences / Mechanical Engineering)

- Project 2531bd1702 (standard project) (Faculty of Life Sciences / School of Pharmacy)

How to use the catalogue

Each project has its own summary page. All projects have a lead UCL department shown in their summary. Some projects also have a collaborating department if they are interdisciplinary projects. Each project also has a lead supervisor shown in their summary. All students recruited to UCL will also be supported by additional members of a supervisory team - for some projects this may be detailed in the summary, for other it will be finalised after a student begins. Project summaries also contain links to the lead department’s UCL webpage, so you can read more about the department, and the lead supervisor’s UCL profile page (for the majority of supervisors), so you can read more about the lead supervisor.

UELA reserves the right to withdraw projects at any time, including after applications have been submitted, when necessary.

You can browse the catalogue by research theme - this will give you a list of all projects available within the research theme. Each research theme page has a link to the theme’s summary page on the EPSRC website so that you can read more about the theme and the kind of research it covers. Clicking on a research theme name within a project summary will take you to a list of all projects with that research theme.

Or you can browse the catalogue by lead department - this will give you a list of all projects available within the department. Note that for interdisciplinary projects, they will only be listed within their lead department. Clicking on a department name within a project summary will take you to a list of all projects with that lead department.

You can also browse a list of all the collaborative projects. Collaborative projects are jointly funded by an external partner organisation, and involve time spent on placement at the partner’s premises.