Joint Collaborative Programme Large Grants: Call for Applications
The Joint Collaborative Programme Large Grants are designed to foster ambitious, interdisciplinary collaborations between research groups at the University of Cambridge and partner institutes working on origins of life research.
We invite applications for innovative projects that address one or more of the Centre's key research objectives:
- Investigating the chemical pathways that may have led to the emergence of life under conditions compatible with diverse planetary environments.
- Characterising terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments that could support prebiotic chemistry and the origins of life.
- Developing observational facilities, techniques and methods for studying planets beyond our Solar System, including the search for signatures of geological and biological evolution.
- Understanding how life shapes planetary environments and drives major evolutionary transitions.
- Exploring philosophical and mathematical concepts of life that inspire new interdisciplinary collaborations and approaches to scientific enquiry.
Successful projects will begin in January 2027.
Application deadline: 7 October 2026
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and eligible partner institutions are encouraged to submit bold, collaborative proposals that advance our understanding of the origins, evolution and distribution of life in the Universe.
For further information and application details, visit:
Joint Collaborative Programme