AIRR Portal: how to apply (UKRI guidance)
Published 17 July 2025
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Guidance from UKRI on how to use the AIRRPortal. For any questions not covered in this guidance, please contact airr@ukri.org.
Portal login
1. On the AIRRPortal landing page (), start the log in process by clicking on ‘Sign in with a click here’ button on the left of the screen.
2. If your organisation has MyAccessID, then use this route to login by clicking on the ‘University Login’ button in the pop-up window. Otherwise, click on the ‘Email-based login’ button.
3. For the ‘MyAccessID’ route, enter your organisation in the ‘Login with’ text box to start your login process.
4. For ‘Email-based login’, if you are using the site for the first time, click on the ‘Register’ link at the bottom of the pop-up window.
5. Complete the requested fields that appear and click on the ‘Register’ button.
- It is preferred that you use your organisational email to register, rather than a personal email.
- You will then receive an email from noreply@support.isambard.ac.uk with a link to verify your email.
- Once you have verified your email, you will then be able to us the ‘Email-based login’ as detailed below.
6. Once you have registered a verified account, when you use the ‘Email-based login’ route you will be asked to enter your email and then a one-time access code will be emailed to you from noreply@support.isambard.ac.uk, which you will need to enter to access the portal.
7. When you have access to the portal, ensure the terms and conditions have been accepted, under the ’Personal information’ section of the ‘Edit’ tab.
Proposal submission
1. To find the open calls that you can apply for, navigate to the ‘Calls for proposal’ section, under the ‘Calls’ heading on the left-hand menu. This section lists the calls currently open.
Call: further details
1. To see further information on each call, click the ‘Details’ link against the call you are interested in.
2. The Details page gives 2 tabs of information:
- The ‘Description’ tab gives an overview of the call requirements
- The ‘Documents’ tab shows the guidance for applicants as well as the templates for the additional application forms needed for this call.
Call: application
1. To apply to a call, click ‘Apply’ against the required call on the ‘Calls for proposals’ page, or on the ‘Apply to round’ button on the ‘Call details’ page.
2. Provide your proposal title (150 characters) in the pop-up window and click the ‘Create’ button. This will take you to the main ‘Update proposal’ page.
3. On the ‘Update proposal’ page, the following 4 steps are mandatory to complete for your proposal:
1 Enter a summary of your proposal that you would be happy to be shared publicly (1000 characters maximum)
2 Enter the duration of your project, in days
3 Upload both of your completed supporting documents, the templates for which are 51²è¹Ý ‘Documents’ tab of the ‘Call details’ page. These documents are:
a) Further project and organisation details
b) Assessment questions
4 To add which AIRR system you wish to use, under ‘Resource requests’, click the ‘Add resource’ button.
From the dropdown box that appears in the pop-up window, select the AIRR system you wish to use, then click the ‘Next’ button, then the ‘Create’ button.
The level of GPUh requested should be entered in the ‘Further project and organisation details’ document.
Contact details
If you need assistance using the AIRRPortal contact airr@ukri.org.