External Funding Deadlines Calendar
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(Updated 09 July 2025)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder | Funding Scheme |
| 09-Jul-25 | 20-Aug-25 | Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Grants for Studies |
| 09-Jul-25 | 20-Aug-25 | Innovate UK | Agri-tech and food technology, Mid and North Wales - CRD |
| 09-Jul-25 | 20-Aug-25 | Innovate UK | Full ADOPT Grant |
| 09-Jul-25 | 20-Aug-25 | The British Academy (BA) | Mid-career fellowships |
| 13-Jul-25 | 24-Aug-25 | Innovate UK | Global Business Innovation Programme: Health & Medical Technologies - Singapore |
| 16-Jul-25 | 27-Aug-25 | Innovate UK | Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Automotive Impacts |
| 16-Jul-25 | 27-Aug-25 | Innovate UK | Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Chemicals Impacts |
| 16-Jul-25 | 27-Aug-25 | Innovate UK | Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Construction Impacts |
| 17-Jul-25 | 28-Aug-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | ERC-2025-ADG advanced grants |
| 17-Jul-25 | 28-Aug-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | Projects peer review panel - large or complex scientific projects |
| 17-Jul-25 | 28-Aug-25 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Strategic infrastructure for engineering and physical sciences |
| 18-Jul-25 | 29-Aug-25 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan - Standard |
| 21-Jul-25 | 01-Sep-25 | BRACE | Equipment grants |
| 21-Jul-25 | 01-Sep-25 | BRACE | Pilot grants |
| 21-Jul-25 | 01-Sep-25 | Leverhulme Trust | Research Project Grants |
| 23-Jul-25 | 03-Sep-25 | Medical Research Foundation (MRF) | Cancer Pain Clinical Fellowships |
| 23-Jul-25 | 03-Sep-25 | Medical Research Foundation (MRF) | Adolescent Dermatology |
| 23-Jul-25 | 03-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Postdoctoral clinical research training fellowship |
| 23-Jul-25 | 03-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Clinician scientist fellowship |
| 23-Jul-25 | 03-Sep-25 | Academy of Medical Sciences | Academy of Medical Sciences Professorship Scheme |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Molecular and cellular medicine: programme |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Infections and immunity: new investigator |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Royal Society | Wolfson fellowship |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Neurosciences and mental health: programme |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03 - Improved access to Excellence: Hop-on facility |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Neurosciences and mental health: new investigator |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Neurosciences and mental health: research grant |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine: new investigator |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine: research grant |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Molecular and cellular medicine: research grant |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Infections and immunity: research grant |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Infections and immunity: programme |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Molecular and cellular medicine: new investigator |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Royal Society | Wolfson Visiting Fellowship |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Innovate UK | Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Autumn |
| 25-Jul-25 | 05-Sep-25 | Vivensa Foundation | Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers |
| 25-Jul-25 | 05-Sep-25 | Innovate UK | ICURe Explore |
| 27-Jul-25 | 07-Sep-25 | Wellcome Trust | Sanger excellence fellowships |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | Pedagogical Research and Development Grants |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Council | TNE Exploratory Grants |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | Small research grants |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | Synthesis grants |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | Long-term research grants |
| 29-Jul-25 | 09-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Small molecule High Throughput Screen using AstraZeneca facilities |
| 29-Jul-25 | 09-Sep-25 | Royal Society | APEX awards |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Royal Society | University research fellowships |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-TALENTS-01-01 — ERA fellowships |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Career development award |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF-01-01 - Postdoctoral Fellowships |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Clinical Research Funding Scheme |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Canada-UK NetworkPlus in semiconductor research |
| 31-Jul-25 | 11-Sep-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Prevention and population research programme awards |
| 31-Jul-25 | 11-Sep-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Early detection and diagnosis programme awards |
| 31-Jul-25 | 11-Sep-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Clinical trial fellowship award |
| 01-Aug-25 | 12-Sep-25 | Innovate UK | European Space Agency: Space For Intermodal Transport |
| 05-Aug-25 | 16-Sep-25 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Engineer next generation veterinary vaccine technology platforms |
| 05-Aug-25 | 16-Sep-25 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Digitise UK natural science collections |
| 05-Aug-25 | 16-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | MSCA4Ukraine |
| 05-Aug-25 | 16-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-04 - Improved access to Excellence: Support for R&I policy making in the EU enlargement countries |
| 05-Aug-25 | 16-Sep-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | UKRI Gambling Harms Research Coordination Centre (GHRCC) |
| 05-Aug-25 | 16-Sep-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Gambling harms research and innovation partnerships |
| 06-Aug-25 | 17-Sep-25 | The British Academy (BA) | Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research Projects |
| 06-Aug-25 | 17-Sep-25 | Royal Society | Entrepreneur in residence scheme |
| 06-Aug-25 | 17-Sep-25 | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | Research Fellowships |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Early detection and diagnosis primer award |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Royal Society | Industry Fellowships |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Aviation’s non-CO2 Impacts on the Climate: programme coordinator |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | Computing resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC facility |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-SERV - INFRASERV - Research infrastructures services to support health research, accelerate the green transition and the digital transformation, and advance frontier knowledge (2025): Research Infrastructures 2025 |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-06 - Reforming and enhancing the European research and innovation system: Enhancing the European R&I system |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC - INFRAEOSC - Enabling an operational, open and FAIR EOSC ecosystem (2025): Research Infrastructures 2025 |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | ERC-2025-PoC proof-of-concept grants |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-TECH - INFRATECH - Next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, and advanced digital solutions of research infrastructures and foster innovation and co-creation with industry (2025): Research Infrastructures 2025 |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV - INFRADEV - Consolidation and evolution of the European Research Infrastructure landscape (2025): Research Infrastructures 2025 |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Health Technologies Connectivity Awards |
| 07-Aug-25 | 18-Sep-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | DiRAC Resource Allocation Committee Facility Time Opportunity: RAC18 |
| 12-Aug-25 | 23-Sep-25 | Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) | Open call for innovation - defence rapid impact innovation |
| 12-Aug-25 | 23-Sep-25 | Royal Society | Faraday Discovery Fellowships |
| 13-Aug-25 | 24-Sep-25 | The British Academy (BA) | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| 13-Aug-25 | 24-Sep-25 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | BBSRC new investigator award: 2025 round 3: applicant-led mode |
| 13-Aug-25 | 24-Sep-25 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | BBSRC standard research grant: 2025 round 3: applicant-led mode |
| 13-Aug-25 | 24-Sep-25 | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | Ingenious public engagement awards |
| 13-Aug-25 | 24-Sep-25 | British Council | Grants for UK-KSA research collaborations |
| 13-Aug-25 | 24-Sep-25 | The British Academy (BA) | Global Innovation Fellowships The German Council on Foreign Relations |
| 14-Aug-25 | 25-Sep-25 | Royal Society | International exchanges scheme - Taiwan cost-share programme |
| 14-Aug-25 | 25-Sep-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Postdoctoral Research Bursary for Clinical Trainees |
| 14-Aug-25 | 25-Sep-25 | Blood Cancer UK | Early Career Advancement Fellowships |
| 14-Aug-25 | 25-Sep-25 | Royal Society | International exchanges scheme - Japan cost-share programme |
| 15-Aug-25 | 26-Sep-25 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan - Short-term (PE) |
| 19-Aug-25 | 30-Sep-25 | OFFERR | OFFERR call for proposals |
| 19-Aug-25 | 30-Sep-25 | Wellcome Trust | Early-Career Awards |
| 20-Aug-25 | 01-Oct-25 | Getty Foundation | Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships |
| 20-Aug-25 | 01-Oct-25 | Diabetes UK | RD Lawrence fellowship |
| 20-Aug-25 | 01-Oct-25 | Diabetes UK | Sir George Alberti research training fellowship |
| 20-Aug-25 | 01-Oct-25 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | Rothschild Distinguished Visiting Fellows |
| 20-Aug-25 | 01-Oct-25 | The British Academy (BA) | Postdoctoral fellowships |
| 20-Aug-25 | 01-Oct-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | Ernest Rutherford fellowships |
| 20-Aug-25 | 01-Oct-25 | Swiss National Science Foundation | International co-investigator scheme |
| 20-Aug-25 | 01-Oct-25 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | Kirk Distinguished Visiting Fellows |
| 20-Aug-25 | 01-Oct-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Experimental medicine |
| 20-Aug-25 | 01-Oct-25 | Getty Foundation | Getty Scholar Grants |
| 21-Aug-25 | 02-Oct-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Career Establishment Awards |
| 21-Aug-25 | 02-Oct-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Senior cancer research fellowship |
| 21-Aug-25 | 02-Oct-25 | National Humanities Center | Fellowships |
| 21-Aug-25 | 02-Oct-25 | Royal Society | Lisa Jardine grant scheme |
| 21-Aug-25 | 02-Oct-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Advanced clinician scientist fellowship |
| 21-Aug-25 | 02-Oct-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Career development fellowship |
| 21-Aug-25 | 02-Oct-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Clinician scientist fellowship |
| 27-Aug-25 | 08-Oct-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-SE-01 – Staff Exchanges |
| 31-Aug-25 | 12-Oct-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | ESA business incubation centre - United Kingdom |
| 02-Sep-25 | 14-Oct-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | ERC-2026-StG starting grants |
| 02-Sep-25 | 14-Oct-25 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Further Innovation Call |
| 03-Sep-25 | 15-Oct-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-05 - Improved access to Excellence: Implementing co-funded action plans for connected regional innovation valleys in widening countries |
| 03-Sep-25 | 15-Oct-25 | Innovate UK | Canada-UK Semiconductors |
| 04-Sep-25 | 16-Oct-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | STFC leadership fellowships in public engagement |
| 04-Sep-25 | 16-Oct-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | PATT travel grants for competitively awarded observation time |
| 09-Sep-25 | 21-Oct-25 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Research and partnership hubs for a healthy society |
| 10-Sep-25 | 22-Oct-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-CITIZENS-01 — European researchers' night and researchers at schools |
| 16-Sep-25 | 28-Oct-25 | Royal Society | Dorothy Hodgkin fellowships |
| 23-Sep-25 | 04-Nov-25 | National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) | NC3Rs-BBSRC Business Interaction Voucher awards |
| 24-Sep-25 | 05-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Future Leaders Fellowships: Business and non-academic |
| 24-Sep-25 | 05-Nov-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | ERC-2026-SyG synergy grants |
| 24-Sep-25 | 05-Nov-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Pre-announcement: DARE UK Real-world Research Exemplar Programme |
| 25-Sep-25 | 06-Nov-25 | Leverhulme Trust | Research fellowships |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC Responsive Mode: Collaborate with Researchers in Luxembourg | |
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Collaborate with the functional genomics screening laboratory | |
| No deadline | Vivensa Foundation | DMT Academy Ignition Fund | |
| No deadline | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) | Funding Opportunity for British-German Basic Research Projects in the Engineering and Physical Sciences (UKRI-EPSRC – DFG) | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | EPSRC programme grants | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | QuantIC industrial partnership fund - new venture | |
| No deadline | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis | |
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Postdoctoral clinical fellows - route 2 | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Mathematical sciences open and open plus fellowship | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Strategic infrastructure outlines | |
| No deadline | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | NERC Urgency Funding | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Collaborate with researchers in Norway | |
| No deadline | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | Funding for farming in protected landscapes | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: standard research grant | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: catalyst awards |