External Funding Deadlines Calendar
The list below includes upcoming funding deadlines for the major funders / most popular funding schemes – visit Research Professional for more funding opportunities for your specific discipline. When planning your application, please remember that the Research Development team needs at least 6 working weeks notice of your proposal, so that we have adequate time to assist you with your application and complete the institutional approval process - get in touch as early as possible.
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(Updated 17 September 2025)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder | Funding Scheme |
| 18-Sep-25 | 30-Oct-25 | Innovate UK | Global Business Innovation Programme - Robotics & Automation in Manufacturing, South Korea |
| 18-Sep-25 | 30-Oct-25 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Expressions of interest: artificial intelligence humanities sandpits: Canada, UK and US |
| 19-Sep-25 | 31-Oct-25 | Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) (MND Association) | Biomedical research project grants |
| 19-Sep-25 | 31-Oct-25 | Innovate UK | Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst Accelerator – Hospital to Community |
| 19-Sep-25 | 31-Oct-25 | Fudan University | ICSCC visiting scholars programme |
| 19-Sep-25 | 31-Oct-25 | Vivensa Foundation | Academy Excellence Awards |
| 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 |
| 23-Sep-25 | 04-Nov-25 | Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) | Novel Technology for Intervening in Non-Compressible Haemorrhage |
| 24-Sep-25 | 05-Nov-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | ERC-2026-SyG synergy grants |
| 24-Sep-25 | 05-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Future Leaders Fellowships: Business and non-academic |
| 24-Sep-25 | 05-Nov-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | DARE UK Real-world Research Exemplar Programme |
| 24-Sep-25 | 05-Nov-25 | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | Farming innovation programme - small R&D partnership projects |
| 24-Sep-25 | 05-Nov-25 | The British Academy (BA) | British Academy/Leverhulme small research grants |
| 24-Sep-25 | 05-Nov-25 | The British Academy (BA) | British Academy/ CIFAR Global Scholars |
| 25-Sep-25 | 06-Nov-25 | Leverhulme Trust | Research fellowships |
| 25-Sep-25 | 06-Nov-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | Public Engagement Spark Awards 2025B |
| 25-Sep-25 | 06-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Global Business Innovation Programme - Semiconductors: Singapore 2025 |
| 01-Oct-25 | 12-Nov-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Gap fund for early-stage development of new healthcare interventions |
| 01-Oct-25 | 12-Nov-25 | Royal Society | Royal Society Leverhulme Trust senior research fellowships |
| 02-Oct-25 | 13-Nov-25 | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | RAEng/Leverhulme Trust research fellowships |
| 07-Oct-25 | 18-Nov-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | UKRI Gambling Harms Research Coordination Centre (GHRCC) |
| 08-Oct-25 | 19-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 2 |
| 08-Oct-25 | 19-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 3 |
| 08-Oct-25 | 19-Nov-25 | Royal Society | Career Development Fellowship |
| 08-Oct-25 | 19-Nov-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Developmental pathway funding scheme |
| 08-Oct-25 | 19-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 1 |
| 09-Oct-25 | 20-Nov-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-01 - Improved access to Excellence: European Excellence Initiative (EEI) |
| 09-Oct-25 | 20-Nov-25 | Wellcome Trust | Wellcome Career Development Awards |
| 11-Oct-25 | 22-Nov-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Horizon Europe Guarantee EURATOM R&T Fission |
| 14-Oct-25 | 25-Nov-25 | Royal Society | Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route |
| 14-Oct-25 | 25-Nov-25 | Wellcome Trust | Wellcome Discovery Awards |
| 14-Oct-25 | 25-Nov-25 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01-01 - Doctoral Networks |
| 16-Oct-25 | 27-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Horizon Europe Guarantee Extension |
| 16-Oct-25 | 27-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Horizon Europe guarantee - EIT KICs 2022 |
| 16-Oct-25 | 27-Nov-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Data for Children’s and Young People’s Cancer Programme Award |
| 20-Oct-25 | 01-Dec-25 | Diabetes UK | Early-career small grants for basic scientists |
| 20-Oct-25 | 01-Dec-25 | Leverhulme Trust | Research Project Grants |
| 21-Oct-25 | 02-Dec-25 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | BMBR Programme Researcher-led |
| 21-Oct-25 | 02-Dec-25 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | Research methodology that supports the incorporation of health and environmental impact assessment in research |
| 22-Oct-25 | 03-Dec-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-02-01 - MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2025 |
| 23-Oct-25 | 04-Dec-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Biology to Prevention Award |
| 23-Oct-25 | 04-Dec-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Early detection and diagnosis project award |
| 24-Oct-25 | 05-Dec-25 | Innovate UK | Call 2025 for Transnational Research Proposals supporting the topics of Quantum Phenomena and Resources and Applied Quantum Science |
| 29-Oct-25 | 10-Dec-25 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions |
| 31-Oct-25 | 12-Dec-25 | CARB-X | CARB-X |
| 06-Nov-25 | 18-Dec-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Pre-announcement: Regional accounts for clinical researchers |
| 29-Nov-25 | 10-Jan-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Molecular and cellular medicine: programme |
| 02-Dec-25 | 13-Jan-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | ERC-2026-CoG consolidator grants |
| 03-Dec-25 | 14-Jan-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Clinician scientist fellowship |
| 03-Dec-25 | 14-Jan-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Postdoctoral clinical research training fellowship |
| 04-Dec-25 | 15-Jan-26 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Addressing nuclear fission challenges for a prosperous future |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC Responsive Mode: Collaborate with Researchers in Luxembourg | |
| No deadline | Vivensa Foundation | DMT Academy Ignition Fund | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | EPSRC programme grants | |
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Collaborate with the functional genomics screening laboratory | |
| 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) | QuantIC industrial partnership fund - new venture | |
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Postdoctoral clinical fellows - route 2 | |
| No deadline | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship | |
| Unknown | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Advanced materials: highlight notice | |
| Unknown | Innovate UK | Smart grants | |
| 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 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Strategic infrastructure outlines | |
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Drug development project | |
| No deadline | Scottish Government | Smart Scotland - feasibility and R&D grants | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Mathematical sciences open and open plus fellowship | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency | |
| 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 |