External Funding Deadlines Calendar
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(Updated 17 March 2025)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder | Funding Scheme |
| 17-Mar-25 | 28-Apr-25 | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | Visiting professors initiative |
| 17-Mar-25 | 28-Apr-25 | Dunhill Medical Trust | RNID-Dunhill Medical Trust Fellowships |
| 18-Mar-25 | 29-Apr-25 | Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) | Open call for innovation - defence rapid impact innovation |
| 18-Mar-25 | 29-Apr-25 | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | UK intelligence community postdoctoral research fellowships |
| 18-Mar-25 | 29-Apr-25 | Breast Cancer Now | Project grants |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Francis Crick Institute/Cancer Research UK postdoctoral clinical fellowships |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Innovate UK | Contracts for Innovation: Local Partnerships Clean Energy Demonstrators |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Innovate UK | Energy Catalyst Round 11: Early Stage |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) | Cyber Local 2025-2026 |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Molecular and cellular medicine: research grant: responsive mode |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine: research grant: responsive mode |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Infections and immunity: research grant: responsive mode |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Molecular and cellular medicine: new investigator: responsive mode |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Infections and immunity: new investigator: responsive mode |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | New investigator research grant - neurosciences and mental health |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Innovate UK | Energy Catalyst Round 11: Mid Stage |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Research grants - molecular and cellular medicine: responsive mode |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Neurosciences and mental health research: research grant: responsive mode |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine - new investigator research grant |
| 19-Mar-25 | 30-Apr-25 | Innovate UK | High Performance Computing (HPC) Innovation Vouchers 2025 |
| 20-Mar-25 | 01-May-25 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | Centre-UB Early Career Researcher Fellowships 2025 |
| 20-Mar-25 | 01-May-25 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | Kirk Distinguished Visiting Fellows |
| 20-Mar-25 | 01-May-25 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | Rothschild Distinguished Visiting Fellows |
| 25-Mar-25 | 06-May-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | UKRI Creating opportunities: rethinking economic (in)activity |
| 25-Mar-25 | 06-May-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Drug development project |
| 26-Mar-25 | 07-May-25 | Innovate UK | Innovation Awards for Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnerships: UK-Brazil-Africa |
| 26-Mar-25 | 07-May-25 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | BBSRC Fellowships scheme |
| 28-Mar-25 | 09-May-25 | Leverhulme Trust | Major research fellowships in the humanities and social sciences |
| 02-Apr-25 | 14-May-25 | Leverhulme Trust | Philip Leverhulme prizes |
| 02-Apr-25 | 14-May-25 | Wellcome Trust | Mental Health Award: Leveraging longitudinal data to transform early intervention in mental health |
| 02-Apr-25 | 14-May-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | Capital Investment Funding 2025 |
| 15-Apr-25 | 27-May-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | Clinical Impact Awards |
| 18-Apr-25 | 30-May-25 | Leverhulme Trust | Research leadership awards |
| 19-Apr-25 | 31-May-25 | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) | Innovations for Exceptionally Low-Cost Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Manufacturing |
| 23-Apr-25 | 04-Jun-25 | Royal Society | International exchanges scheme - standard programme |
| 23-Apr-25 | 04-Jun-25 | Royal Society | International exchanges scheme - Italy cost-share programme |
| 25-Apr-25 | 06-Jun-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Therapeutic catalyst |
| 26-Apr-25 | 07-Jun-25 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | Postdoctoral fellowship programme for research in Japan - short-term |
| 30-Apr-25 | 11-Jun-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Cancer Grand Challenges |
| 07-May-25 | 18-Jun-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Future leaders fellowships |
| 08-May-25 | 19-Jun-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Early detection and diagnosis project award |
| 08-May-25 | 19-Jun-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Biology to Prevention Award |
| 19-May-25 | 30-Jun-25 | Innovate UK | European Space Agency: Integrated Digital Solutions For The Energy Sector |
| 29-May-25 | 10-Jul-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | Population Health Career Scientist Award |
| 04-Jun-25 | 16-Jul-25 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Pushing the frontiers of environmental research |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC Responsive Mode: Collaborate with Researchers in Luxembourg | |
| No deadline | Dunhill Medical Trust | DMT Academy Ignition Fund | |
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Collaborate with the functional genomics screening laboratory | |
| No deadline | AI for Collective Intelligence | AI4CI Rapid Response Fund | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | EPSRC programme grants | |
| Unknown | Wellcome Trust | Hub award | |
| Unknown | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | Chair in emerging technologies award | |
| 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 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship | |
| 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: 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 |