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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 six 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 14 October 2026)

ResDev Notification Date Closing date Primary funder Funding Scheme 
14-Oct-26 25-Nov-26 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science
14-Oct-26 25-Nov-26 Innovate UK Investor Partnerships – Battery Innovation Programme
14-Oct-26 25-Nov-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) EME Programme Researcher-led
14-Oct-26 25-Nov-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) NIHR James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships rolling call (EME Programme)
14-Oct-26 25-Nov-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) NIHR NICE Rolling Call (EME Programme)
15-Oct-26 26-Nov-26 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL6-2026-04-GOVERNANCE - Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal: Call 04 - single stage (2026)
16-Oct-26 27-Nov-26 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) British Library/AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Awards
19-Oct-26 30-Nov-26 London Mathematical Society Emmy Noether fellowships
20-Oct-26 01-Dec-26 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Enabling AI adoption across science and engineering
20-Oct-26 01-Dec-26 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Long-term cultural and sporting events legacy
20-Oct-26 01-Dec-26 German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy 5th Call for Proposals for Joint Research and Development (R&D) Projects between Germany and the United Kingdom
20-Oct-26 01-Dec-26 Diabetes UK Project grants
20-Oct-26 01-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Development of novel evaluative methodologies to overcome systemic barriers in social care research
20-Oct-26 01-Dec-26 Innovate UK UK-Germany Bilateral Collaborative R&D: Round 5
20-Oct-26 01-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) BMBR Programme Researcher-led
20-Oct-26 01-Dec-26 Innovate UK Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF)
20-Oct-26 01-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) The use of synthetic data in health and social care research
20-Oct-26 01-Dec-26 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Attendance and engagement at UK sporting, cultural and heritage sites
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) PGfAR researcher-led - research to drive transformational change in the health and care of children and young people
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) i4i Product Development Awards (PDA) NICE early use recommendation - October 2026
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research - October 2026
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 Innovate UK Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) i4i Product Development Awards (PDA)
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 Breast Cancer Now Equity and Wellbeing scheme
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 Innovate UK Engineering Biology Investor Partnerships Round 1
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 The British Academy (BA) ODA Research Management Capacity Strengthening
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 Innovate UK Battery Innovation: Feasibility Studies
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 Innovate UK Battery Innovation Concept Development Rd 3
21-Oct-26 02-Dec-26 ForestValue FORESTPathways Joint Call – Building Knowledge and Solutions for Resilient Forests and Sustainable Forest-Based Futures
22-Oct-26 03-Dec-26 Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Early detection and diagnosis project award
23-Oct-26 04-Dec-26 Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Biology to Prevention Award
27-Oct-26 08-Dec-26 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Gambling harms research grants
27-Oct-26 08-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) PHR Researcher-led
27-Oct-26 08-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Using ‘big data’ to impact health and health inequalities
27-Oct-26 08-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Housing, place and the built environment for an ageing population
27-Oct-26 08-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Air quality in indoor public spaces, workplace settings and transport microenvironments
27-Oct-26 08-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) NIHR NICE rolling funding opportunity (PHR Programme)
03-Nov-26 15-Dec-26 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) What Works Centre for a climate resilient UK
04-Nov-26 16-Dec-26 Innovate UK UK-Singapore collaborative research and development
04-Nov-26 16-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) 20247 Public Health Research Programme Rapid Funding Scheme
06-Nov-26 18-Dec-26 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Impact Accelerator Awards
25-Nov-26 06-Jan-27 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) NIHR NICE rolling funding opportunity (HTA Programme)
25-Nov-26 06-Jan-27 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Broad call for interventions for improving outcomes in adults with faecal incontinence
25-Nov-26 06-Jan-27 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) HTA researcher-led – primary research
26-Nov-26 07-Jan-27 Research England Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: coordinating groups
01-Dec-26 12-Jan-27 Medical Research Council (MRC) Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation
01-Dec-26 12-Jan-27 Horizon Europe: Excellent Science ERC-2027-CoG Consolidator grants
09-Dec-26 20-Jan-27 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) NIHR research programme for social care
15-Dec-26 26-Jan-27 EUREKA (E!) SMART Advanced Manufacturing call for projects
17-Dec-26 28-Jan-27 Leverhulme Trust Emeritus fellowships
22-Dec-26 02-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL4-2027-06-MAT-PROD - Leadership in materials and production for Europe: Call - INDUSTRY-FTRI
22-Dec-26 02-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-MAT-PROD - Leadership in materials and production for Europe: Call - INDUSTRY-two-stage
22-Dec-26 02-Feb-27 Innovate UK Horizon Europe Springboard Scheme for Cluster 4 Industry Themes
22-Dec-26 02-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITAL - Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies: Call - INDUSTRY-two-stage
22-Dec-26 02-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD - Leadership in materials and production for Europe: Call - INDUSTRY
23-Dec-26 03-Feb-27 Medical Research Council (MRC) MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round five: outline application
23-Dec-26 03-Feb-27 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) - suggestions for local government intervention evaluations
24-Dec-26 04-Feb-27 Research England Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: pilots & UK seed funding
06-Jan-27 17-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-STAYHLTH-01 - Staying healthy: Cluster 1 - Health (Single stage - 2027/1)
06-Jan-27 17-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-CARE - Ensuring equal access to innovative, sustainable, and high-quality healthcare: Cluster 1 - Health (Single stage - 2027/1)
06-Jan-27 17-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-TOOL-01-two-stage - Developing and using new tools, technologies and digital solutions for a healthy society: Cluster 1 - Health (Two stage - 2027)
06-Jan-27 17-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-IND-02-two-stage - Maintaining an innovative, sustainable, and competitive EU health industry: Cluster 1 - Health (Two stage - 2027)
06-Jan-27 17-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH - Environment and health: Cluster 1 - Health (Single stage - 2027/1)
06-Jan-27 17-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-two-stage - Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden: Cluster 1 - Health (Two stage - 2027)
06-Jan-27 17-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-IND-01 - Maintaining an innovative, sustainable, and competitive EU health industry: Cluster 1 - Health (Single stage - 2027/1)
06-Jan-27 17-Feb-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE - Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden: Cluster 1 - Health (Single stage - 2027/1)
07-Jan-27 18-Feb-27 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
12-Jan-27 23-Feb-27 Wellcome Wellcome Discovery Awards
21-Jan-27 04-Mar-27 Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-04-WIDENING - Widening participation and spreading excellence
21-Jan-27 04-Mar-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL5-2027-01-D1 - Climate sciences and responses for the transformation towards climate neutrality: Call - Climate
28-Jan-27 11-Mar-27 Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-05-ERA - Reforming and enhancing the European research and innovation system
28-Jan-27 11-Mar-27 Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Early Detection and Diagnosis Primer Award
28-Jan-27 11-Mar-27 Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Early detection and diagnosis programme awards
04-Feb-27 18-Mar-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL4-2027-05-DIGITAL - Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies: Call - DIGITAL
04-Feb-27 18-Mar-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA - Developing an agile and secure single market & infrastructure for data services and trustworthy artificial intelligence service: Call - DIGITAL
04-Feb-27 18-Mar-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-HUMAN - Digital and industrial technologies driving human-centric innovation: Call - DIGITAL
04-Feb-27 18-Mar-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING - Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies: Call - DIGITAL
17-Feb-27 31-Mar-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL5-2027-02-D3 - Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply: Call - Batteries and Energy
17-Feb-27 31-Mar-27 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Academic clinical fellowships in dentistry
17-Feb-27 31-Mar-27 Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness HORIZON-CL5-2027-02-D2 - Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition: Call - Batteries and Energy
18-Feb-27 01-Apr-27 Swiss National Science Foundation International co-investigator scheme
  No deadline Medical Research Council (MRC) MRC: research grant: applicant-led
  No deadline Vivensa Foundation DMT Academy Ignition Fund
  No deadline Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EPSRC programme grants
  No deadline Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) AHRC Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg: applicant-led mode
  No deadline Medical Research Council (MRC) Collaborate with the functional genomics screening laboratory
  Unknown Innovate UK Breakthrough Wave 2
  No deadline Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) ESRC applicant-led: challenge awards
  No deadline Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship
  No deadline Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) ESRC responsive mode: working with Brazilian researchers round two
  No deadline Medical Research Council (MRC) Using the ‘Our Future Health’ data resource for research
  No deadline Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept
  No deadline Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) AHRC Standard research grant: applicant-led mode
  No deadline Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode
  No deadline Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EPSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode
  No deadline Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) AHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency
  No deadline Advanced Research+Invention Agency (ARIA) Rolling opportunity seeds
  No deadline Medical Research Council (MRC) MRC: partnership grant: applicant-led