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 25 March 2026)
| ResDev Notification date | Closing date | Primary funder name | Funding scheme |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | NIHR NICE rolling funding opportunity (HTA Programme) |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | NIHR James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships rolling funding opportunity (HTA Programme) |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | Innovate UK | Advancing innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | HTA researcher-led – primary research |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | Improving mobility and quality of life after stroke |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | Innovate UK | Contracts for Innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare |
| 26-Mar-26 | 07-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | 2026 INSIGHT Competition (Cohort 2) |
| 26-Mar-26 | 07-May-26 | Wellcome | Establishing infrastructure hubs to power evidence synthesis in low- and middle-income countries |
| 26-Mar-26 | 07-May-26 | Innovate UK | Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) |
| 27-Mar-26 | 08-May-26 | Leverhulme Trust | Major research fellowships in the humanities and social sciences |
| 01-Apr-26 | 13-May-26 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | UKRI Translation: Proof of Concept |
| 01-Apr-26 | 13-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | Gambling evaluation team |
| 01-Apr-26 | 13-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | NIHR PGfAR Fast Track – Seed funded research |
| 02-Apr-26 | 14-May-26 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | British Election Study 2027 to 2032 |
| 02-Apr-26 | 14-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | Improving access to, experience of, and outcomes from physical health services in prisons |
| 02-Apr-26 | 14-May-26 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | Northern Ireland Election Study 2026 to 2031 |
| 02-Apr-26 | 14-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | HSDR – Researcher-led |
| 02-Apr-26 | 14-May-26 | Leverhulme Trust | Philip Leverhulme prizes |
| 02-Apr-26 | 14-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | NIHR James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships rolling funding opportunity (HSDR Programme) |
| 02-Apr-26 | 14-May-26 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | EPSRC Materials Innovation Partnerships |
| 06-Apr-26 | 18-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | Evidence Synthesis Programme (ESP): Researcher-Led – Evidence Synthesis |
| 07-Apr-26 | 19-May-26 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | What Works Centre (WWC) for local employment support |
| 08-Apr-26 | 20-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | Programme Development Grants (PDG) |
| 09-Apr-26 | 21-May-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Pre-clinical translational models hub |
| 09-Apr-26 | 21-May-26 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships |
| 09-Apr-26 | 21-May-26 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | UK National Coordinator and survey data collection for the European Social Survey, Round 13 and 14 |
| 17-Apr-26 | 29-May-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Therapeutic catalyst |
| 20-Apr-26 | 01-Jun-26 | Diabetes UK | Project grants |
| 29-Apr-26 | 10-Jun-26 | Innovate UK | Frontier AI Discovery |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Future leaders fellowships |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2026-01-EOSC – INFRAEOSC – Enabling an operational, open and FAIR EOSC ecosystem (2026- 27) |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2026-SERV-01 – INFRASERV – Research infrastructures services to support a healthier future, a global climate and energy vision, a circular and resilient economy, and to advance frontier knowledge (2026-27) |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2026-TECH-01 – INFRATECH – Next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, and advanced digital solutions of research infrastructures and fostering innovation and co-creation with industry (2026-27) |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01 – INFRADEV – Consolidation and evolution of the European Research Infrastructure landscape (2026-27) |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | NERC Independent Research Fellowship |
| 06-May-26 | 17-Jun-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | NIHR research programme for social care |
| 06-May-26 | 17-Jun-26 | ERA4Health | Multi-country Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials in Cardiovascular, Autoimmune and Metabolic diseases (Trials4Health) call |
| 07-May-26 | 18-Jun-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Biology to Prevention Award |
| 18-May-26 | 29-Jun-26 | Wellcome | Mental Health Award: Using physical activity and circadian-based interventions to reduce anxiety and depression in young people |
| 20-May-26 | 01-Jul-26 | Royal Society | Wolfson fellowship |
| 20-May-26 | 01-Jul-26 | Royal Society | Wolfson Visiting Fellowship |
| 27-May-26 | 08-Jul-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | RfPB Commissioned – NIHR James Lind Alliance (JLA) rolling funding opportunity |
| 27-May-26 | 08-Jul-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | RfPB Commissioned – NIHR NICE rolling funding opportunity |
| 27-May-26 | 08-Jul-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | RfPB Commissioned – Building a health and social care system fit for the future 2026/352 |
| 02-Jun-26 | 14-Jul-26 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | UK international ocean drilling programme site survey |
| 03-Jun-26 | 15-Jul-26 | Innovate UK | Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Feasibility studies |
| 03-Jun-26 | 15-Jul-26 | Innovate UK | Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Pre-deployment trials |
| 03-Jun-26 | 15-Jul-26 | Innovate UK | Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Deployment trials |
| 09-Jun-26 | 21-Jul-26 | Wellcome | Early-Career Awards |
| 19-Jun-26 | 31-Jul-26 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | Call for Proposals |
| 07-Jul-26 | 18-Aug-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | Loneliness in the community |
| 08-Jul-26 | 19-Aug-26 | Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) | Northern Ireland programme grants |
| 08-Jul-26 | 19-Aug-26 | Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) | Peace and security programme grants |
| 08-Jul-26 | 19-Aug-26 | Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) | Rights and justice programme grants |
| 08-Jul-26 | 19-Aug-26 | Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) | Sustainable future programme grants |
| 16-Jul-26 | 27-Aug-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | ERC-2025-ADG advanced grants |
| 16-Jul-26 | 27-Aug-26 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | Projects peer review panel – large or complex scientific projects |
| 21-Jul-26 | 01-Sep-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | Clinical Lectureships in Medicine |
| 23-Jul-26 | 03-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03 – Open Strategic Autonomy in Developing, Deploying and Using Global Space-Based Infrastructure, Services, Applications and Data: Call – SPACE |
| 29-Jul-26 | 09-Sep-26 | Royal Society | University Research Fellowships |
| 29-Jul-26 | 09-Sep-26 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions | MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships |
| 29-Jul-26 | 09-Sep-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Small molecule High Throughput Screen using AstraZeneca facilities |
| 29-Jul-26 | 09-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-05-WIDENING - Widening participation and spreading excellence |
| 30-Jul-26 | 10-Sep-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round four: outline application |
| No deadline | Vivensa Foundation | DMT Academy Ignition Fund | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC Responsive Mode: Collaborate with Researchers in Luxembourg | |
| Unknown | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Data for Children’s and Young People’s Cancer Pilot Award | |
| 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 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ESRC responsive mode: working with Brazilian researchers round two | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship | |
| No deadline | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis | |
| Unknown | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | i4i Connect | |
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Postdoctoral clinical fellows – route 2 | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | EPSRC doctoral prize | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency | |
| Unknown | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | SDR UK Fellowships | |
| No deadline | Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel research awards | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: standard research grant | |
| No deadline | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | Funding for farming in protected landscapes | |
| 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 | Scottish Government | Smart Scotland – feasibility and R&D grants | |
| No deadline | Advanced Research+Invention Agency (ARIA) | Rolling opportunity seeds |