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 12 February 2025)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder | Funding Scheme |
| 12-Feb-25 | 26-Mar-25 | Pharmacy Research UK | Research training bursaries |
| 12-Feb-25 | 26-Mar-25 | Royal Society | Research grants |
| 12-Feb-25 | 26-Mar-25 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | BBSRC Follow-on Fund: 2025 round one |
| 12-Feb-25 | 26-Mar-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | Decarbonising the health and social care system |
| 12-Feb-25 | 26-Mar-25 | Royal Society | ISPF International Collaboration Awards 2025 – UK-South Korea |
| 13-Feb-25 | 27-Mar-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Early detection and diagnosis primer award |
| 13-Feb-25 | 27-Mar-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Career Establishment Awards |
| 13-Feb-25 | 27-Mar-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Senior cancer research fellowship |
| 13-Feb-25 | 27-Mar-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Prevention and population research project awards |
| 13-Feb-25 | 27-Mar-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Prevention and population research programme awards |
| 13-Feb-25 | 27-Mar-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Clinician scientist fellowship |
| 13-Feb-25 | 27-Mar-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Advanced clinician scientist fellowship |
| 13-Feb-25 | 27-Mar-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Career development fellowship |
| 13-Feb-25 | 27-Mar-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Early detection and diagnosis programme awards |
| 16-Feb-25 | 30-Mar-25 | OFFERR | OFFERR call for proposals |
| 17-Feb-25 | 31-Mar-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Artificial intelligence, engineering biology and quantum technologies: highlight notice |
| 18-Feb-25 | 01-Apr-25 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | Welsh Election Study 2026 |
| 18-Feb-25 | 01-Apr-25 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Opening up the Environment |
| 18-Feb-25 | 01-Apr-25 | Nuffield Foundation | Research, development and analysis fund |
| 18-Feb-25 | 01-Apr-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | ROK-UK Smart Clinical Trials Collaboration Award |
| 18-Feb-25 | 01-Apr-25 | Swiss National Science Foundation | International co-investigator scheme |
| 19-Feb-25 | 02-Apr-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Clinical trial award |
| 19-Feb-25 | 02-Apr-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Discovery programme awards |
| 19-Feb-25 | 02-Apr-25 | Innovate UK | APCUK: ARMD4 Advanced Route to Market Demonstrator 4 |
| 19-Feb-25 | 02-Apr-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Discovery programme foundation awards |
| 19-Feb-25 | 02-Apr-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Clinical Research Funding Scheme |
| 20-Feb-25 | 03-Apr-25 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Global partnerships seedcorn fund |
| 20-Feb-25 | 03-Apr-25 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | NERC Independent Research Fellowship |
| 23-Feb-25 | 06-Apr-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | ESA business incubation centre - United Kingdom |
| 25-Feb-25 | 08-Apr-25 | Wellcome Trust | Discovery awards |
| 26-Feb-25 | 09-Apr-25 | Royal Society | Industry Fellowships |
| 26-Feb-25 | 09-Apr-25 | Medical Research Foundation (MRF) | Cancer Pain Clinical Fellowships |
| 26-Feb-25 | 09-Apr-25 | Medical Research Foundation (MRF) | Adolescent Dermatology |
| 26-Feb-25 | 09-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Clinician scientist fellowship |
| 26-Feb-25 | 09-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Postdoctoral clinical research training fellowship |
| 27-Feb-25 | 10-Apr-25 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Locally Unlocking Culture through Inclusive Access (LUCIA) |
| 27-Feb-25 | 10-Apr-25 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | Pre-announcement: UKRI Metascience AI early career fellowships |
| 27-Feb-25 | 10-Apr-25 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | LUCIA-Local Government Association (LGA) ECR fellowship programme |
| 05-Mar-25 | 16-Apr-25 | Innovate UK | Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 6: Pre-deployment trials |
| 05-Mar-25 | 16-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Career development award |
| 05-Mar-25 | 16-Apr-25 | Innovate UK | Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 6: Feasibility Studies |
| 05-Mar-25 | 16-Apr-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Experimental medicine stage one |
| 05-Mar-25 | 16-Apr-25 | Innovate UK | Canada-UK Collaborative R&D |
| 05-Mar-25 | 16-Apr-25 | Innovate UK | Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 6: Smart Shipping |
| 12-Mar-25 | 23-Apr-25 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | BBSRC New investigator award: responsive mode |
| 14-Mar-25 | 25-Apr-25 | Innovate UK | European Space Agency: Space For Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture |
| 14-Mar-25 | 25-Apr-25 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | Invitational Fellowships (Short-term) |
| 14-Mar-25 | 25-Apr-25 | Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) (MND Association) | Non-clinical research fellowships |
| 14-Mar-25 | 25-Apr-25 | Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) (MND Association) | Healthcare research project grants |
| 14-Mar-25 | 25-Apr-25 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | Postdoctoral Fellowship (Standard) |
| 18-Mar-25 | 29-Apr-25 | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | UK intelligence community postdoctoral research fellowships |
| 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) | Population and systems medicine - new investigator research grant |
| 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) | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 02-Apr-25 | 14-May-25 | Leverhulme Trust | Philip Leverhulme prizes |
| 17-Apr-25 | 29-May-25 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Pre-announcement: Proof of Concept |
| 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 - Italy cost-share programme |
| 24-Apr-25 | 05-Jun-25 | The British Academy (BA) | Small research grants |
| 26-Apr-25 | 07-Jun-25 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | Postdoctoral fellowship programme for research in Japan - short-term |
| No deadline | Dunhill Medical Trust | DMT Academy Ignition Fund | |
| 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 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | EPSRC programme grants | |
| No deadline | AI for Collective Intelligence | AI4CI Rapid Response Fund | |
| 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 | 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 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Strategic infrastructure outlines | |
| Unknown | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Pre-announcement: Japan-UK Joint call for Quantum Technologies for Innovation | |
| 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 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: catalyst awards | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency | |
| No deadline | Innovate UK | European Space Agency: Space For Intermodal Transport | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Mathematical sciences open and open plus fellowship |