External Funding Deadlines Calendar
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(Updated 29 November 2023)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder Name | Funding Scheme |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Programme grants - molecular and cellular medicine |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Infections and immunity: responsive mode partnership |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | Create growth programme |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | Design Foundations: Repairability |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | UK-US Offshore Wind Collaborative R&D |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine - research grants |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Research grants - infections and immunity |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Infections and immunity: responsive mode: programme |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | New investigator research grant - molecular and cellular medicine |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | CENTA Science Opportunity Scholarships (CSOS) |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Research grants - molecular and cellular medicine |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Research grants - neurosciences and mental health |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Academy of Medical Sciences | Academy of Medical Sciences Professorship Scheme |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine - new investigator research grant |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | The British Academy (BA) | Stein-Arnold exploration fund |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Partnership grant - neurosciences and mental health |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine - partnership grant |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Programme grants - neurosciences and mental health |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | New investigator research grant - neurosciences and mental health |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Partnership grant - molecular and cellular medicine |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | New investigator research grant - infections and immunity |
| 29-Nov-23 | 10-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine - programme grants |
| 30-Nov-23 | 11-Jan-24 | Medical Research Foundation (MRF) | Cancer Pain Clinical Fellowships |
| 30-Nov-23 | 11-Jan-24 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Multidisciplinary project award |
| 30-Nov-23 | 11-Jan-24 | Blood Cancer UK | Innovative Pilot Grants |
| 30-Nov-23 | 11-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Post doctoral clinical research training fellowship |
| 30-Nov-23 | 11-Jan-24 | Medical Research Foundation (MRF) | Adolescent Dermatology |
| 30-Nov-23 | 11-Jan-24 | National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) | Project grants |
| 30-Nov-23 | 11-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Clinician scientist fellowship |
| 30-Nov-23 | 11-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Clinical research training fellowships |
| 30-Nov-23 | 11-Jan-24 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | National Crime and Justice Laboratory academic lead |
| 03-Dec-23 | 14-Jan-24 | London Mathematical Society | Early career fellowships |
| 04-Dec-23 | 15-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | BBSRC innovation to commercialisation of university research (ICURe) |
| 05-Dec-23 | 16-Jan-24 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Centre for Law and Social Justice |
| 05-Dec-23 | 16-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research |
| 05-Dec-23 | 16-Jan-24 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Apply to become the Hub for Public Engagement with Music Research |
| 06-Dec-23 | 17-Jan-24 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Responsive mode - new investigator scheme |
| 06-Dec-23 | 17-Jan-24 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Responsive mode - standard research grants |
| 06-Dec-23 | 17-Jan-24 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Responsive mode - UK-Brazil BBSRC-FAPESP joint research funding |
| 06-Dec-23 | 17-Jan-24 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Responsive mode - industrial partnership awards |
| 07-Dec-23 | 18-Jan-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Director of Human Functional Genomics initiative |
| 07-Dec-23 | 18-Jan-24 | Blood Cancer UK | Project grants |
| 08-Dec-23 | 19-Jan-24 | British Antarctic Survey (BAS) | UK-Greenland Arctic Research Bursaries Scheme |
| 11-Dec-23 | 22-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | Global Incubator Programme to Singapore - Advanced Manufacturing |
| 12-Dec-23 | 23-Jan-24 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Pushing the frontiers of environmental research |
| 13-Dec-23 | 24-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | Fast start - innovation |
| 13-Dec-23 | 24-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | Growing Kent and Medway: prototyping and demonstrator fund |
| 13-Dec-23 | 24-Jan-24 | Royal Society | Career Development Fellowship |
| 13-Dec-23 | 24-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | Transforming cancer therapeutics |
| 13-Dec-23 | 24-Jan-24 | The British Academy (BA) | The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium |
| 14-Dec-23 | 25-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | Ashden awards for climate innovation in the UK and Global South |
| 14-Dec-23 | 25-Jan-24 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Research for a digitally enabled circular economy and sustainable digital technologies |
| 14-Dec-23 | 25-Jan-24 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis round one |
| 19-Dec-23 | 30-Jan-24 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Turing AI world-leading researcher fellowships |
| 19-Dec-23 | 30-Jan-24 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: Catalyst Award |
| 19-Dec-23 | 30-Jan-24 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Mid-range equipment grants for biosciences research: ALERT 2023 |
| 19-Dec-23 | 30-Jan-24 | Diabetes UK | Novel Insulins Innovation Incubator Funding call |
| 19-Dec-23 | 30-Jan-24 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Jet zero: aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on the climate |
| 19-Dec-23 | 30-Jan-24 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award |
| 20-Dec-23 | 31-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | Eureka GlobalStars Japan |
| 20-Dec-23 | 31-Jan-24 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | Call for Proposals |
| 20-Dec-23 | 31-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | Zero Emission Generators (ZE-Gen) Accelerator Phase 1: Discover |
| 20-Dec-23 | 31-Jan-24 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | Work with US-based researchers on subthreshold conflict |
| 20-Dec-23 | 31-Jan-24 | Innovate UK | Knowledge transfer partnerships |
| 21-Dec-23 | 01-Feb-24 | Medieval Institute | Byzantine Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| 21-Dec-23 | 01-Feb-24 | Leverhulme Trust | Emeritus fellowships |
| 21-Dec-23 | 01-Feb-24 | University of California | Ahmanson-Getty Core Program Fellowship |
| 25-Dec-23 | 05-Feb-24 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Drug development project |
| 26-Dec-23 | 06-Feb-24 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Strategic longer and larger grants - frontier bioscience |
| 26-Dec-23 | 06-Feb-24 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Future-proofing plants to a changing climate: stage one |
| 28-Dec-23 | 08-Feb-24 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Clinical trial award |
| 02-Jan-24 | 13-Feb-24 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | Strengthening the Evidence Base to inform Social Care Policy Decisions |
| 02-Jan-24 | 13-Feb-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Partnership grants - applied global health research |
| 02-Jan-24 | 13-Feb-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Research grants - applied global health research |
| 04-Jan-24 | 15-Feb-24 | Wellcome Trust | Early-career awards |
| 06-Jan-24 | 17-Feb-24 | BRACE | Pilot grants |
| 09-Jan-24 | 20-Feb-24 | Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Grants for Studies |
| 09-Jan-24 | 20-Feb-24 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | UK-German call for proposals in the humanities |
| 12-Jan-24 | 23-Feb-24 | Leverhulme Trust | Early-career fellowships |
| 16-Jan-24 | 27-Feb-24 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Interdisciplinary research to tackle epidemic threats |
| 17-Jan-24 | 28-Feb-24 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Alternative Proteins Innovation and Knowledge Centre |
| 18-Jan-24 | 29-Feb-24 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Network to drive digital sustainability and a circular economy |
| 18-Jan-24 | 29-Feb-24 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Ecological effects of floating offshore wind (ECOFLOW) |
| 19-Jan-24 | 01-Mar-24 | European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) | Global Lecture Courses |
| 19-Jan-24 | 01-Mar-24 | British Ecological Society (BES) | Long-term research grants |
| 19-Jan-24 | 01-Mar-24 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | NEOF Pilot Project Grants Competition – Early Career Researchers |
| 24-Jan-24 | 06-Mar-24 | Royal Society | Postdoctoral fellowship programme |
| 24-Jan-24 | 06-Mar-24 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | ESA business incubation centre - United Kingdom |
| 24-Jan-24 | 06-Mar-24 | Royal Society | International exchanges scheme - standard programme |
| 25-Jan-24 | 07-Mar-24 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-07-01 - excellence hubs |
| 25-Jan-24 | 07-Mar-24 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Prevention and population research programme awards |
| 26-Jan-24 | 08-Mar-24 | British Ecological Society (BES) | Research grants |
| 30-Jan-24 | 12-Mar-24 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01 - enhancing the European R&I system |
| 30-Jan-24 | 12-Mar-24 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01 - next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools and methods and advanced digital solutions for RIs |
| 30-Jan-24 | 12-Mar-24 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01 - developing, consolidating and optimising the European research infrastructures landscape, maintaining global leadership |
| 30-Jan-24 | 12-Mar-24 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01 - enabling an operational, open and fair EOSC ecosystem |
| 30-Jan-24 | 12-Mar-24 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | International fellowships for doctoral and early career researchers |
| 31-Jan-24 | 13-Mar-24 | Royal Society | Newton International Fellowships - Natural Sciences |
| 31-Jan-24 | 13-Mar-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Funding for early stage development of new healthcare interventions |
| 01-Feb-24 | 14-Mar-24 | Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) | Sustainable future programme grants |
| 01-Feb-24 | 14-Mar-24 | EUREKA (E!) | Eurostars - European partnership on innovative SMEs |
| 01-Feb-24 | 14-Mar-24 | Innovate UK | Interventions moving forward to promote action to counteract the emergence and spread of bacterial and fungal resistance and to improve treatments |
| 06-Feb-24 | 19-Mar-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Public health intervention development (PHIND) scheme |
| 07-Feb-24 | 20-Mar-24 | Royal Society | Wolfson fellowship |
| 07-Feb-24 | 20-Mar-24 | Royal Society | Wolfson Visiting Fellowship |
| 07-Feb-24 | 20-Mar-24 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Developmental pathway funding scheme |
| 08-Feb-24 | 21-Mar-24 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Early detection and diagnosis primer award |
| 08-Feb-24 | 21-Mar-24 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Place based impact acceleration account |
| 14-Feb-24 | 27-Mar-24 | Royal Society | Long industry fellowships |
| No deadline | European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) | New venture fellowships | |
| Unknown | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | UK Research and Innovation - Antibodies Framework | |
| Unknown | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Pioneer award | |
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Tackling obesity | |
| Unknown | British Ecological Society (BES) | Synthesis grants | |
| Unknown | British Ecological Society (BES) | Small research grants | |
| No deadline | Innovate UK | Defence technology exploitation programme | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | QuantIC industrial partnership fund - new venture | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Renewal scheme for current Future Leaders Fellows | |
| Unknown | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | UK-Japan Arctic Research Bursary Scheme | |
| Unknown | Medical Research Council (MRC) | UK Japan engineering biology for novel therapies and diagnostics research collaboration |