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 17th May 2023)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing date | Primary funder name | Opportunity Name |
| 18-May-23 | 29-Jun-23 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Strategic infrastructure for engineering and physical sciences |
| 19-May-23 | 30-Jun-23 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Centre for doctoral training in water and waste infrastructure and services engineered for resilience (Water-WISER) |
| 22-May-23 | 03-Jul-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Genome Editing Mice for Medicine (GEMM) |
| 23-May-23 | 04-Jul-23 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Future leaders fellowships |
| 24-May-23 | 05-Jul-23 | Innovate UK | Novel low-emission food production systems: Investor Partnership |
| 24-May-23 | 05-Jul-23 | Innovate UK | Future Economy Investor Partnerships SME: round 2 |
| 25-May-23 | 06-Jul-23 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | Population health career scientist award |
| 25-May-23 | 06-Jul-23 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Multidisciplinary project award |
| 25-May-23 | 06-Jul-23 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Cancer immunology project awards |
| 27-May-23 | 08-Jul-23 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Carbon Recycling Network and BBNet - proof of concept call |
| 29-May-23 | 10-Jul-23 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | Population Research UK coordination hub |
| 30-May-23 | 11-Jul-23 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | India-UK partnership to address farmed animal diseases and health |
| 30-May-23 | 11-Jul-23 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Land use for net zero – research (LUNZ-Research) |
| 31-May-23 | 12-Jul-23 | Royal Society | Wolfson fellowship |
| 31-May-23 | 12-Jul-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Funding for early stage development of new healthcare interventions |
| 31-May-23 | 12-Jul-23 | Innovate UK | Faraday battery challenge - innovation feasibility studies |
| 01-Jun-23 | 13-Jul-23 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | Place-based approaches to sustainable living |
| 01-Jun-23 | 13-Jul-23 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | XRtists: supporting the implementation of immersive technologies |
| 01-Jun-23 | 13-Jul-23 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | Resilient UK coastal communities and seas |
| 02-Jun-23 | 14-Jul-23 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Arctic Research Station Access Scheme |
| 03-Jun-23 | 15-Jul-23 | Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund | Research support awards |
| 06-Jun-23 | 18-Jul-23 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Research and partnership hubs for health technologies |
| 07-Jun-23 | 19-Jul-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Developmental pathway funding scheme |
| 07-Jun-23 | 19-Jul-23 | Innovate UK | UK-Taiwan Collaborative R&D |
| 08-Jun-23 | 20-Jul-23 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Pushing the frontiers of environmental science research |
| 08-Jun-23 | 20-Jul-23 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme |
| 08-Jun-23 | 20-Jul-23 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | Deliver foundations for a transformation in digital footprint data |
| 14-Jun-23 | 26-Jul-23 | Innovate UK | UK-Switzerland bilateral: collaborative research and development |
| 14-Jun-23 | 26-Jul-23 | Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK) | Clinical research training fellowship |
| 14-Jun-23 | 26-Jul-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population health improvement network of clusters |
| 15-Jun-23 | 27-Jul-23 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Deliver a UK national capability for cosmogenic in situ 14C |
| 15-Jun-23 | 27-Jul-23 | Wellcome Trust | Career development awards |
| 15-Jun-23 | 27-Jul-23 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Building a Secure and Resilient World: Research and Coordination Hub |
| 17-Jun-23 | 29-Jul-23 | Dunhill Medical Trust | Interventions targeting the social determinants of healthy older age |
| 17-Jun-23 | 29-Jul-23 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Prospective sample collection awards |
| 17-Jun-23 | 29-Jul-23 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Prospective Sample Collection Awards |
| 17-Jun-23 | 29-Jul-23 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Biomarker project awards |
| 19-Jun-23 | 31-Jul-23 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | Call for Proposals |
| 19-Jun-23 | 31-Jul-23 | Diabetes UK | Early-career small grants for basic scientists |
| 19-Jun-23 | 31-Jul-23 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ADR UK research fellowships |
| 20-Jun-23 | 01-Aug-23 | European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) | Global Lecture Courses |
| 20-Jun-23 | 01-Aug-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Partnership grants - applied global health research |
| 20-Jun-23 | 01-Aug-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Research grants - applied global health research |
| 26-Jun-23 | 07-Aug-23 | British Council | International collaboration grants - artistic projects |
| 27-Jun-23 | 08-Aug-23 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | EPSRC programme grants |
| 28-Jun-23 | 09-Aug-23 | Royal Society | Wolfson Visiting Fellowship |
| 04-Jul-23 | 15-Aug-23 | Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Grants for studies in astronomy and geophysics |
| 09-Jul-23 | 20-Aug-23 | Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Grants for Studies |
| 13-Jul-23 | 24-Aug-23 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Research for a digitally enabled circular economy and sustainable digital technologies |
| 19-Jul-23 | 30-Aug-23 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | Digital Futures at Work - Digit Innovation fund |
| 20-Jul-23 | 31-Aug-23 | Diabetes UK | PhD studentship |
| 21-Jul-23 | 01-Sep-23 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | ISIS facility development studentships |
| 21-Jul-23 | 01-Sep-23 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | Postdoctoral fellowship programme for research in Japan - standard |
| 21-Jul-23 | 01-Sep-23 | Leverhulme Trust | Research Project Grants |
| 21-Jul-23 | 01-Sep-23 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | Invitational fellowship programme for research in Japan - long-term |
| 25-Jul-23 | 05-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Programme grants - molecular and cellular medicine |
| 25-Jul-23 | 05-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | New investigator research grant - molecular and cellular medicine |
| 25-Jul-23 | 05-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Partnership grant - molecular and cellular medicine |
| 25-Jul-23 | 05-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Research grants - molecular and cellular medicine |
| 26-Jul-23 | 06-Sep-23 | Innovate UK | Automotive Transformation Fund: Expression of Interest |
| 26-Jul-23 | 06-Sep-23 | Innovate UK | India – UK Collaborative R&D for industrial sustainability |
| 26-Jul-23 | 06-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Clinical research training fellowship |
| 26-Jul-23 | 06-Sep-23 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Clinical trial fellowship award |
| 26-Jul-23 | 06-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Clinician scientist fellowship |
| 26-Jul-23 | 06-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Clinical research training fellowships |
| 27-Jul-23 | 07-Sep-23 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Turing AI world-leading researcher fellowships |
| 27-Jul-23 | 07-Sep-23 | Royal Society | University research fellowships |
| 27-Jul-23 | 07-Sep-23 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Early detection and diagnosis primer award |
| 27-Jul-23 | 07-Sep-23 | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | Research chairs and senior research fellowships scheme |
| 28-Jul-23 | 08-Sep-23 | National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) | BBSRC/NC3Rs joint call on development of next generation non-animal technologies |
| 01-Aug-23 | 12-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Partnership grant - infections and immunity |
| 01-Aug-23 | 12-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Programme grants - infections and immunity |
| 01-Aug-23 | 12-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Research grants - infections and immunity |
| 01-Aug-23 | 12-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | New investigator research grant - infections and immunity |
| 02-Aug-23 | 13-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Senior non-clinical fellowship |
| 02-Aug-23 | 13-Sep-23 | Nuffield Foundation | Research, development and analysis fund |
| 02-Aug-23 | 13-Sep-23 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Career development award |
| 02-Aug-23 | 13-Sep-23 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | #VALUE! |
| 03-Aug-23 | 14-Sep-23 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Design Exchange Partnerships: design the green transition round two |
| 03-Aug-23 | 14-Sep-23 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: standard research grant |
| 03-Aug-23 | 14-Sep-23 | Research England | Museums, galleries and collections funding |
| 03-Aug-23 | 14-Sep-23 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: follow-on funding for impact and engagement |
| 03-Aug-23 | 14-Sep-23 | EUREKA (E!) | Eurostars - European partnership on innovative SMEs |
| 04-Aug-23 | 15-Sep-23 | BRACE | PhD studentships |
| 04-Aug-23 | 15-Sep-23 | BRACE | Equipment grants |
| 04-Aug-23 | 15-Sep-23 | BRACE | Pilot grants |