External Funding Deadlines Calendar
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(Updated 14 May 2025)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder Name | Funding Scheme |
| 14-May-25 | 25-Jun-25 | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | Farming Futures R&D Fund: Precision Breeding Competition |
| 14-May-25 | 25-Jun-25 | Innovate UK | Full ADOPT Grant |
| 14-May-25 | 25-Jun-25 | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | Farming Futures R&D Fund: low emissions farming |
| 15-May-25 | 26-Jun-25 | Blood Cancer UK | New strategic call for innovative, large-scale clinical trials focused on the hardest to treat blood cancers |
| 16-May-25 | 27-Jun-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | Decarbonising the health and social care system |
| 19-May-25 | 30-Jun-25 | Innovate UK | European Space Agency: Integrated Digital Solutions For The Energy Sector |
| 20-May-25 | 01-Jul-25 | Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) | Open call for innovation - defence rapid impact innovation |
| 20-May-25 | 01-Jul-25 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | BMBR Programme Researcher-led |
| 21-May-25 | 02-Jul-25 | Innovate UK | Investor Partnerships: Clean Energy and Climate Technologies |
| 21-May-25 | 02-Jul-25 | Innovate UK | Accelerated Knowledge Transfer 4 (AKT4) Addiction |
| 21-May-25 | 02-Jul-25 | Innovate UK | Contracts for Innovation: Quantum Sensors and PNT Missions Primer |
| 22-May-25 | 03-Jul-25 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme |
| 26-May-25 | 07-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine: programme |
| 26-May-25 | 07-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | MRC: partnership |
| 28-May-25 | 09-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Gap fund for early-stage development of new healthcare interventions |
| 28-May-25 | 09-Jul-25 | Forestry Commission | Tree Production Innovation Fund 2025 |
| 29-May-25 | 10-Jul-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | Population Health Career Scientist Award |
| 03-Jun-25 | 15-Jul-25 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | UKRI policy fellowships 2025 |
| 04-Jun-25 | 16-Jul-25 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Pushing the frontiers of environmental research |
| 04-Jun-25 | 16-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Partnership grants - applied global health research |
| 04-Jun-25 | 16-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Developmental pathway funding scheme |
| 10-Jun-25 | 22-Jul-25 | Wellcome Trust | Mental Health Award: Leveraging longitudinal data to transform early intervention in mental health |
| 12-Jun-25 | 24-Jul-25 | Wellcome Trust | Wellcome Career Development Awards |
| 17-Jun-25 | 29-Jul-25 | Wellcome Trust | Discovery awards |
| 19-Jun-25 | 31-Jul-25 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | Call for Proposals |
| 19-Jun-25 | 31-Jul-25 | Diabetes UK | Early-career small grants for basic scientists |
| 20-Jun-25 | 01-Aug-25 | European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) | Global Lecture Courses |
| 25-Jun-25 | 06-Aug-25 | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Public Scholars |
| 09-Jul-25 | 20-Aug-25 | Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Grants for Studies |
| 17-Jul-25 | 28-Aug-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | Projects peer review panel - large or complex scientific projects |
| 18-Jul-25 | 29-Aug-25 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan - Standard |
| 21-Jul-25 | 01-Sep-25 | BRACE | Equipment grants |
| 21-Jul-25 | 01-Sep-25 | BRACE | Pilot grants |
| 21-Jul-25 | 01-Sep-25 | Leverhulme Trust | Research Project Grants |
| 23-Jul-25 | 03-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Clinician scientist fellowship |
| 23-Jul-25 | 03-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Postdoctoral clinical research training fellowship |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Molecular and cellular medicine: programme |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Infections and immunity: new investigator |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Neurosciences and mental health: programme |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03 - Improved access to Excellence: Hop-on facility |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Neurosciences and mental health: new investigator |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine: new investigator |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Neurosciences and mental health: research grant |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Molecular and cellular medicine: research grant |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Population and systems medicine: research grant |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Infections and immunity: research grant |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Infections and immunity: programme |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Molecular and cellular medicine: new investigator |
| 25-Jul-25 | 05-Sep-25 | Dunhill Medical Trust | Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | Pedagogical Research and Development Grants |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | Small research grants |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | Synthesis grants |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | Long-term research grants |
| 29-Jul-25 | 09-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Small molecule High Throughput Screen using AstraZeneca facilities |
| 29-Jul-25 | 09-Sep-25 | Royal Society | APEX awards |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Royal Society | University research fellowships |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-TALENTS-01-01 — ERA fellowships |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Career development award |
| 31-Jul-25 | 11-Sep-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Prevention and population research programme awards |
| 31-Jul-25 | 11-Sep-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Early detection and diagnosis programme awards |
| 01-Aug-25 | 12-Sep-25 | Innovate UK | European Space Agency: Space For Intermodal Transport |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | EPSRC programme grants | |
| 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 | Innovate UK | Automotive Transformation Fund: Expression of Interest | |
| No deadline | AI for Collective Intelligence | AI4CI Rapid Response Fund | |
| No deadline | Dunhill Medical Trust | DMT Academy Ignition Fund | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | QuantIC industrial partnership fund - new venture | |
| 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 | |
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Postdoctoral clinical fellows - route 2 | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Mathematical sciences open and open plus fellowship | |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Strategic infrastructure outlines | |
| 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: standard research grant | |
| No deadline | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | Funding for farming in protected landscapes |