External Funding Deadlines Calendar
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(Updated 01 October 2025)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder | Funding Scheme |
| 02-Oct-25 | 13-Nov-25 | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | RAEng/Leverhulme Trust research fellowships |
| 07-Oct-25 | 18-Nov-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | UKRI Gambling Harms Research Coordination Centre (GHRCC) |
| 08-Oct-25 | 19-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 2 |
| 08-Oct-25 | 19-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 3 |
| 08-Oct-25 | 19-Nov-25 | Royal Society | Career Development Fellowship |
| 08-Oct-25 | 19-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 1 |
| 08-Oct-25 | 19-Nov-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Developmental pathway funding scheme |
| 09-Oct-25 | 20-Nov-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-01 - Improved access to Excellence: European Excellence Initiative (EEI) |
| 09-Oct-25 | 20-Nov-25 | Wellcome | Wellcome Career Development Awards |
| 11-Oct-25 | 22-Nov-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Horizon Europe Guarantee EURATOM R&T Fission |
| 14-Oct-25 | 25-Nov-25 | Royal Society | Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route |
| 14-Oct-25 | 25-Nov-25 | Wellcome | Wellcome Discovery Awards |
| 14-Oct-25 | 25-Nov-25 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01-01 - Doctoral Networks |
| 14-Oct-25 | 25-Nov-25 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Bioinformatics and biological resources fund |
| 15-Oct-25 | 26-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Farmed animals and aquaculture SPARK Awards |
| 16-Oct-25 | 27-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Horizon Europe Guarantee Extension |
| 16-Oct-25 | 27-Nov-25 | Blood Cancer UK | Innovative Pilot Grants |
| 16-Oct-25 | 27-Nov-25 | Innovate UK | Horizon Europe guarantee - EIT KICs 2022 |
| 16-Oct-25 | 27-Nov-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Data for Children’s and Young People’s Cancer Programme Award |
| 20-Oct-25 | 01-Dec-25 | Diabetes UK | Early-career small grants for basic scientists |
| 20-Oct-25 | 01-Dec-25 | Leverhulme Trust | Research Project Grants |
| 21-Oct-25 | 02-Dec-25 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Network Plus: antifungal resistance in the environment |
| 21-Oct-25 | 02-Dec-25 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | BMBR Programme Researcher-led |
| 21-Oct-25 | 02-Dec-25 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | Research methodology that supports the incorporation of health and environmental impact assessment in research |
| 22-Oct-25 | 03-Dec-25 | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | Farming Innovation Programme - Feasibility studies |
| 22-Oct-25 | 03-Dec-25 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-02-01 - MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2025 |
| 23-Oct-25 | 04-Dec-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Biology to Prevention Award |
| 23-Oct-25 | 04-Dec-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Early detection and diagnosis project award |
| 23-Oct-25 | 04-Dec-25 | Innovate UK | Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Winter |
| 24-Oct-25 | 05-Dec-25 | Innovate UK | Call 2025 for Transnational Research Proposals supporting the topics of Quantum Phenomena and Resources and Applied Quantum Science |
| 29-Oct-25 | 10-Dec-25 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions |
| 30-Oct-25 | 11-Dec-25 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Artificial intelligence (AI) for environmental science phase one |
| 31-Oct-25 | 12-Dec-25 | CARB-X | CARB-X |
| 04-Dec-25 | 15-Jan-26 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Addressing nuclear fission challenges for a prosperous future |
| 04-Nov-25 | 16-Dec-25 | Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) | Open call for innovation - defence rapid impact innovation |
| 06-Nov-25 | 18-Dec-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Pre-announcement: Regional accounts for clinical researchers |
| 28-Nov-25 | 09-Jan-26 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan - Short-term (PE) |
| 29-Nov-25 | 10-Jan-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Molecular and cellular medicine: programme |
| 02-Dec-25 | 13-Jan-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | ERC-2026-CoG consolidator grants |
| 03-Dec-25 | 14-Jan-26 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | BBSRC new investigator award: 2026 round one: applicant-led mode |
| 03-Dec-25 | 14-Jan-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Postdoctoral clinical research training fellowship |
| 03-Dec-25 | 14-Jan-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Clinician scientist fellowship |
| 03-Dec-25 | 14-Jan-26 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | BBSRC standard research grant: 2026 round one: applicant-led mode |
| 03-Dec-25 | 14-Jan-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Pre doctoral clinical research training fellowship |
| 04-Dec-25 | 15-Jan-26 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Addressing nuclear fission challenges for a prosperous future |
| 10-Dec-25 | 21-Jan-26 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Opening up the Environment 2026 |
| 10-Dec-25 | 21-Jan-26 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Pushing the frontiers of environmental research |
| 11-Dec-25 | 22-Jan-26 | NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) | NEOF Pilot Multiomics Competition |
| 18-Dec-25 | 29-Jan-26 | Leverhulme Trust | Emeritus fellowships |
| 18-Dec-25 | 29-Jan-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | Small molecule High Throughput Screen using AstraZeneca facilities |
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | AHRC Responsive Mode: Collaborate with Researchers in Luxembourg | |
| No deadline | Vivensa Foundation | DMT Academy Ignition Fund | |
| 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 | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) | Funding Opportunity for British-German Basic Research Projects in the Engineering and Physical Sciences (UKRI-EPSRC – DFG) | |
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Postdoctoral clinical fellows - route 2 | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship | |
| 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 | Innovate UK | DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund | |
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | Drug development project | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Strategic infrastructure outlines | |
| No deadline | Scottish Government | Smart Scotland - feasibility and R&D grants | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | |
| Unknown | AI for Collective Intelligence | AI4CI Rapid Response Fund | |
| Unknown | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | Advanced materials: highlight notice |