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Research Funding Opportunities
The following table lists research funding opportunities relevant to colleagues at the University of Reading and is maintained by Research Services (RES). Please note that some schemes require that applications are business-led. For more details, please contact res@reading.ac.uk or visit the Finding Funding pages of the RES website (requires UoR log-in).
Please note that Research Services also has a dedicated page for EU funding opportunities with updates on EU funding and policy developments, as well as an Annual Funding Calendar which gives details of annual and recurring calls and not open calls with no deadlines.
You may also be interested to search University UK’s Gateway to international opportunities, a regularly updated depository of funding opportunities for international research collaboration and knowledge exchange, aimed at UK-based researchers/institutions.
For the interest of colleagues who are developing research grant proposals, RES also maintains a Successful Proposal Library, containing examples of past applications.
Last updated on Friday 26th June 2024.
| Lead Funder | Co-Funder(s) | Suitable for Early Career Researchers? | Call | Internal deadline | External deadline | Notes |
| EPSRC | | | Network Plus: Tomorrow's Engineering Research Challenges | 6/27/2024 | 7/4/2024 | |
| British Council | | | International Research Collaborations Round 2 | 7/2/2024 | 7/9/2024 | |
| NIHR | | | Research for Patient Benefit | 7/3/2024 | 7/10/2024 | |
| NIHR | Defra | | Maximising UK adaptation to climate change research projects | 7/9/2024 | 7/16/2024 | |
| UKRI | DEFRA | | Maximising UK adaptation to climate change research projects | 7/9/2024 | 7/16/2024 | |
| ESRC | UKRI, DSIT, Open Philanthropy | | Metascience Research Grants | 7/9/2024 | 7/16/2024 | |
| STFC | | | Early stage research and development scheme | 7/10/2024 | 7/17/2024 | |
| NERC | | | Pushing the frontiers of environmental research | 7/10/2024 | 7/17/2024 | |
| AHRC | | | AHRC responsive mode: follow-on funding for impact and engagement: round three | 7/11/2024 | 7/18/2024 | |
| AHRC | | | Mission Awards Outline Stage | 7/11/2024 | 7/18/2024 | |
| ESRC | AHRC | | Social sciences, Humanities and Arts for People and the Economy (SHAPE) Catalyst, round two | 7/15/2024 | 7/22/2024 | |
| Wellcome Trust | | | Career Development Awards | 7/18/2024 | 7/25/2024 | |
| BBSRC | | | Turning innovative technology concepts into market reality | 7/21/2024 | 7/28/2024 | |
| Wellcome Trust | | | Discovery Awards | 7/23/2024 | 7/30/2024 | |
| EPSRC | JSPS | | EPSRC UK-Japan Collaboration in Advanced Functional Materials | 7/24/2024 | 7/31/2024 | |
| EPSRC | | | Funding opportunity
Funding opportunity:Pre-announcement: Sustainable Industrial Futures | 7/25/2024 | 8/1/2024 | EOI deadline |
| STFC | | | Quantum Business Incubation Centre-TEXT | 7/28/2024 | 8/4/2024 | |
| Royal Society | | | Wolfson Fellowship | 7/31/2024 | 8/7/2024 | |
| Royal Society | | | Wolfson Visiting Fellowship | 8/1/2024 | 8/7/2024 | |
| ESRC | | | UKRI systems approaches to advance the UK’s transition to net zero: full | 8/13/2024 | 8/20/2024 | |
| EPSRC | | | Strategic infrastructure for engineering and physical sciences: June 2024 | 8/13/2024 | 8/20/2024 | |
| ESRC | | | The UK-Brazil Global Talent Exchange Funding Opportunity Pilot | 8/13/2024 | 8/20/2024 | |
| British Academy | | | Mid-Career Fellowshisp | 8/14/2024 | 8/21/2024 | |
| NERC | AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, STFC, Innovate UK | | Digital infrastructure: new approaches to skills or software | 8/15/2024 | 8/22/2024 | |
| MRF | | | Cancer Pain Clinical Fellowships | 8/28/2024 | 9/4/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Predoctoral clinical research training fellowship | 8/28/2024 | 9/4/2024 | |
| MRF | | | Adolescent Dermatology | 8/28/2024 | 9/4/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Clinician scientist fellowship | 8/28/2024 | 9/4/2024 | |
| EPSRC | ESRC, AHRC, BBSRC, MRC, STFC, NERC | | UK future internet NetworkPlus: outline | 9/3/2024 | 9/10/2024 | Outline |
| EPSRC | | | International centre to centre research collaborations: Outlines | 9/5/2024 | 9/12/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Bespoke Mouse Models for Your Research | 9/8/2024 | 9/15/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Infections and immunity: research grant: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Molecular and cellular medicine: programme: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Infections and immunity: programme: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Infections and immunity: research grant: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Molecular and cellular medicine: new investigator: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Population and systems medicine: research grant: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Neurosciences and mental health research: research grant: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Neurosciences and mental health: programme: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Neurosciences and mental health: new investigator: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Infections and immunity: new investigator: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| MRC | | | Population and systems medicine: programme: responsive mode | 9/10/2024 | 9/17/2024 | |
| BBSRC | | | Standard research grant: 2024 round 3: responsive mode | 9/18/2024 | 9/25/2024 | Internal EoI deadline 17/06/2024 |
| Royal Society | Leverhulme Trust | | Senior Research Fellowship | 9/18/2024 | 9/25/2024 | |
| Royal Society | | | Research Grant | 9/25/2024 | 10/2/2024 | |
| UKRI | | | Metascience Research Grants | | Pre-announcement | |
| UKRI | | | Modelling UK Supply Chains as complex systems for resilience | | Pre-announcement | |
| ESRC | AHRC, NERC, DEFRA | | Resilient UK Coastal Communities and Seas Network Plus | | Pre-announcement | |
| ESRC | | | ESRC Policy Talent Accelerator Network Plus | | Pre-announcement | |
