Latest calls
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 Monday 11/09/2023.
| Lead Funder | Co-Funder(s) | Industrial Strategy/GCRF/Newton? | Call | Internal deadline | External deadline | Notes |
| | | | | | |
| Lister Institute | | | 2024 Lister Institute Research Prizes | 13/09/2023 | 20/09/2023 | |
| NERC | | | Engaged Environmental Science | 13/09/2023 | 20/09/2023 | |
| AHRC | | | International consortia for humanities-led research on crisis | 14/09/2023 | 21/09/2023 | Outline |
| ESRC | | | Responsive mode: Secondary data analysis Round 1 | 21/09/2023 | 28/09/2023 | |
| Royal Society | | | Industry Fellowship | 21/09/2023 | 28/09/2023 | |
| NERC, EPSRC, ESRC, AHRC | Ministry of Earth Sciences, India | | Understanding geohazard processes and their impacts across India | 26/09/2023 | 03/10/2023 | |
| British Academy | | | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 27/09/2023 | 04/10/2023 | |
| BBSRC | | | Transformative Research Technologies | 28/09/2023 | 05/10/2023 | |
| The Wellcome Trust | | | Wellcome Early-Career Awards | 28/09/2023 | 05/10/2023 | |
| ESRC | | | Smart Data Research UK Data Service: Indications of Interest | 03/10/2023 | 10/10/2023 | |
| British Academy | | | Innovation Fellowships - Route A: Researchl-Lead | 04/10/2023 | 11/10/2023 | |
| ESRC | | | Policy Talent Accelerator Network Plus | 05/10/2023 | 12/10/2023 | |
| UKRI | | | Behavioural Science for Security and Defence Network Plus | 05/10/2023 | 12/10/2023 | |
| ESRC | NIHR, Alzheimers Society | | Dementia Network Plus | 05/10/2023 | 12/10/2023 | |
| NERC | | | Integrating Finance and Biodiversity for a nature positive future | 17/10/2023 | 24/10/2023 | |
| ESRC | | | Evaluating the benefits, costs and utility of synthetic data | 19/10/2023 | 26/10/2023 | |
| UKRI | | | Creating Opportunities Evaluation Development Fund | 24/10/2023 | 31/10/2023 | |
| UKRI | | | Creating Opportunities Trial Accelerator Fund | 24/10/2023 | 31/10/2023 | |
| BBSRC, STFC | | | BBSRC-STFC Facility Access Funding | 24/10/2023 | 31/10/2023 | Opening date 18/09/2023. A webinar will be held - date TBC. |
| STFC | | | Expression of interest: astronomy large awards | 24/10/2023 | 31/10/2023 | |
| British Academy | | | Innovation Fellowships Scheme Route B: Policy-Led | 25/10/2023 | 01/11/2023 | |
| British Academy | | | Global Innovation Fellowships: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | 25/10/2023 | 01/11/2023 | |
| British Academy | | | Global Professorship | 25/10/2023 | 01/11/2023 | Internal process in place. See Theme mailing lists |
| NERC, BBSRC | | | Innovation in environmental monitoring | 31/10/2023 | 07/11/2023 | |
| NIHR | | | Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) | 01/11/2023 | 08/11/2023 | Stage 2 expected submission March 2024 |
| MRC | | | Developmental pathway funding scheme: stage one | 01/11/2023 | 08/11/2023 | |
| NERC | | | NERC Independent Research Fellowship 2023 | 01/11/2023 | 08/11/2023 | |
| EU (F6S) | | | Foodity | 01/11/2023 | 08/11/2023 | Requires a SME/start up to lead |
| EPSRC | | | Discovering the next generation of renewable energy technologies | 02/11/2023 | 09/11/2023 | |
| British Academy | | | BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants | 08/11/2023 | 15/11/2023 | |
| Azrieli Fellows Programme | | | Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship in Israel | 08/11/2023 | 15/11/2023 | |
| MRC | | | Funding for early stage development of new healthcare interventions | 08/11/2023 | 15/11/2023 | |
| UKRI | Defra, NSF, NIH, USDA, BSF, NSFC | | UK-US partnerships: ecology and evolution of infectious diseases | 08/11/2023 | 15/11/2023 | Must collaborate with a US partner |
| British Academy | | | Senior Research Fellowship | 08/11/2023 | 15/11/2023 | |
| The Wellcome Trust | | | Wellcome Career Development Awards | 09/11/2023 | 16/11/2023 | |
| MRC | | | Clinical Academic Research Partnerships | 09/11/2023 | 16/11/2023 | |
| NERC | | | Large grant to tackle big environmental science questions | 09/11/2023 | 16/11/2023 | |
| MRC | | | Research and partnership hubs for health technologies: full stage | 16/11/2023 | 23/11/2023 | |
| BBSRC | | | Flexible talent mobility accounts | 21/11/2023 | 28/11/2023 | |
| NERC, Innovate UK, AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, STFC | | | Accelerating the Green Economy Centres | 05/12/2023 | 12/12/2023 | |
| The Wellcome Trust | | | Wellcome Discovery Awards | 09/04/2024 | 16/04/2024 | |
| 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 | |
| Innovate UK | | | Develop interdisciplinary research proposals to tackle epidemic threats | | Pre-announcement | |
| AHRC | | | Centre for Law and Social Justice | | Pre-announcement | Opening September 2023 |
