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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 Tuesday 19th March 2024.
Lead Funder | Co-Funder(s) | Suitable for Early Career Researchers? | Call | Internal deadline | External deadline | Notes |
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Royal Society | Yes | Newton International Fellowships | 06/03/2024 | 19/03/2024 | NB deadline extended to 19/03/2024 from original date of 12/03/2024 | |
Innovate UK | Yes | ICURe EXPLORE market exploration programme | 12/03/2024 | 19/03/2024 | This call is repeated 4 times a year | |
Royal Society | Wolfson Fellowship | 13/03/2024 | 20/03/2024 | |||
MRC | Developmental pathway funding scheme: stage one | 13/03/2024 | 20/03/2024 | Can also apply in July and November | ||
EPSRC | Place Based Impact Acceleration Account: Round 2 | 14/03/2024 | 21/03/2024 | |||
AHRC | AHRC Responsive Mode: Standard Research Grant - Round Three | 19/03/2024 | 26/03/2024 | |||
AHRC | AHRC responsive mode: follow-on funding for impact and engagement: round three | 19/03/2024 | 26/03/2024 | |||
Royal Society | Yes | Research grants | 20/03/2024 | 27/03/2024 | ||
Daiwa Foundation | Yes | Daiwa Foundation Small Grants | 23/03/2024 | 31/03/2024 | ||
Daiwa Foundation | Yes | Daiwa Foundation Awards | 23/02/2024 | 31/03/2024 | ||
MRC | Senior clinical fellowship | 25/03/2024 | 03/04/2024 | |||
MRC | Yes | Clinical scientist fellowship | 25/03/2024 | 03/04/2024 | ||
MRC | Yes | Predoctoral clinical research training fellowship | 25/03/2024 | 03/04/2024 | ||
ESPON | EU | Re-Naturing Territorial Development for Climate Risk Adaptation (ReAdapt) | 19/03/2024 | 04/04/2024 | ||
Cure Parkinson’s | Research Grant Funding Programme | 01/04/2024 | 08/04/2024 | |||
NERC | Doctoral Focal Awards in the Environmental Sciences | 02/04/2024 | 09/04/2024 | |||
British Academy | Yes | ODA Challenge-Oriented Research Grants | 03/04/2024 | 10/04/2024 | ||
EPSRC | Yes | Quantum Technologies Career Acceleration Fellowships | 03/04/2024 | 10/04/2024 | ||
Innovate UK | Knowledge transfer partnership (KTP): 2024 to 2025 round 1 | 27/03/2024 | 10/04/2024 | |||
FCDO | The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in food and agriculture, and examples of key RED food and agriculture investments in artificial intelligence | 03/04/2024 | 10/04/2024 | |||
AHRC | Arts and humanities-led research commercialisation: round two | 03/04/2024 | 10/04/2024 | |||
The Wellcome Trust | Wellcome Career Development Awards | 04/04/2024 | 11/04/2024 | |||
MRC | SAMRC | South Africa-UK health research collaboration: non-communicable diseases | 05/04/2024 | 12/04/2024 | ||
MRC | SAMRC | South Africa-UK health research collaboration: multimorbidity of infectious diseases and NCDs | 08/04/2024 | 15/04/2024 | ||
ESRC | Transforming data collections infrastructure for social science | 09/04/2024 | 16/04/2024 | |||
The Wellcome Trust | Wellcome Discovery Awards | 09/04/2024 | 16/04/2024 | |||
NERC, Innovate UK, AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, STFC | Net zero digital research infrastructure coordinator and network | 02/04/2024 | 16/04/2024 | |||
MRC | Experimental Medicine stage one | 11/04/2024 | 17/04/2024 | |||
MRC | Senior Non-clinical Fellowship | 11/04/2024 | 17/04/2024 | |||
MRC | Yes | Career Development Award | 11/04/2024 | 17/04/2024 | ||
MRC | SAMRC | South Africa-UK health research collaboration: climate and health, one health and zoonosis | 11/04/2024 | 17/04/2024 | ||
AXA Research Fund | Geneva Health Forum | Grand Jet d'Or de Geneve Award to Address Pollution's Impact on Health | 14/04/2024 | 21/04/2024 | 50,000 EUR prize | |
Royal Academy of Engineering | Yes | UK Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | 16/04/2024 | 23/04/2024 | ||
BBSRC | Standard Research Grant: 2024 round 2 - responsive mode | 12/04/2024 | 24/04/2024 | |||
MRC | African Research Leaders | 17/04/2024 | 24/04/2024 | |||
NERC | FAPESP, NSTC | Environmental Sciences: Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund 2024 | 18/04/2024 | 25/04/2024 | ||
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | Yes | Standard Program Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan | 19/04/2024 | 26/04/2024 | ||
NERC, AHRC | CONFAP, CNPq, BAYLAT, SNSF | Amazon 10 Initiative: Research Expeditions to the Amazon | 23/04/2024 | 30/04/2024 | ||
BBSRC | NERC | Doctoral Landscape Award 2024 | 23/04/2024 | 30/04/2024 | ||
ESRC | ADR UK Research Fellowships | 23/04/2024 | 30/04/2024 | Max award: £200,000 | ||
MRC | UKRI-Southeast Asia collaboration on infectious disease | 23/04/2024 | 30/04/2024 | Max award: £1,000,000 | ||
AHRC | Yes | AHRC responsive mode: Catalyst Award: round three | 23/04/2024 | 30/04/2024 | ||
AHRC | Yes | AHRC Innovation Scholars secondments in design: second round | 23/04/2024 | 30/04/2024 | ||
NIHR | Health Technology Assessment Programme | 24/04/2024 | 01/05/2024 | |||
BBSRC | Yes | Fellowships Scheme | 25/04/2024 | 02/05/2024 | ||
The Leverhulme Trust | Visiting Professorships | 25/04/2024 | 02/05/2024 | |||
BBSRC | Yes | 2024 BBSRC Fellowships Scheme | 25/04/2024 | 02/05/2024 | ||
NERC | Accelerating adoption of marine sensor innovation | 25/04/2024 | 02/05/2024 | |||
STFC | STFC Leadership Fellowships in Public Engagement 2024 | 30/04/2024 | 07/05/2024 | |||
Simons Foundation | Yes | Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology | 30/04/2024 | 07/05/2024 | ||
BBSRC | Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (24BBR) | 23/04/2024 | 07/05/2024 | Max award: £2 million. | ||
Royal Society | Research Professorship | 01/05/2024 | 08/05/2024 | |||
Innovate UK, BBSRC | Diet and health innovation: early stage feasibility projects | 01/05/2024 | 08/05/2024 | |||
STFC | STFC Public Engagement Spark Awards 2024A | 02/05/2024 | 09/05/2024 | Award range: £1k to 20k. Funded at 100%. | ||
The Leverhulme Trust | Major Research Fellowships | 03/05/2024 | 10/05/2024 | |||
Human Frontier Science Program | Yes | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 07/05/2024 | 14/05/2024 | ||
MRC | NIHR, GACD | GACD: management of multiple long-term conditions | 01/05/2024 | 15/05/2024 | ||
ESRC | Yes | ESRC postdoctoral fellowships | 08/05/2024 | 16/05/2024 | Applicants must have less than 12 months' post-doctoral experience | |
EPSRC | Accelerating research outcomes to deliver a prosperous net zero | 09/05/2024 | 16/05/2024 | Opening date: 21/03/2024. Webinar 25/03/2024 1:00pm. | ||
The Leverhulme Trust | Yes | Philip Leverhulme Prizes | 09/05/2024 | 16/05/2024 | ||
EPSRC | EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships round six | 14/05/2024 | 21/05/2024 | Projects must be business-led, co-created and co-delivered by business and academic partners | ||
EPSRC | Transforming prediction and early diagnosis in the community | 22/05/2024 | 29/05/2024 | |||
UKRI | AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, NERC, STFC | UKRI-Southeast Asia collaboration on infectious diseases | 16/05/2024 | 30/05/2024 | Requires partners in Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam or Singapore | |
British Academy/The Leverhulme Trust | Yes | Small Research Grants | 29/04/2024 | 05/06/2024 | ||
UKRI, BBSRC | NSF, NEH, NSERC, SSHRC, RCF, BF, JST, MIST, NRF | Global Centres addressing global challenges through bioeconomy | 29/05/2024 | 11/06/2024 | Webinar: TBC. Max award: £1.7 million. | |
MRC | NIHR | Understanding public involvement in non clinical research | 05/06/2024 | 12/06/2024 | Opening date: 17/04/2024 | |
MRC | FCDO | Applied global health research: stage one | 06/06/2024 | 13/06/2024 | ||
Wellcome Trust | Yes | Wellcome Accelerator Awards | 04/05/2024 | 18/06/2024 | For researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage | |
British Heart Foundation | Translational awards | 12/06/2024 | 19/06/2024 | |||
AHRC | BRAID Responsible AI Demonstrators | 13/06/2024 | 27/06/2024 | Opening date: 18/04/2024. Webinar: 18/04/2024 | ||
EPSRC | EPSRC Network Plus: Tomorrow's Engineering Research Cahllenges | 25/06/2024 | 09/07/2024 | Webinar: 27/03/2024; Award range: £1,000,000-£1,750,000. | ||
NERC | AHRC, EPSRC, ESRC. MRC, UKRI, Defra | <a href=https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/maximising-uk-adaptation-to-climate-change-research-projects/".Maximising UK adaptation to climate change research projects | 12/07/2024 | 16/07/2024 | Max award: £2 million | |
EPSRC | NIHR | Technologies to enable independence for people living with dementia | 25/08/2024 | 10/09/2024 | Webinar: TBC. Max award: £2 million | |
AHRC | Design Exchange Partnerships: design the green transition - round 3 | 05/09/2024 | 12/09/2024 | Application development surgeries: 3 & 4 July 2024 TBC | ||
NERC | Addressing environmental challenges: NERC highlight topics 2024 | 25/09/2024 | 09/10/2024 | |||
ESRC, AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, MRC, NERC, STFC | Pre-announcement: UKRI Metascience research grants | TBC | TBC |