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External funding deadlines calendar
The list below includes upcoming funding deadlines for the major funders/most popular funding schemes – visit for more funding opportunities for your specific discipline. When planning your application, please remember that the Research Development team needs at least six working weeks' notice of your proposal, so that we have adequate time to assist you with your application and complete the institutional approval process – get in touch as early as possible.
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(Updated 25 February 2026)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder Name | Funding Scheme |
| 25-Feb-26 | 08-Apr-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 25-Feb-26 | 08-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | |
| 25-Feb-26 | 08-Apr-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 25-Feb-26 | 08-Apr-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 26-Feb-26 | 09-Apr-26 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | |
| 26-Feb-26 | 09-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | |
| 26-Feb-26 | 09-Apr-26 | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | |
| 02-Mar-26 | 13-Apr-26 | Nuffield Foundation | |
| 02-Mar-26 | 13-Apr-26 | Breast Cancer Now | |
| 03-Mar-26 | 14-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 03-Mar-26 | 14-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 03-Mar-26 | 14-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 03-Mar-26 | 14-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 03-Mar-26 | 14-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 04-Mar-26 | 15-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 04-Mar-26 | 15-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 04-Mar-26 | 15-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 04-Mar-26 | 15-Apr-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 04-Mar-26 | 15-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 04-Mar-26 | 15-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 04-Mar-26 | 15-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 04-Mar-26 | 15-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 04-Mar-26 | 15-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 06-Mar-26 | 17-Apr-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 11-Mar-26 | 22-Apr-26 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | |
| 12-Mar-26 | 23-Apr-26 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | |
| 17-Mar-26 | 28-Apr-26 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | |
| 17-Mar-26 | 28-Apr-26 | ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work | |
| 19-Mar-26 | 30-Apr-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 20-Mar-26 | 01-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 20-Mar-26 | 01-May-26 | Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) (MND Association) | |
| 20-Mar-26 | 01-May-26 | Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) (MND Association) | |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 25-Mar-26 | 06-May-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 26-Mar-26 | 07-May-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 27-Mar-26 | 08-May-26 | Leverhulme Trust | |
| 01-Apr-26 | 13-May-26 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | |
| 01-Apr-26 | 13-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 02-Apr-26 | 14-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 02-Apr-26 | 14-May-26 | Leverhulme Trust | |
| 06-Apr-26 | 18-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 07-Apr-26 | 19-May-26 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | |
| 08-Apr-26 | 20-May-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 17-Apr-26 | 29-May-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 20-Apr-26 | 01-Jun-26 | Diabetes UK | |
| 24-Apr-26 | 05-Jun-26 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | |
| 05-May-26 | 16-Jun-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | |
| 06-May-26 | 17-Jun-26 | ERA4Health | |
| 07-May-26 | 18-Jun-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 07-May-26 | 18-Jun-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 07-May-26 | 18-Jun-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 27-May-26 | 08-Jul-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 02-Jun-26 | 14-Jul-26 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | |
| 09-Jun-26 | 21-Jul-26 | Wellcome | |
| 19-Jun-26 | 31-Jul-26 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | |
| 19-Jun-26 | 31-Jul-26 | Diabetes UK | |
| No deadline | Vivensa Foundation | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| Unknown | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| No deadline | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) | ||
| Unknown | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| Unknown | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| Unknown | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | ||
| No deadline | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| Unknown | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| Unknown | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | ||
| Unknown | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) | ||
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung | ||
| Unknown | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | ||
| Unknown | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| Unknown | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| No deadline | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| Unknown | Innovate UK | ||
| No deadline | Advanced Research+Invention Agency (ARIA) | ||
| No deadline | Scottish Government | ||
| No deadline | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) |