Funding Deadline Calendar and Listing
External & Internal Funding Opportunities for AHSS Researchers
Listing of upcoming funding calls
*Please note that funder deadlines are listed here. Please be in touch with your department's Research Grants Administrator (RGA) to confirm what internal deadlines might apply.
The listing below divides funding opportunities into five categories:
- Internal Opportunities
- Grants for Early Career Researchers
- Grants for Established Researchers
- Fellowships for Early Career Researchers
- Fellowships for Established Researchers
Internal Funding
- Large Grant Contribution Fund: rolling deadline; minimum 4 weeks before funder deadline
- Bid Preparation Fund: rolling deadline
- Arts, Humanities and Social Science: Impact Starter Fund 2025-26: rolling deadline
- CRASSH Connections Events: 18 October 2026
- CRASSH Events and Initiatives Funding Competition: 18 October 2026
- Bioscience Impact and Knowledge Exchange (BIKE) Fund (23 October 2026)
- Global Humanities Mobility Scheme: 09 November 2026
- Cambridge Humanities Research Grants: 16 November 2026
- Strategic Research Project, Isaac Newton Trust (Outline: 21 January 2027; Full Stage: 13 May 2027)
Early Career Researchers: Grants
- BA International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2027: 07 October 2026
- BA Talent Development Award: 07 October 2026
- A guide for the commercialisation of Creative Industries Research: 15 October 2026
- Pre-announcement: Trust and confidence in policing: R&I Consortium: 27 October 2026
- Core Research Grants, Russell Sage Foundation: 28 October 2026
- ESRC responsive mode: research grants round two: 04 November 2026
- ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis round two: 04 November 2026
- British Academy / Leverhulme Small Research Grants: 04 November 2026
- Wellcome Early-Career Awards: 10 November 2026
- Wellcome Career Development Awards: 17 November 2026
- British Academy Early Career Researcher Network Seed Fund 2026-27: 18 November 2026
- Innovate Now with Wellcome: 27 November 2026
- RFP - The Human Thread: 01 December 2026
- International Writing Workshops 2026: 02 December 2026
- ERC Consolidator Grant: 12 January 2027
- Pre-announcement: Experimental medicine to define mechanisms of gambling disorder: 14 April 2027
Established Researchers: Grants
- Nuffield Trust Main Grants (Research, Development and Analysis Fund): 05 October 2026
- Nuffield Trust Racial Diversity UK Fund: 05 October 2026
- BA International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2027: 07 October 2026
- BA Talent Development Award: 07 October 2026
- ESRC React Awards (pilot): outline: 08 October 2026
- A guide for the commercialisation of Creative Industries Research: 15 October 2026
- Core Research Grants, Russell Sage Foundation: 28 October 2026
- ESRC responsive mode: research grants round two: 04 November 2026
- ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis round two: 04 November 2026
- British Academy / Leverhulme Small Research Grants: 04 November 2026
- Wellcome Career Development Awards: 17 November 2026
- Economic research on the returns to R&D investment: 19 November 2026
- Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science: 25 November 2026
- Innovate Now with Wellcome: 27 November 2026
- RICHeS Access Fund: 30 November 2026
- Long-term cultural and sporting events legacy: 01 December 2026
- Attendance and engagement at UK sporting, cultural and heritage sites: 01 December 2026
- RFP - The Human Thread: 01 December 2026
- ODA Research Management Capacity Strengthening 2026: 02 December 2026
- International Writing Workshops 2026: 02 December 2026
- Gambling harms research grants: 08 December 2026
- ERC Consolidator Grant: 12 January 2027
- Pre-announcement: Experimental medicine to define mechanisms of gambling disorder: 14 April 2027
- ERC Synergy Grant: 11 May 2027
- ERC Advanced Grant: 26 August 2027
Early Career Researchers: Fellowships
- Global Innovation Fellowships: The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) 2026-2027: 14 October 2026
- British Academy-CIFAR Global Scholars: 04 November 2026
- British Academy Innovation Fellowship Scheme 2026 - Route B:Policy-Led (FCDO): 18 November 2026
- Global Innovation Fellowships: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2026: 18 November 2026
Established Researchers: Fellowships
- Global Innovation Fellowships: The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) 2026-2027: 14 October 2026
- Gulbenkian Institute for Advanced Study: 15 October 2026
- BRAID Fellowships: 23 October 2026
- British Academy-CIFAR Global Scholars: 04 November 2026
- Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships: 05 November 2026
- British Academy / Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships: 11 November 2026
- British Academy Innovation Fellowship Scheme 2026 - Route B:Policy-Led (FCDO): 18 November 2026
- Global Innovation Fellowships: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2026: 18 November 2026
- Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships: 01 October 2027