Calendar of External & Internal Funding Opportunities
*Please note that funder deadlines are listed on this calendar. 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: 1) Internal Opportunities, 2) Grants for Early Career Researchers, 3) Grants for Established Researchers, 4) Fellowships for Early Career Researchers and 5) 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
- Isaac Newton Trust Emergency Bridge & Underwriting: 04 June 2026
- Policy Innovation Fund 2025: 30 June 2026
- UZH Global Funding Scheme 2026: 31 July 2026
- Keynes Fund Call for Projects: 25 September 2026
- Global Humanities Mobility Scheme: TBC September 2026
Early Career Researchers: Grants
- British Election Study 2027 to 2032: 14 May 2026
- British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants: 03 June 2026
- ESRC Connect Awards (pilot): 10 June 2026
- Wellcome Trust Early Career Award: 21 July 2026
- Wellcome Trust Career Development Award: 28 July 2026
Established Researchers: Grants
- Leverhulme Visiting Professorship: 01 May 2026
- British Election Study 2027 to 2032: 14 May 2026
- What Works Centre (WWC) for local employment support: 19 May 2026
- British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants: 03 June 2026
- ESRC Connect Awards (pilot): 10 June 2026
- Video games and gambling-related harms: 23 July 2026
- Wellcome Trust Career Development: 28 July 2026
- ERC Advanced Grant: 27 August 2026
- Leverhulme Visiting Professorship: 01 September 2026
- ERC Plus Grant: 02 September 2026
- ERC Proof of Concept: 17 September 2026
- Wellcome Trust Discovery Award: 22 September 2026
- ESRC React Awards (pilot): outline: 08 October 2026
Early Career Researchers: Fellowships
- ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowships: 01 June 2026
- MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship: 09 September 2026
Established Researchers: Fellowships
- currently none
