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
- REF Impact Fund: rolling deadline
- All Council Harmonised IAA Impact Starter Fund Call 2022-2026: rolling deadline
- Isaac Newton Trust Research Grants: 10 January 2025; 25 April 2025
- Collection-based Research in the Humanities | Isaac Newton Trust: 10 January 2025
- Project Completion Grants for Mid-Career Researchers in Humanities | Isaac Newton Trust: 10 January 2025
- Cambridge Humanities Research Grant: 27 January 2025; 10 March 2025; 28 April 2025; 16 June 2025
- INT Academic Career Development Fellowships: 21 February 2025
Early Career Researchers: Grants
- Flexible Grants for Small Groups (FG11) | Independent Social Research Foundation: 10 January 2025
- Research Consortia - Rothschild: 13 January 2025
- The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium | The British Academy: 15 January 2025
- New Generation Thinkers 2025: 28 January 2025
- BA International Writing Workshops: 29 January 2025
- British Academy Conferences funding for UK-based researchers | The British Academy: 29 January 2025
- AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award: 30 January 2025
- AHRC responsive mode: Catalyst Award: 30 January 2025
- Evidence-informed policymaking grants | The British Academy: 19 February 2025
- Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards: 25 February 2025
- Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners 2025 | The British Academy: 05 March 2025
- Proof of Concept | ERC: 13 March 2025 and 18 September 2025
Established Researchers: Grants
- Flexible Grants for Small Groups (FG11) | Independent Social Research Foundation: 10 January 2025
- Research Consortia - Rothschild: 13 January 2025
- BA International Writing Workshops: 29 January 2025
- British Academy Conferences funding for UK-based researchers | The British Academy: 29 January 2025
- AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award: round six – UKRI: 30 January 2025
- AHRC responsive mode: Catalyst Award: round six – UKRI: 30 January 2025
- Collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research: round seven – UKRI: 19 February 2025
- Evidence-informed policymaking grants | The British Academy: 19 February 2025
- Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners 2025 | The British Academy: 05 March 2025
- Proof of Concept | ERC: 13 March 2025 and 18 September 2025
- Career Development Awards - Funding for Mid-Career Researchers | Wellcome: 03 April 2025
- Pre-announcement: Locally Unlocking Culture through Inclusive Access (LUCIA): 25 April 2025
- Advanced Grant | ERC: 28 August 2025
Early Career Researchers: Fellowships
Established Researchers: Fellowships
- none currently open
