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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 6 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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External Funding Deadlines Live Calendar
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(Updated 14 May 2025)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder Name | Funding Scheme |
| 14-May-25 | 25-Jun-25 | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | |
| 14-May-25 | 25-Jun-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 14-May-25 | 25-Jun-25 | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | |
| 15-May-25 | 26-Jun-25 | Blood Cancer UK | |
| 16-May-25 | 27-Jun-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | |
| 19-May-25 | 30-Jun-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 20-May-25 | 01-Jul-25 | Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) | |
| 20-May-25 | 01-Jul-25 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | |
| 21-May-25 | 02-Jul-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 21-May-25 | 02-Jul-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 21-May-25 | 02-Jul-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 22-May-25 | 03-Jul-25 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | |
| 26-May-25 | 07-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 26-May-25 | 07-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 28-May-25 | 09-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 28-May-25 | 09-Jul-25 | Forestry Commission | |
| 29-May-25 | 10-Jul-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | |
| 03-Jun-25 | 15-Jul-25 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | |
| 04-Jun-25 | 16-Jul-25 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | |
| 04-Jun-25 | 16-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 04-Jun-25 | 16-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 10-Jun-25 | 22-Jul-25 | Wellcome Trust | |
| 12-Jun-25 | 24-Jul-25 | Wellcome Trust | |
| 17-Jun-25 | 29-Jul-25 | Wellcome Trust | |
| 19-Jun-25 | 31-Jul-25 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | |
| 19-Jun-25 | 31-Jul-25 | Diabetes UK | |
| 20-Jun-25 | 01-Aug-25 | European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) | |
| 25-Jun-25 | 06-Aug-25 | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | |
| 09-Jul-25 | 20-Aug-25 | Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | |
| 17-Jul-25 | 28-Aug-25 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | |
| 18-Jul-25 | 29-Aug-25 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | |
| 21-Jul-25 | 01-Sep-25 | BRACE | |
| 21-Jul-25 | 01-Sep-25 | BRACE | |
| 21-Jul-25 | 01-Sep-25 | Leverhulme Trust | |
| 23-Jul-25 | 03-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 23-Jul-25 | 03-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 24-Jul-25 | 04-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 25-Jul-25 | 05-Sep-25 | Dunhill Medical Trust | |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | |
| 28-Jul-25 | 08-Sep-25 | British Ecological Society (BES) | |
| 29-Jul-25 | 09-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 29-Jul-25 | 09-Sep-25 | Royal Society | |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Royal Society | |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | |
| 30-Jul-25 | 10-Sep-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 31-Jul-25 | 11-Sep-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 31-Jul-25 | 11-Sep-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 01-Aug-25 | 12-Sep-25 | Innovate UK | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| No deadline | Innovate UK | ||
| No deadline | AI for Collective Intelligence | ||
| No deadline | Dunhill Medical Trust | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ||
| 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 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) |