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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 21 January 2026)
| ResDev Notificaiton Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder | Funding Scheme |
| 27-Jan-26 | 10-Mar-26 | British Ecological Society (BES) | |
| 27-Jan-26 | 10-Mar-26 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | |
| 27-Jan-26 | 10-Mar-26 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | |
| 27-Jan-26 | 10-Mar-26 | British Ecological Society (BES) | |
| 27-Jan-26 | 10-Mar-26 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | |
| 27-Jan-26 | 10-Mar-26 | British Ecological Society (BES) | |
| 28-Jan-26 | 11-Mar-26 | Royal Society | |
| 28-Jan-26 | 11-Mar-26 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | |
| 29-Jan-26 | 12-Mar-26 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | |
| 29-Jan-26 | 12-Mar-26 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | |
| 29-Jan-26 | 12-Mar-26 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | |
| 02-Feb-26 | 16-Mar-26 | Nuffield Foundation | |
| 02-Feb-26 | 16-Mar-26 | Wellcome | |
| 03-Feb-26 | 17-Mar-26 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | |
| 04-Feb-26 | 18-Mar-26 | Royal Society | |
| 04-Feb-26 | 18-Mar-26 | Royal Society | |
| 04-Feb-26 | 18-Mar-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 05-Feb-26 | 19-Mar-26 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | |
| 10-Feb-26 | 24-Mar-26 | Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) | |
| 10-Feb-26 | 24-Mar-26 | Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland | |
| 11-Feb-26 | 25-Mar-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 11-Feb-26 | 25-Mar-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 11-Feb-26 | 25-Mar-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 11-Feb-26 | 25-Mar-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 12-Feb-26 | 26-Mar-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 12-Feb-26 | 26-Mar-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 12-Feb-26 | 26-Mar-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 12-Feb-26 | 26-Mar-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 12-Feb-26 | 26-Mar-26 | Wellcome | |
| 12-Feb-26 | 26-Mar-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 12-Feb-26 | 26-Mar-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 13-Feb-26 | 27-Mar-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 17-Feb-26 | 31-Mar-26 | Wellcome | |
| 17-Feb-26 | 31-Mar-26 | Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) | |
| 18-Feb-26 | 01-Apr-26 | Royal Society | |
| 18-Feb-26 | 01-Apr-26 | Swiss National Science Foundation | |
| 19-Feb-26 | 02-Apr-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 19-Feb-26 | 02-Apr-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 02-Mar-26 | 13-Apr-26 | Nuffield Foundation | |
| 02-Mar-26 | 13-Apr-26 | Breast Cancer Now | |
| 05-Mar-26 | 16-Apr-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 10-Mar-26 | 21-Apr-26 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | |
| 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) | |
| 19-Mar-26 | 30-Apr-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 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) | |
| 26-Mar-26 | 07-May-26 | Innovate UK | |
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| No deadline | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| Unknown | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | ||
| No deadline | Vivensa Foundation | ||
| Unknown | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| Unknown | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| Unknown | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Innovate UK | ||
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | ||
| No deadline | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ||
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | ||
| Unknown | Innovate UK | ||
| No deadline | Scottish Government | ||
| No deadline | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Advanced Research+Invention Agency (ARIA) | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | ||
| Unknown | Medical Research Council (MRC) |