Funding Opportunities

APRIL

Ambitious data-enabled ‘e-trials’ | NIHR
Outline deadline 2 April 2025, full submission 17 July 2025

Wellcome Discovery Awards - Funding for Established Researchers | Grant funding | Wellcome
Next deadline 8 Apr 2025

Mathematics for Safe AI – ARIA
9 Apr 2025, £550K

UKRI Metascience AI early career fellowships – UKRI
10 Apr 2025, £260K

Doctoral Focal Award in AI and Data in the Biosciences – UKRI
10 Apr 2025, £12M

Data Discovery Awards – Multiple Sclerosis Society 
14 April 2025, £100K

UK intelligence community postdoctoral research fellowships – Royal Academy of Engineering
Apr 2025, £250K

Cyber Local 2025-2026 – Innovate UK
30 April 2025, £150K

MAY

UKRI Data for Metascience – UKRI
1 May 2025, £1M

UKRI Creating opportunities: rethinking economic (in)activity – UKRI
6 May 2025, £1.2M

HTA Programme researcher-led evidence synthesis | NIHR
7 May 2025

Special funding for international collaboration in high-performance computing – Research Council of Finland
7 May 2025, €1M

Japan-UK joint call for collaborations in advancing human-centred AI – UKRI
22 May 2025, £1.5M

JUNE

Define and implement a location data collection process and generate a test data set to help improve multi-modal journeys | Innovate UK Business Connect
17 June 2025, successful applicants to pitch a project proposal to Transport for London

Pre-announcement: Future Leaders Fellowships: round 10 – UKRI
18 June 2025

Early Detection and Diagnosis Project Award | Cancer Research UK
19 June 2025, £500K

Interdisciplinary research to tackle epidemic threats – UKRI
19 June 2025, £3.75M

JULY

Australia-UK platform studies in areas of unmet clinical need | NIHR
23 July 2025, £2.6M

Mental health award: leveraging longitudinal data to transform early intervention in mental health - Wellcome
22 July 2025, £1-5M

OPEN DEADLINE

ESRC responsive mode: Secondary data analysis round two
Max award £300K, open deadline

Strategic infrastructure outlines – UKRI
Min award £400K, open deadline

Statements of Need in Research Infrastructure – UKRI
Consultation, open deadline