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Funding Opportunities

We support researchers and their teams in applying for research grants and keep this list updated with upcoming opportunities that may be of interest to our community.

External funding opportunities

JUNE

Facility access funding for bioscience partnerships – UKRI
5 June 2025, max £200K

DARE UK next-generation trusted research environment capabilities – UKRI
5 June 2025, £390K

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

Future Leaders Fellowships: round 10 – UKRI
18 June 2025

Notification of intent: Transdisciplinary research to tackle antimicrobial resistance – UKRI
NOI 18 June 2025, max £3M

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

DFG, German Research Foundation - Data Corpora for Artificial Intelligence
30 July 2025 (NOI 30 May), €400K

AUGUST

Novel non-pharmacological approaches for diagnosis and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) | NIHR
Outline 5 August 2025, no max

SEPTEMBER

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Researcher-led - primary research | NIHR
Outline 3 September 2025

OCTOBER

Novel and Emerging Technologies (NET) Grants - Heart Research UK Outline 3 Oct 2025, £300K

NOVEMBER

Pre-announcement: DARE UK Real-world Research Exemplar Programme – UKRI
5 November 2025, Total fund £4.7M

HORIZON EUROPE

The 2025 Horizon Europe work programmes have now been published
Horizon Europe work programmes - European Commission

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