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

JANUARY

Safeguarded AI - ARIA
£565K - £1.2M, deadline 2 January 2025
To support teams from the economic, social, legal, and political sciences to consider the sound socio-technical integration of Safeguarded AI systems.

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme Researcher-led (evidence synthesis) | NIHR
Deadline 8 January 2025

Mindset extended reality (XR): Digital therapeutics for mental health
Innovate UK, Max award £300K, deadline 15 January 2025

AI solutions to develop AI competencies in key sectors – UKRI
Innovate UK, £3M total fund, deadline 29 January
Sectors; construction, transport and logistics, creative industries, agriculture and food processing

FEBRUARY

Team Science Award Round 2 - Applied Health and Social Care Research Methodology | NIHR
£100K, deadline 5 February 2025

Call for Research Proposals Building Resilience against Systemic Cyber Risk
AXA Research Fund, €150K, 15 February 2025

EPSRC-NSF: Exploiting Quantum Information Science in Chemistry – UKRI
£500K, deadline 27 February 2025

MARCH

Research Project Grants | The Leverhulme Trust
Interdisciplinary, Responsive mode, £500K, next deadline 21 March 2025

Artificial intelligence, engineering biology and quantum technologies: highlight notice – UKRI
Until 31 March 2025 funding available for AI in biomedical research via MRC responsive mode grants in; population and systems medicine; molecular and cellular medicine; infections and immunity; neurosciences and mental health; developmental pathway; funding scheme; experimental medicine

APRIL

Opening up the Environment 2025 – UKRI
£62.5K, deadline 1 April 2025

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

UK intelligence community postdoctoral research fellowships
Royal Academy of Engineering, 250K, deadline April 2025

JUNE