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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 six 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 5 August 2026)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing date | Primary funder | Funding Shceme |
| 05-Aug-26 | 16-Sep-26 | Royal Society | |
| 05-Aug-26 | 16-Sep-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 05-Aug-26 | 16-Sep-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 05-Aug-26 | 16-Sep-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 05-Aug-26 | 16-Sep-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 05-Aug-26 | 16-Sep-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 05-Aug-26 | 16-Sep-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 05-Aug-26 | 16-Sep-26 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | |
| 05-Aug-26 | 16-Sep-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | British Council | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 06-Aug-26 | 17-Sep-26 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | |
| 07-Aug-26 | 18-Sep-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 07-Aug-26 | 18-Sep-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 10-Aug-26 | 21-Sep-26 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | |
| 10-Aug-26 | 21-Sep-26 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) | |
| 10-Aug-26 | 21-Sep-26 | British Council | |
| 10-Aug-26 | 21-Sep-26 | British Council | |
| 11-Aug-26 | 22-Sep-26 | Wellcome | |
| 12-Aug-26 | 23-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 12-Aug-26 | 23-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 12-Aug-26 | 23-Sep-26 | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | |
| 12-Aug-26 | 23-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 13-Aug-26 | 24-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | |
| 13-Aug-26 | 24-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | |
| 13-Aug-26 | 24-Sep-26 | Horizon Europe: Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area | |
| 13-Aug-26 | 24-Sep-26 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | |
| 14-Aug-26 | 25-Sep-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 18-Aug-26 | 29-Sep-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 18-Aug-26 | 29-Sep-26 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | |
| 18-Aug-26 | 29-Sep-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 19-Aug-26 | 30-Sep-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 19-Aug-26 | 30-Sep-26 | The British Academy (BA) | |
| 19-Aug-26 | 30-Sep-26 | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | |
| 20-Aug-26 | 01-Oct-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 20-Aug-26 | 01-Oct-26 | Diabetes UK | |
| 20-Aug-26 | 01-Oct-26 | National Humanities Center | |
| 20-Aug-26 | 01-Oct-26 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | |
| 20-Aug-26 | 01-Oct-26 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 20-Aug-26 | 01-Oct-26 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | |
| 20-Aug-26 | 01-Oct-26 | Diabetes UK | |
| 20-Aug-26 | 01-Oct-26 | Swiss National Science Foundation | |
| 21-Aug-26 | 02-Oct-26 | Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) | |
| 26-Aug-26 | 07-Oct-26 | The British Academy (BA) | |
| 26-Aug-26 | 07-Oct-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 26-Aug-26 | 07-Oct-26 | The British Academy (BA) | |
| 27-Aug-26 | 08-Oct-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 27-Aug-26 | 08-Oct-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 27-Aug-26 | 08-Oct-26 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | |
| 01-Sep-26 | 13-Oct-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 02-Sep-26 | 14-Oct-26 | Horizon Europe: Excellent Science | |
| 02-Sep-26 | 14-Oct-26 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | |
| 03-Sep-26 | 15-Oct-26 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | |
| 16-Sep-26 | 28-Oct-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 16-Sep-26 | 28-Oct-26 | Royal Society | |
| 18-Sep-26 | 30-Oct-26 | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | |
| 20-Sep-26 | 01-Nov-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 23-Sep-26 | 04-Nov-26 | Innovate UK | |
| 24-Sep-26 | 05-Nov-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 24-Sep-26 | 05-Nov-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 24-Sep-26 | 05-Nov-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 24-Sep-26 | 05-Nov-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 24-Sep-26 | 05-Nov-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 30-Sep-26 | 11-Nov-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 01-Oct-26 | 12-Nov-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 01-Oct-26 | 12-Nov-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 07-Oct-26 | 18-Nov-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 07-Oct-26 | 18-Nov-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 07-Oct-26 | 18-Nov-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 08-Oct-26 | 19-Nov-26 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 13-Oct-26 | 24-Nov-26 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions | |
| 15-Oct-26 | 26-Nov-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 20-Oct-26 | 01-Dec-26 | Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness | |
| 20-Oct-26 | 01-Dec-26 | Diabetes UK | |
| 27-Oct-26 | 08-Dec-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 27-Oct-26 | 08-Dec-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 27-Oct-26 | 08-Dec-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| 04-Nov-26 | 16-Dec-26 | National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) | |
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| No deadline | Vivensa Foundation | ||
| 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 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Innovate UK | ||
| No deadline | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ||
| No deadline | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ||
| No deadline | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| No deadline | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Advanced Research+Invention Agency (ARIA) | ||
| No deadline | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | ||
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |