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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

View the live in a Research Professional calendar mode (requires login to Research Professional). The calendar provides a brief description of the funding opportunity when selected. Once open, you can view funding opportunities as is in the calendar mode or Subscribe to place all the deadline entries in your own calendar which is automatically updated over time. The Download option can also be used however the deadline entries placed in your own calendar will not be updated automatically with this option. 

(Updated 17 March 2025)

ResDev Notification Date  Closing Date Primary Funder Funding Scheme
17-Mar-25 28-Apr-25 Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)
17-Mar-25 28-Apr-25 Dunhill Medical Trust
18-Mar-25 29-Apr-25 Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)
18-Mar-25 29-Apr-25 Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)
18-Mar-25 29-Apr-25 Breast Cancer Now
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Innovate UK
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Innovate UK
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Medical Research Council (MRC)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Medical Research Council (MRC)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Medical Research Council (MRC)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Medical Research Council (MRC)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Medical Research Council (MRC)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Medical Research Council (MRC)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Innovate UK
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Medical Research Council (MRC)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Medical Research Council (MRC)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Medical Research Council (MRC)
19-Mar-25 30-Apr-25 Innovate UK
20-Mar-25 01-May-25 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
20-Mar-25 01-May-25 Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
20-Mar-25 01-May-25 Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
25-Mar-25 06-May-25 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
25-Mar-25 06-May-25 Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
26-Mar-25 07-May-25 Innovate UK
26-Mar-25 07-May-25 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
28-Mar-25 09-May-25 Leverhulme Trust
02-Apr-25 14-May-25 Leverhulme Trust
02-Apr-25 14-May-25 Wellcome Trust
02-Apr-25 14-May-25 Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
15-Apr-25 27-May-25 Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
18-Apr-25 30-May-25 Leverhulme Trust
19-Apr-25 31-May-25 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
23-Apr-25 04-Jun-25 Royal Society
23-Apr-25 04-Jun-25 Royal Society
25-Apr-25 06-Jun-25 Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
26-Apr-25 07-Jun-25 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
30-Apr-25 11-Jun-25 Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
08-May-25 19-Jun-25 Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
08-May-25 19-Jun-25 Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
19-May-25 30-Jun-25 Innovate UK
29-May-25 10-Jul-25 Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
04-Jun-25 16-Jul-25 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
  No deadline Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
  No deadline Dunhill Medical Trust
  No deadline Medical Research Council (MRC)
  No deadline AI for Collective Intelligence
  No deadline Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
  Unknown Wellcome Trust
  Unknown Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)
  No deadline Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
  No deadline Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
  No deadline Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
  No deadline Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
  No deadline Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
  No deadline Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
  No deadline Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
  No deadline Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
  No deadline Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
  No deadline Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)