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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 10 Apr 2025)
| ResDev Notification Date | Closing Date | Primary Funder | Funding Scheme |
| 10-Apr-25 | 22-May-25 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | |
| 10-Apr-25 | 22-May-25 | Wellcome Trust | |
| 15-Apr-25 | 27-May-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | |
| 16-Apr-25 | 28-May-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 16-Apr-25 | 28-May-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 16-Apr-25 | 28-May-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 16-Apr-25 | 28-May-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 17-Apr-25 | 29-May-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 17-Apr-25 | 29-May-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 18-Apr-25 | 30-May-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 18-Apr-25 | 30-May-25 | Software Sustainability Institute | |
| 18-Apr-25 | 30-May-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 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 | The British Academy (BA) | |
| 23-Apr-25 | 04-Jun-25 | Royal Society | |
| 24-Apr-25 | 05-Jun-25 | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | |
| 24-Apr-25 | 05-Jun-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 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) | |
| 07-May-25 | 18-Jun-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | |
| 08-May-25 | 19-Jun-25 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | |
| 08-May-25 | 19-Jun-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 08-May-25 | 19-Jun-25 | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) | |
| 16-May-25 | 27-Jun-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | |
| 19-May-25 | 30-Jun-25 | Innovate UK | |
| 22-May-25 | 03-Jul-25 | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | |
| 29-May-25 | 10-Jul-25 | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) | |
| 04-Jun-25 | 16-Jul-25 | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | |
| 04-Jun-25 | 16-Jul-25 | Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 10-Jun-25 | 22-Jul-25 | Wellcome Trust | |
| 17-Jun-25 | 29-Jul-25 | Wellcome Trust | |
| 19-Jun-25 | 31-Jul-25 | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences | |
| 19-Jun-25 | 31-Jul-25 | Diabetes UK | |
| 20-Jun-25 | 01-Aug-25 | European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) | |
| 25-Jun-25 | 06-Aug-25 | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | |
| No deadline | Dunhill Medical Trust | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | AI for Collective Intelligence | ||
| No deadline | Medical Research Council (MRC) | ||
| Unknown | Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) | ||
| Unknown | Innovate UK | ||
| 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) | ||
| Unknown | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | ||
| No deadline | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||
| No deadline | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |