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Funding news and events

The latest research related activities are highlighted in this page.

Pre-announcements

Calls pre-announced recently: 

Regular schemes:

  • The Leverhulme Trust 
  • British Academy 
  • The Wellcome Trust
  • Horizon Europe the European Commission's research framework running 2021-2027. Participation pending on post-brexit agreements. Submissions require advice from RSS. Main grant programmes:
    • ERC, annual reiterative calls. HEU awarding funds require association. Government UK support (new UK scheme) while transitioning to association;
    • MSCA, annual reiterative calls. HEU awarding funds require association. Government UK support (new UK scheme) while transitioning to association;
    • Societal Challenges, annual calls. Participation is allowed without association: UKRI Guarantee funding (proposal as beneficiary, third country award).
  • Other calls for funding: New opportunities are scanned regularly and those are highlighted every week to key staff from the Faculty of Humanities. Calls can be searched online downloading the calls database or browsing the highlights opportunities, and also requesting punctual information to RSS. Other funding sources are various and relevant: Norface, Nuffield Foundation, JPIs, ERA-NETs, EC DGs, EEF, ELRHa, NSF, charities and foundations, and many others.

Previous calls:

The UK Government (through UKRI and Innovate UK) will allocate £1.6b in “new investments” for R&D in 2018 to target 2.5% GDP spending.

  • UKRI’s Strategic in Places Fund (SPF). Invested £200 million over the next three years in 12 Strength in Places projects to develop R&D capacity and support local growth across the UK. BEIS t is "currently working to set detailed R&D budgets through to 2024/25".  
  • UKRI's Fund for International Collaboration (FIC). "The Fund aims to enhance the UK’s excellence in research and innovation through global engagement, forging new bilateral and multilateral research and innovation programmes with global partners." A £79m investment in international projects for world-leading collaborations. The FIC website provides further information. Calls will be led by research councils through different schemes. Relevant pre-announcements:
    • Digital research skill and digital scholarship museums (AHRC);
    • Supporting business-led multilateral collaboration through the EUREKA framework;
    • Delivering Disruptive Industrial Research and Innovation between the UK and Canada to access global markets;
    • Climate, Environment and Health (Multilateral through the Belmont Forum);
    • Tackling AMR in the Environment (India);
    • Delivering Healthy Soils: Signals in the Soil (USA);
    • UKRI's Research England:
      • International Investment Initiative (I3): A £4m fund to strengthen research relationships between English universities and their counterparts outside the UK. Matching-fund projects.
  • UKRI's GCRF or the Global Challenges Research Fund. £1.5 billion funds from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2016-2021 to address global challenges. Expected new calls.
  • The Newton Fund. £735m from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) lasting from 2014 until 2021 in principle. Some reiterative schemes:
    • International workshops (through the British Council);
    • Research Links workshops (British Council);
    • Mobility Grants (British Council and British Academy);
    • Institutional links grants (British Council);
    • Placements in foreign countries (British Council);
    • Advanced Fellowships (British Academy).

ESRC calls through the Rebuilding Macroeconomics Institutions Research Hub:

  • Finance Hub research call;
  • Instability Hub research call;
  • Sustainability Hub research call;
  • Macroeconomic Hub

Calls not yet announced but expected in 2026

The following calls add to those already announced or pre-announced in other pages (especially the highlight page). These listed calls are educated assumptions based on previous announcements but in some cases recurrence has not yet been confirmed and it is not known yet. They all are included in the highlight funding opportunities database. This page will be updated regularly (last updated 13/03/2026). 

(Work in progress)

May

  • ADAM Architecture Travel Scholarship
  • Amazon Research Awards - Think Big call for proposals
  • Arts Council England Developing your Creative Practice (DYCP)
  • Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat  CTBUH International Research Seed Funding
  • European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR) Visitor Grants
  • Google PhD Fellowship Program.
  • Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA) Bourse de recherche DFK Paris
  • International Association for the Study of Arabian IASA Research Grants
  • Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation Research Grant
  • Leverhulme Trus Centenary  Research Leadership Awards
  • National Research Foundation of South Africa DSI/NRF SARChI Chairs
  • NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Fellowships
  • Pandemic Fund Phase I multi-country proposals
  • Royal Institute of British Architects ​RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship
  • Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA Research Fund
  • Rockefeller Foundation  The Bellagio Center Convening Program
  • Royal Institute of Philosophy Bursaries
  • Royal Institute of Philosophy Graduate conferences
  • Royal Institute of Philosophy Philosophy Conference Funding
  • Royal Institute of Philosophy School conferences
  • Society for the History of Technology Brooke Hindle postdoctoral fellowship
  • Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain SAHGB Publication Grants
  • Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain SAHGB Research Grants
  • Spencer Foundation Racial Equity Special Research Grants
  • UK Parliament POST British Psychological Society Fellowship
  • University of Manchester Humanities Strategic Civic Engagement Fund
  • University of Manchester JRRIL Visiting Early Career Research Fellowships 2025/26

June

  • American Philosophical Association (APA) APA Diversity and inclusiveness funding
  • American Philosophical Association (APA) APA Small Grant Fund
  • Anglo-Austrian Society Angela Krosik award for doctoral studies
  • Art Libraries Society (ARLIS) Global majority art librarianship scholarship
  • Association for Low Countries Studies (ALCS) - University of Sheffield Research Grants
  • Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) ACU Fellowships
  • British Ecological Society BES POST Fellowship
  • BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants (including special funds)
  • British Council Connections Through Culture grants
  • British Council International Science Partnership Fund (ISPF) International research collaboration
  • British Council Language teacher training scholarships
  • Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation CEDEJ postdoctoral fellowship
  • UKRI Access to high performance computing facilities.
  • Global Education Center, Hosei University Foreign scholars fellowship programme
  • Government Republic of China (Taiwan) -  Ministry of Education Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Taiwan Fellowship
  • UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology DSIT Fellowship
  • UK Department for Transport (DfT) Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG)
  • Graduate Women International (GWI) Hegg Hoffet Fund for Displace Women Graduates
  • IELTS - International English Language Testing System Research proposals
  • Innovations for Poverty Action | UK Department for International Development | Open Society Foundations Peace and Recovery
  • JSPS Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - London Short Term Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Leibniz Institute of European History Leibniz fellowships “Value of the past”
  • Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarships 
  • Leverhulme Trust Research Centres
  • Lisle International Global Seed Grant Program
  • Medici Archive Project (MAP) Beatrice Solomon fellowships
  • Medici Archive Project (MAP) Eva Schler Fellowships
  • Medici Archive Project (MAP) Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust fellowships
  • Medici Archive Project (MAP) Samuel H Kress fellowship
  • National Library of Australia National folk fellowship
  • OsK Huttusen Säätiön Osk. Huttunen Foundation grants for doctoral studies and post-doc research abroad
  • OsK Huttusen Säätiön OsK. Huttus Foundation Grant (OsK. Huttus-säätiön apuraha) Postgrad studies abroad
  • Philological Society Master's bursary scheme
  • PRS Foundation Beyond Borders
  • Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA AHR scholarship
  • Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA Scott Brownrigg Award for Sustainable Development
  • Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA Wren Insurance Association Scholarships
  • Royal Photographic Society RPS Postgraduate bursary
  • Royal Society Kan Tong Po Fellowship
  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Douglas W Bray and Ann Howard research grant
  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Sidney A. Fine Grant for Research on the Analysis of Work
  • Taaul:unie Research Grants
  • Textile Society Museum, Archive and Conservation Award
  • Toyota Foundation Research Programme Grant: Interlinkages and Innovation for Future Societies
  • UK Parliament POST British Ecological Society (BES) Fellowship 2024/25
  • UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Fellowship Programme for people of African descent
  • University of Manchester SoSS - Economics Discipline Area Studentships
  • University of Manchester | University of Melbourne | University of Toronto (MMT) Research Fund
  • Waterloo Foundation Environment fund - tropical rainforests
  • Wellcome Trust Hub Award
  • Zeit-Stiftung Foundation Ph.D. Scholarship Program "Uncertainty"

July

  • Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) AKS Fellowship Program for Korean Studies
  • AHRC  Collaborative Doctoral Partnership: British Museum
  • Arts Council England Developing your Creative Practice (DYCP)
  • ASTR - American Association for Theatre Research ASTR Collaborative Research Award
  • British Computer Society (BCS) - The Chartered Institute for IT BCS computer teacher scholarships
  • British Council Going Global Partnerships HE Connects partnerships with Mexico
  • British Council IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • British Council UK-KSA research collaborations (ISPF)
  • British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) BIRI Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
  • British Society of Soil Science David S Jenkinson fellowship
  • Business Archives Council (BAC) Cataloguing Grant for Business Archives related to Arts
  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Management accounting and control: Approaches to building organisations driven by technology and sustainability
  • ClimateXChange post-doctoral Fellowship Impact of ‘People and Place’ active and sustainable travel programme
  • EC European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Spark
  • Economic History Society Bursary Scheme for PhD Students
  • European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR) Thematic conferences grants
  • Gladstone's Library Bishop J. R. H. Moorman Scholarship
  • Google Academic Research Awards: AI for Privacy, Safety, Security, and Privacy Research
  • Google Academic Research Awards: Trust, Safety, Security, and Privacy Research
  • IAS - French Institutes for Advance Studies Fellowship programme
  • IAS - Institute for Advanced Study - Paris Research Residencies at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study
  • Istanbul Research Institute Postdoctoral research and writing grant
  • Italian Institute for Historical Research | Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici Research grants
  • National Geographic Society Enduring Impacts: Archaeology of Sustainability.
  • North West Social Science DTP ESRC NWSSDTP CASE Studentship
  • One World Media (OWM) Fellowship
  • Property Research Trust Research Grants
  • Royal Historical Society RHS Research Grants and Early Career Research Funding
  • Royal Photographic Society (RPS) Joan Wakelin Bursary
  • Royal Photographic Society (RPS) TPA/RPS Environmental Bursary
  • Royal Society International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) International Collaboration Awards: Japan.
  • Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Research Grant 2026
  • State Library of New South Wales Australian religious history fellowship
  • State Library of New South Wales CH Currey memorial fellowship
  • State Library of New South Wales Coral Thomas fellowship
  • State Library of New South Wales Various fellowships
  • Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (DFP) Documentary
  • Univers Foundation Research Grant Program
  • Université Paris Sciences et Lettres  Visiting Fellows
  • University of Manchester - HUM - JRRIL JRRIL Early career research fellowships support (BA)
  • University of Manchester - HUM - JRRIL JRRIL Research Support for research events
  • University of Manchester - HUM - JRRIL The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • Urban Studies Foundation USF's International Fellowships
  • Wellcome Trust Accelerator Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome
  • Whitlam Institute Palace Letters Fellowship

August

  • AISI - AI Security Institute Challenge Fund
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Focus Grants
  • Australian National University (ANU) Sir William Dobell Visiting Chair
  • Australian National University (ANU) Sir William Dobell Visiting Fellowship Program
  • British Academy Mid-Career Fellowships
  • British Educational Research Association (BERA) Early Career Researcher Career Development Fund
  • DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (PRIME)
  • European Association for International Education (EAIE) EAIE Doctoral Research Grants
  • Evan Cornish Foundation (ECF) ECF project grants
  • Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) Study material support for universities teaching Finnish language and culture outside of Finland
  • Government UK - Ministry of Defence Nuclear Deterrence Fund
  • Inquire Europe Research grants
  • International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) Center of excellence grant
  • International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) Large grant open call
  • International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) Seed Grant RFA for Research in Lottery Gambling
  • Japan Foundation London Grant Programme Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange
  • John Templeton Foundation Grants
  • JSPS Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Invitational Fellowships Long Term
  • MacArthur Foundation 100&Change
  • Merck Research Grants
  • Nasdaq Foundation Quarterly Grant Program
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars
  • NIHR PHR Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
  • Nlnet Foundation  NGI - Next Generation Internet
  • Pandemic Fund Phase I multi-country proposals
  • Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) Special ERG on Climate Change
  • Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) Special Exploratory Research Grants (ERG) from PhD Students
  • Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) H Allen Brooks travelling fellowship
  • Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) IDEAS Research Fellowships
  • Spencer Foundation Vision Grants (VG)
  • University, Cambridge Junior Research Fellowships (JRF)
  • Vivensa Foundation Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowship

 

UK Association to Horizon Europe, EC funding updates and links, and Brexit (version 03/01/24)

Operational

(Update 08/05/26)

External

Internal

External consultation/involvement

Proposal preparation and partnership building

(version 17/01/25)

Proposal preparation

Basically, funding bodies websites should produce all the facilities and advice but writing events are specific activities promoted by specific organisations:

  • UKRO is an organisation that has always promoted these kinds of events in the UK. The EC support writing events
  • session through its networks of National Contact Points. Writing events are normally announced previous any ERC call. Coordination projects proposal writing advice is also provided by UKRO when new work programmes are announced. UKRO’s website and newsletters inform of any previous and future events.
  • KTN is a source of these type of events in relation to innovation projects and SMEs.
  • Some specific call for proposals is nowadays very often promoted with webinars and proposal advice events.
  • The British Academy. Supports submissions to the ERC and Pillar 2 collaborative projects through specific events and grants announced well before deadlines. 
  • UKRI advises on how to approach a research proposal and its Research Councils provide with advice on proposal preparation online. 

Partnership building resources

Online guidance

Online partnership building

Partnership building calls