Given below is a snapshot of the most common rolling calls for major funder’s and where known, deadlines for closing dates:
Funder | Call | Closing Date |
AHRC | Research Grants – Standard and Early Career | No fixed deadline |
Research, Development and Engagement Fellowships – The scheme has two routes: | No fixed deadline | |
Research Networking Scheme | No fixed deadline | |
BBSRC | Responsive Mode – deadlines | 29/9/21 |
New Investigator Scheme | 29/9/21 | |
Fellowships | See link for types of fell. | |
EPSRC | Standard Research Grants | No fixed deadline |
New Investigator Award | No fixed deadline | |
Fellowships | No fixed deadline | |
ESRC | Research Grants | No fixed deadline |
New Investigator Grants | No fixed deadline | |
ESRC Festival of Social Science – BU is a partner and so applications are through us. | 2021 call closes 11th June – contact publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk for more details. | |
MRC Listed to the right are those Boards and Fellowships that are relevant to BU research. See the individual links for further opportunities. |
Research Boards: | |
Population & Systems Medicine | 22/09/21 | |
Neurosciences & Mental Health | 29/9/21 | |
Fellowships: | ||
Career Development Award | 15/09/21 | |
Senior Non-Clinical | 15/9/21 | |
Senior Clinical | TBC | |
Clinical Research Training (pre-Doctoral) | 1/9/21 | |
Clinical Research Training (post-Doctoral) | 1/9/21 | |
Clinician Scientist | 1/9/21 | |
NERC | Standard Research Grants | 9/6/21 – NERC has capped BU and so contact RDS if you’re interested in applying |
Large Grants | Outline – 9/03/21 Full – 09/11/21 | |
Fellowships | See link for types of fell. | |
British Academy | Small Research Grants | 02/06/21 – next date to be confirmed |
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Leverhulme Trust | Research Project Grants | Outlines at any time |
Early Career Fellowships | 2022 TBC | |
Research Fellowships | 2022 TBC | |
Royal Society | Research Grants | 6/7/21 |
Newton Fund | Various – see link | |
Wellcome Trust Listed to the right are their funding areas with links to different schemes and calls |
Biomedical Science | See links for calls to: Investigator awards, fellowships, collaborative awards, etc. |
Humanities and Social Science | ||
Population Health | ||
All calls | ||
Public Engagement | ||
NIHR | Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) | 3 comps, with stage 1 apps. closing date: 28/7/21 |
Programme Development Grants | Stage 1 apps. closing dates 13/01/22 | |
Public Health Research (PHR) | See link for calls under this strand | |
NIHR Fellowships Programme | See fellowship calls for dates | |
European Commission | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Fellowships | Expected Sep.21 |
Horizon Europe | Multiple calls | |
COST | 29/10/21 | |
Innovate UK | Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) Contact Rachel Clarke in RDS Innovation grants for businesses and research organisations |
30/06/21, 29/9/21, 01/12/21, 02/02/22
Various see link |
If you intend to apply to any of the above calls then please contact the RDS Funding Development Team in the first instance.
Do have a look at the Research Lifecycle on the blog to see how RDS can support you with your research plans. You can also see what training and development opportunities are available to support you when applying for funding – visit the RKE Development Framework to find out more.