Funding Opportunities

Bringing together the latest opportunities from the main UK research funders

We try to collate all dementia research funding opportunities that open to UK researchers. To find funding that is right for you, use the filters to the side of this page. The listings include summary information, and links to the source page. If you are searching for a PhD or Fellowship post, our jobs section may also be of interest.
If you are based elsewhere in the world you will find more grant calls on the Alz Forum.

If you are a dementia research funder, you can add your call directly to our listings via our advertise page (note you will need to register an account to do this).


  • Non-Clinical Research Fellowships

    MND Association funding for non-clinical fellowships to nurture the best post-doctoral researchers and develop the MND research leaders of the future.

    26/04/2024   |   Motor Neurone Disease Association
  • Healthcare Research

    MND Association funding for research that will lead to better symptom management and quality of life for people with MND, families & carers.

    26/04/2024   |   Motor Neurone Disease Association
  • PhD Studentships (Biomedical and Healthcare)

    MND Association PhD Studentship applications are invited from prospective supervisors, based in UK and Ireland laboratories. Closing date 26th April.

    26/04/2024   |   Motor Neurone Disease Association
  • Transforming prediction and early diagnosis in the community

    UKRI funding to develop novel tools & tech for patient-specific prediction, early & accurate diagnosis of physical and mental health conditions in the community

    29/05/2024   |   Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilUK Research and Innovation
  • Digital Health Inclusion and Inequalities

    Application Development Award (ADA): Digital Health Inclusion and Inequalities – Awards made under this ADA opportunity will be between £50,000 and £150,000

    09/08/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Housing Developer Contributions

    Funding call to understand the health and health inequality impacts of housing developer contributions – Closes 13:00 on the 09 August 2024

    09/08/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Evaluating clinical & cost-effectiveness of nursing interventions

    The NIHR HTA programme are interested in proposals for studies that evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of fundamental nursing interventions.

    04/09/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Digital technology enabled interventions in Social Care

    The HTA Programme is interested in proposals for the evaluation of a wide range of digital technologies for social care – Closes 24 July 2024

    24/07/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Research for Patient Benefit

    NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme funding for research proposals that are concerned with the day-to-day practice of health service staff

    10/07/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Open Measurement Coordinating Network for Non-Pharma AD

    Open Measurement Coordinating Network for Non-Pharmacological Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) Primary Prevention Trials

    16/06/2024   |   National Institutes of Health (NIH) USA
  • Multi-Scale Models Bridging Levels of Analysis in Aging & AD

    Inviting applications proposing to establish multi-scale computational models recapitulating dynamic changes associated with aging and AD/ADRD.

    13/05/2024   |   National Institutes of Health (NIH) USA
  • Wellcome Accelerator Awards

    Funding researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that put them in a position to reach their next career stage

    18/06/2024   |   Wellcome Trust
  • Wellcome Early-Career Awards

    This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity, getting ready for independance

    21/05/2024   |   Wellcome Trust
  • Applied global health research

    Apply for UKRI / Medical Research Council funding to support applied research that will address global health challenges and inequities.

    13/06/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • IBRO Travel Grants (Neuroscience)

    Travel Grant program aims to foster neuroscience research by providing support to early-career researchers to attend internatoinal conferences and events.

    30/04/2024   |   International Brain Research Organization
  • Care sector labour force shortages

    Apply for funding to conduct innovative social science research on the topic of ‘labour force shortages within the long-term care sector’.

    14/05/2024   |   Economic and Social Research Council
  • Innovation Fellowships in Health & Care 2024/25

    Zinc and NIHR are delighted to launch this call for applications to our 2024-2025 Innovation Fellowships in Health and Care.

    07/04/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Impact of new or extended roles in primary & community health & social care

    Funding for research to investigate the impact of new & extended clinical & non-clinical roles on the delivery of primary care, community health, & social care

    25/07/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Application Development Award for Health & Care Professionals

    Seeking 10 Application Development Awards to carry out development work prior to research applications, with a requirement for applicant teams to involve Health and Care Professionals.

    26/09/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Global Advanced Fellowships

    NIHR Global Advanced Fellowship awards support postdoctoral researchers in LMICs and the UK working in applied global health research.

    01/07/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Global Health Policy & Systems Research (HPSR)

    Awards of up to £800k for Global Projects with questions which specifically target an identified health policy and/or system(s) challenge or evidence gaps

    19/06/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Research Fellowships

    The Academy offers Research Fellowships each year to outstanding early-career researchers to support them to become future research leaders in engineering.

    18/09/2024   |   Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Career Development Award

    Apply for Medical Research Council / UKRI support to become an independent researcher in a medical research field – Deadline 17th April.

    17/04/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • Senior Non-clinical Fellowship

    New Medical research Council Fellowship funding call for research to focus on any area of Medical Research Council’s (MRC) remit to improve human health.

    17/04/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • Programme Grants for Applied Research

    The NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research is inviting applications for research proposals to develop individual programmes of applied health research

    03/04/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • In-Practice Fellowship (IPF)

    NIHR In-Practice Fellowship offers academic training qualified GPs and Dentists Dentists, who are in NHS practice in England. Closes 03 April 2024.

    03/04/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Predoctoral clinical research training fellowship

    Apply for funding to undertake a PhD. Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.

    03/04/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • Clinician Scientist Fellowship

    Apply for support to become an independent researcher in a medical research field. Your research can focus on any area of the MRC’s remit to improve health.

    03/04/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • Postdoctoral Clinical Research Training Fellowship

    Apply for funding to reacquire research skills, your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit.

    03/04/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • Senior Clinical Fellowship

    Apply for support to become an internationally recognised research leader. Your research can focus on any area of MRC’s remit to improve human health.

    03/04/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • GACD: Management of multiple long-term conditions

    Apply for global health funding to address the management of multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) in the context of non-communicable diseases (NCD).

    15/05/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • PhD Studentship – Dementia research

    NIHR ARC East Midlands is pleased to announce an open, competitive call for a PhD studentship in dementia research.  Apply by 21st April.

    21/04/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Molecular & Cellular Medicine – Programme, Responsive

    The molecular and cellular medicine board (MCMB) funds research into basic biological mechanisms or technologies relevant to human health and disease.

    15/05/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • Neurosciences & Mental Health – New Investigator, Responsive

    Apply for funding to research neurosciences and mental health and take the next step towards becoming an independent researcher.

    15/05/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • Neurosciences & Mental Health Research – Responsive

    Funding to understand the physiology and behaviour of the human nervous system in health & in illness, as well as how to treat & prevent disorders of the brain

    15/05/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • MRC Partnerships – Responsive

    Apply for funding to support new partnerships between diverse groups of researchers within the remit of Medical Research Council (MRC).

    15/05/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • Molecular & Cellular Medicine – New investigator, Responsive

    UKRI Funding to research molecular and cellular medicine and help you to take the next step towards becoming an independent researcher.

    15/05/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • The Lewy Body Society Career & Project Grants

    Are you the future of Lewy body dementia research? The Lewy Body Society 2024 grant programme is open for PhDs, Fellowships, Innovation & Project Grants.

    26/04/2024   |   The Lewy Body Society
  • Rising Talent Fellowship (Scientists of Black heritage)

    The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology launches a new three-year fully funded postdoctoral fellowship for scientists from Black heritage backgrounds.

    31/03/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • IBRO Diversity Grants

    Diversity Grant awards individual IBRO member societies or event organizers for activities or events that promote regional and gender diversity in neuroscience

    15/04/2024   |   International Brain Research Organization
  • FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships

    Exchange Fellowships to foster & broaden the scope of their methodological training by supporting goal-directed laboratory visits in European laboratories.

    15/04/2024   |   International Brain Research Organization
  • NIHR ARC PhD Funding

    NIHR ARC East Midlands is pleased to announce an open, competitive call for PhD funding – available to study in a local institution in an area of priority.

    28/04/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Working with Brazilian Researchers: Round Two

    Arts and Humanities Research Council Funding to apply to work with overseas researchers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

    27/06/2024   |   Arts and Humanities Research Council
  • ESRC postdoctoral fellowships

    Pre-announcement for the ESRC postdoctoral fellowships – further information expected in late January, watch this space….

    30/06/2024   |   Economic and Social Research Council
  • Future Leaders Fellowships

    Fellowship funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit – ready to transition to independence.

    18/06/2024   |   UK Research and Innovation
  • Experimental medicine

    Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease using Experimental medicine with a focus on a mechanistic hypothesis.

    17/04/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • African Research Leaders

    Apply for funding to support exceptional early to mid-career African researchers to conduct excellent global health research across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

    24/04/2024   |   Medical Research Council
  • ADR UK research fellowships 2024

    Administrative Data Research UK invites applications for research fellowships to conduct research and analysis on ADR England datasets.

    30/04/2024   |   Economic and Social Research Council
  • MND Research Drug Treatments

    Exciting international funding opportunity in MND Research to excplore drug repurposing / drug discovery with LifeArc – Webinar on 5th Feb.

    31/05/2024   |   LifeArc
  • Wellcome Career Development Awards

    Wellcome funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders.

    11/04/2024   |   Wellcome Trust
  • Wellcome Discovery Awards

    Funding for researchers & teams from any discipline for research to deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.

    16/04/2024   |   Wellcome Trust
  • Alzheimer’s Society / Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowships

    Alzheimer’s Society & Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowship for Dementia Researchers who have had a career break for family, caring, or health reasons.

    08/05/2024   |   Alzheimer's SocietyThe Daphne Jackson Trust
  • Public Health Research Programme Rapid Funding Scheme

    The RFS offers researchers funding to conduct rapid baseline data collection, as well as other feasibility work, prior to intervention implementation.

    27/12/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Health Technology Assessment Programme Researcher-led (ES)

    NIHR Funding from the UK NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of a health technology.

    01/05/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Health Technology Assessment Programme Researcher-led (PR)

    NIHR Funding from the UK NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of a health technology.

    01/05/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Development & Skills Enhancement Award

    Post-doc funding aimed at supporting early to mid-career researchers in gaining specific skills & experience to underpin the next phase of their research career

    29/03/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Continuing areas of research interest to the PHR Programme

    The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications to their commissioned workstream for these topics. Closes 13:00 on 23 April 2024

    23/04/2023   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Public Health Programme researcher-led

    The NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme are accepting Stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream. Closes 13:00 on 23 April 2024

    23/04/2023   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme researcher-led

    The NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream – deadline 23rd April

    23/04/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Under-represented disciplines highlight notice: AHPs

    The NIHR RfPB programme invites applications from allied health professionals to strengthen careers of under-represented disciplines and specialisms.

    24/04/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Faith-based groups & impact on health & health inequalities

    Funding from the NIHR Public Health Programme to ask “How can engagement with faith-based groups impact health and health inequalities?”

    23/04/2024   |   National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • New Global Real-World Data Platforms Program

    To support the advancement of & opportunities for Real World Data platforms, Alzheimer’s Association has a new funding scheme to accelerate global initiatives.

    31/12/2024   |   Alzheimer's Association (US)
  • Centre for Doctoral Training

    Apply for funding to recruit and train doctoral students in a new, focused Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT).

    02/07/2024   |   Arts and Humanities Research CouncilUK Research and Innovation
  • Travel Grant Funding

    Grants intended to support attendance at scientific meetings that relate directly to the applicant’s research interests, and where they will be presenting their original work.

    31/05/2024   |   Guarantors of Brain
  • Renewal scheme for current Future Leaders Fellows

    Successful applicants to the Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) scheme have the opportunity to extend their four-year fellowship by up to a further three years.

    11/07/2024   |   UK Research and Innovation

Dementia Research Funders Forum

The Dementia Research Funders Forum (DRFF) is a meeting of UK charity and public sector funders of dementia research. The purpose of the DRFF is to exchange information and coordinate activity in order to help shape the dementia funding environment at the national level. From time to time the DRFF provides reports to  the Department of Health Programme Board on Dementia, which is responsible for delivering the Government’s Challenge on Dementia to 2020.

Membership of the DRFF comprises representatives from: Alzheimer’s Research UK (Chair), Alzheimer’s Society, AHRC, Department of Health, EPSRC, ESRC, MND Association, MRC, NIHR, Parkinson’s UK, STFC, Stroke Association,  Wellcome Trust.

For further information or for funders who wish to join the group please contact research@alzheimersresearchuk.org

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