Funding Opportunities

Funding for one year to study a health-related humanities or social science Master’s. Includes stipend and UK/EU tuition fees. For future health researchers.

Funding for early-career researchers to build their research identity and lead innovative projects in life, health or wellbeing. Includes salary and up to £400K

Apply for up to £100k flexible funding from Race Against Dementia to pursue bold new ideas. Open to UK-based researchers. Deadline: 12 Sept.

Apply for the Bartle Research Translation Grant for projects accelerating real-world, evidence-based improvements in dementia care in Australia.

Australian Researchers can apply for a travel grant to gain new skills, build collaborations, or present dementia research nationally or internationally.

Health professionals in Australia can apply for a PhD stipend to start a dementia research career, supporting projects across biomedical, clinical, and care

Apply for a Dementia Australia Mid-Career Research Fellowship, salary and project funding to lead impactful dementia research and grow your independent career

Apply for a 3–5 year Post-doctoral Fellowship to fast-track your dementia research career with salary and project funding. Open to Australians.

Apply for a Dementia Australia Project Grant, $85k over 2 years to support early-career researchers tackling any aspect of dementia across all research domains.

NIH support for academic leaders in ageing & dementia research: the NIA K07 Award funds infrastructure, mentoring & curricula to build institutional capacity.

Get support to apply for an NIHR award. This fund helps under-represented groups develop strong applications with up to 12 months’ funding and tailored support.

Applications are open for the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health at GBHI. Deadline: 19 Sept 2025. Choose Trinity or UCSF.

📢 Apply now for NIHR HSDR Programme funding to lead impactful research for NHS and social care leaders. Submit your outline proposal by the Stage 1 deadline!

Apply for Medical Research Council (UK) funding to support a programme of research focused on molecular and cellular medicine.

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

Apply for $750k MBRF / AFAR awards supporting innovative cognitive aging research. Open to early Associate or advanced Assistant Professors. Deadline: 12 Aug

Apply now: NIHR Public Health Research Programme seeks outline applications on research-led topics. Two-stage process. Deadline: 15 August 2025.

Apply now: NIHR Public Health Research Programme seeks outline applications on priority topics. Two-stage process. Deadline: 15 August 2025.

Support the next generation of researchers! Be a mentor on the NIHR Mentoring Programme—12 months of guidance, development, and interdisciplinary exchange.

NIHR Mentoring Programme offers 12 months of career support for early and mid-career researchers. Build skills, grow networks, and access development events.

NIHR DSE Award funds postdoc researchers to build skills for future NIHR bids. Up to 2 years’ support for training, conferences & mentoring. Apply by 2 July.

The NIHR HTA Programme is seeking outline applications for primary research into underrepresented health issues (feasibility studies not eligible)

The NIHR HTA Programme invites evidence synthesis proposals on under-researched health issues. This two-stage call seeks rigorous, method-driven applications.

Wellcome scheme to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that put them in a stronger position to reach their next career stage within academia.

Boost your clinical research leadership skills with NIHR masters-level courses designed for healthcare professionals. Flexible online and practical study.

Two new and exciting NIHR opportunities for nurses who work in social care to improve their research skills and help create a research-friendly culture at work.

Apply for Medical Research Council funding to support research projects focused on molecular and cellular medicine – deadline 4th September

Apply for Medical Research Council funding to support research projects focused on molecular and cellular medicine – deadline 4th September

Spend 18 months as a UKRI policy fellow tackling national & global challenges. Help shape policy, build networks, & drive change across research and government

Norway-based researchers can join UK-led UKRI bids as project co-leads under the Money Follows Cooperation agreement, with up to 30% of costs funded.

🚨 MRC Career Development Awards now open! Secure funding for up to 5 years to become an independent researcher. No funding cap. Deadline: 14 May.

Wellcome Discovery Awards support researchers or teams to pursue bold, creative ideas with potential to transform understanding of life, health, and wellbeing

Wellcome Career Development Awards fund mid-career researchers to lead bold research and become global leaders in health, life, and wellbeing-related fields.

NIHR Population Health Career Scientist Award supports senior researchers to progress to Reader/Professor level, focusing on impactful public health research.

New NIHR HTA-Postdoctoral Award helps future leaders fund clinical studies alongside a Postdoc Career Development Award. Includes training & mentorship.

NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme funding studies evaluating interventions that promote health, treatment of disease, rehab or long-term care.

The MRC-NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme and the NIHR Postdoctoral Career Development Awards scheme

Funding to ensure that optimal research methods are used to advance biomedical, health and care research, policy and delivery.

The UK NIHR Postdoctoral Award is aimed at anyone with a PhD or a submitted PhD thesis under assessment who hasn’t yet been appointed to a professorial post.

The NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is looking to fund research into compensatory interventions to facilitate swallowing in adults with dysphagia to fluids.

NIHR HSDR Programme is looking to fund high quality, well designed research which will be carried out by effective and efficient research teams, providing findings which meet the needs of NHS and social care managers and leaders

NIHR Public Health Research Programme funding research to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for people in midlife that promote healthy & active ageing

The NIHR RfPB Programme is inviting applications for research concerned with day-to-day practice of health service staff, and with potential to impact health or wellbeing of patients

The NIHR Research Programme for Social Care (RPSC) is accepting Outline Applications for their latest researcher-led RPSC funding opportunity.

Parkinson’s UK Senior Fellowships to support outstanding scientists who will be future leaders in Parkinson’s research.

UKRI Fellowship Funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UKRI’s remit and looking to establish or transition to independence and developing their own original research

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) are looking to fund investigator-led randomised controlled clinical trials in areas of unmet clinical need.

BHF and Stroke Association Clinical Study Grants supports funding for over £350,000 for Intervention Trials, Observational Studies and Clinical Studies

Inviting applications for platform studies in areas of unmet medical need – must be internationally collaborative, with leads in Australia and the UK

Royal Society Fellowship funding to support the next generation of research leaders to undertake cutting-edge research. Closes 10th September 2024.