Funding Opportunities

UK researchers: lead / join a Horizon Europe consortium improving socio-economic outcomes for people with dementia and informal carers.

NIHR DSE Awards fund up to two years of salary, training, conferences and mentoring to help postdoctoral researchers compete for future NIHR funding.

NIHR funding for definitive trials evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of social care interventions for adults, children, families and carers.

NIHR funding for research evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve outcomes for adults with faecal incontinence.

ESRC will invest up to £5.85m in a doctoral training award to build data-driven research skills among social scientists across all career stages.

MRC Impact Acceleration Awards offer £50,000–£300,000 for single-step projects to de-risk development of medicines, devices, diagnostics and interventions.

UKRI MRC Research Equipment Grant offers £200,000–£1m for mid-range capital equipment to strengthen biomedical research capability at eligible UK organisations.

Apply for an EPSRC New Investigator Award to develop your research vision, establish a research group and build independence and leadership.

Could you lead a new dementia research network? ARUK offers up to £200,000 a year for five years. Join the information session on 12 August.

Early career researchers in the UK and Germany: join a funded symposium exploring how humans and nature can shape a more resilient future. Apply by 16 September.

Clinical Academic Fellowships offer NHS Scotland professionals the chance to undertake a PhD. Applications close midday, Thursday 1 October.

Apply for a 1- or 2-year Max Weber postdoctoral fellowship at the EUI, with a €2,500 monthly grant, research funding and career support.

Applications are open for the 2027–28 Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health at UCSF. Join a global hybrid fellowship. Apply by 2 November.

Apply for the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health and join a global community advancing brain health and equity. Closes 18 September 2026.

NIHR funding is available for research into how big data and data linkage in local or regional government affect health and health inequalities.

The British Academy Postdoc Fellowship is a 3 year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early-career researchers in the humanities or social sciences

Up to £500k for AI and machine learning RAD X UKDRI fellowships supporting pioneering dementia research, global collaboration and emerging research leaders.

The BRIDGES for Dementia Network+ is now accepting applications for small, early-stage projects focused on improving indoor and outdoor spaces for people living with dementia

ARUK’s Clinical Research Award funds ambitious experimental medicine studies, early-phase trials and trial sub-studies to advance dementia therapies.

Alzheimer’s Research UK Doctoral Clinical Fellowships offer up to £400,000 to help UK clinicians gain a PhD and build careers in dementia research.

Alzheimer’s Research UK Advanced Clinical Fellowships support UK clinicians combining dementia research and practice, with up to 50% protected research time.

Alzheimer’s Research UK Project Awards offer up to £500,000 over four years for ambitious, hypothesis-driven dementia research with clear outcomes.

Alzheimer’s Research UK Programme Awards offer up to £1.5m over five years for ambitious, integrated programmes tackling major challenges in dementia.

Alzheimer’s Research UK Pilot Awards offer up to £100,000 for bold, early-stage dementia research ideas, new collaborations and multidisciplinary work.

Up to £100,000 is available through the Race Against Dementia Ignition Fund for UK researchers pursuing bold ideas from unexpected findings.

Neurology trainees can apply for up to three years of fully funded PhD support through the ABN Clinical Research Training Fellowship. Closes 20 September.

UKRI ESRC will invest up to £5.85m in a doctoral focal award plus to build data-driven research skills across social science career stages.

Invited applicants can seek MRC Proof of Concept stage two funding to develop therapeutics, devices, diagnostics and interventions up to phase 2a.

Apply for MRC Proof of Concept funding to develop and test therapeutics, devices, diagnostics and interventions, from prototype to phase 2a.

Early career researchers in Scotland can apply for up to £25k seedcorn funding to test new ideas in neurological research. Closes 1 Sept 2026.

NIHR HSDR Programme seeks high-quality research to support NHS and social care leaders. Submit your outline application for this 2-stage call.

Apply for the NIHR Senior Investigator award: £15k a year for 4 years to lead, mentor and shape applied health and social care research.

ADDF Prevention RFP funds human studies testing precision prevention, combination therapies and comparative research to reduce dementia risk.

ADDF Biomarkers RFP supports PET, CSF, MRI and EEG biomarker work for Alzheimer’s and related dementias, with clear clinical need.

BrightFocus Foundation funds Alzheimer’s research by US and international scientists working on disease understanding, prevention and treatment.

MRFF Early to Mid Career Researcher grants support emerging health researchers to test ideas, build programmes and translate findings into practice.

MRFF Genomics Health Futures grants support cancer genomics, gene discovery, risk scores, clinical uptake and data sharing to improve genomic healthcare.

MRFF International Clinical Trial Collaborations fund Australian sites in global trials, helping patients access evidence based treatments.

NIHR HTA Application Development Awards fund work to shape future HTA applications on health and social care interventions.

UKRI Policy Fellowships offer 18 month placements linking research and policy, with up to 50 roles across government and What Works hosts.

British Academy SHAPE Involve and Engage awards offer up to £8,000 for UK researchers to create public engagement projects with GLAM or arts partners.

UKDTN Clinical Trial fellowships support dementia trial delivery by building skills, career pathways and a stronger specialist workforce.

The NIHR Academy Member Event Fund provides support to plan and hold events that promote NIHR Academy programmes and strategic priorities. 

ERC Plus Grants offer up to €7m for bold research in Europe, backing outstanding PIs with ideas beyond standard ERC schemes.

MRC experimental medicine grants: fund mechanistic studies with an experimental intervention or challenge in humans. No funding cap. Round closes October

Funding to support excellent new investigator-led research across the breadth of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council scientific remit

BBSRC standard research grants: up to £2m FEC over 5 years for investigator-led bioscience at eligible UK research organisations. BBSRC funds 80% of costs.

Wellcome Discovery Awards fund established researchers and teams to pursue bold ideas that advance health and wellbeing research.

Wellcome Accelerator Awards support UK researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage to build skills, networks and career momentum.

New research initiative to unlock progress in late-stage clinical studies to advance treatments in Lewy body, frontotemporal and vascular dementia.

NIHR PHR Programme invites outline applications for researcher led public health research, including workforce health, healthy homes and suicide prevention.

ERC Proof of Concept Grants offer €150,000 over 18 months for ERC funded PIs to explore commercial or social innovation from their research.

BRACE Dementia Research invites South West England and South Wales researchers to apply for PhD, pilot and equipment grants advancing dementia science.

Public Health Research Programme seeks studies on active travel and health inequalities at population level, including methodological sub studies.

ISTAART offers grants for PIA led conferences workshops and events that encourage collaboration mentoring and new ideas in dementia research worldwide

UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative launches a bursary to help researchers build academia industry partnerships in functional genomics. Apply now.

Vivensa Foundation funding supports PhD by Publication routes for UK ageing researchers with existing peer reviewed work covering fees and submission costs UK.

NIHR PHR Rapid Funding Scheme supports small time sensitive public health studies to enable rapid baseline data and feasibility work ahead of full evaluations.

NIHR Public Health Research Programme seeks studies on how community initiatives affect loneliness and health at population level across the UK.