Funding Opportunities

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.

NIHR Future-Focused Leadership Programme is a free 12-month programme which supports health and social care research leaders to enhance their leadership skills.

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

Alzheimer’s Association funding opportunity for collaborative research into vascular contributions to Alzheimer’s & dementia. Up to $300K over 3 years.

New NIHR funding call to tackle climate change in health & care. Explore how this could support dementia services during extreme weather. Apply now.

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.

NIHR Principal Investigator Pipeline Programme offers research delivery nurses, midwives and allied health professionals the opportunity to develop as Principal Investigators

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.

NIHR i4i Product Development Awards fund the development of innovative health technologies. Open to outline applications now. Includes commercialisation support

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

NIHR Doctoral Award designed to support the career development of all health and social care professionals through PhD research.

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

Support for established investigators who have the expertise and leadership skills to enhance aging and/or Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) research capacity within their academic institution.

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.

NIHR Programme Development Grants invite researchers to apply for preparatory work or enhance ongoing research—up to £250k available

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

Join interdisciplinary teams tackling MND biology with innovative research. Apply for £1M funding over 3 years from My Name’5 Doddie Foundation by 21 May 2025.

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

Leverhulme Research Leadership Awards for talented scholars who are embarking on a university career who need to build a research team of sufficient scale to tackle a distinctive research problem

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 Neuroscience Training Grants are designed to support these essential opportunities, covering costs such as training course fees, travel and accommodation.

The NIHR Global Health Research – Health Policy and Systems (GHR-HPS) programmes are inviting applications to this new annual funding opportunity.

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.