Funding Opportunities

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.

Apply for up to £600k to deploy digital cognitive assessments in dementia as part of the READ-OUT study. Funded by Innovate UK. Closes 11am on 14th 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.

Michael J Fox Foundation invites collaborative teams to join ASAP’s Technical Track, creating validated, sharable research tools for Parkinson’s targets.

Michael J. Fox Foundation funding for supervisors who identify themselves as belonging to an underrepresented group in Parkinson’s research to apply for funding for a trainee to pursue a PhD in the genetics or a related subject

Apply now for MND Association Healthcare Project Grants — advancing quality of life & MND care standards. Deadline: 25 April 2025.

Applications open for MND Association Junior & Senior Non-Clinical Fellowships, nurturing future MND research leaders. Apply by 25 April 2025.

Apply now for MND Association PhD Studentships—funding exceptional young scientists in MND research. Deadline: 25 April 2025.

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.

NIHR Capital Investment funding for NHS organisations in England to strengthen research infrastructure, with a specific emphasis on enhancing primary care capabilities

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.

The My Name’5 Doddie Foundation Advancing Treatments Award will support the early-stage development of new treatments to slow, stop or reverse MND progression

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

Philip Leverhulme Prizes – For ECRs whose work has had international impact and whose future research career is exceptionally promising – to use for any research purpose

Leverhulme Major Research Fellowships for established, distinguished researchers in the humanities & social sciences to complete a piece of original research

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.

Apply for Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council funding to carry out independent research within a host laboratory and gain leadership skills

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.

Funding for creative, innovative research into non-drug approaches that will play a vital part in helping people living with Parkinson’s manage their daily challenges

The NIHR PC-CRDCs will serve as centres of excellence, focussing on boosting the commercial research delivery capacity in primary care organisations.

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 NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is looking to fund evidence synthesis research – outline application deadline 7th May 2025

The NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is inviting outline applications to their continuing areas of research interest call

The NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is inviting outline applications to their researcher-led workstream.

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.

The Scottish Brain Health ARC can offer support towards research projects or other activities that may lead to larger grants or fellowships.

The NIHR PHR Programme seeks research on health impacts of mass media, including social media, AI, and gaming. Address health inequalities. Apply now!

The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing supports ECRs to attend a high-profile scientific event. Apply for a travel grant.

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.