Funding Opportunities

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

The Rob Burrow Early Career Researcher Prize recognises UK based MND researchers, with a stipend, symposium bursary and medal.

British Academy Innovation Fellowships fund UK SHAPE researchers to work with policy partners on resilient communities and digital society challenges.

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.

Dementia Australia Research Foundation grants support early to mid career researchers with fellowships, stipends, travel awards and project funding.

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.

This NIHR funding opportunity is aimed at supporting capacity building to support future leaders in efficacy and effectiveness clinical trials research.

The NIHR Pre-Application Support Fund offers extra support to prepare a competitive application for an NIHR career development award. 

CDMRP FY26 Alzheimer’s Transforming Research Award: ~$4M for non-incremental AD/ADRD risk and prevention research. Pre-application 22 June 2026.

CDMRP Alzheimer’s Research Program Transforming Diagnosis Award up to $1.5m over 4 years for diagnosis and prognosis research. Pre-application 22 June 2026

CDMRP Alzheimer’s Research Program Transforming Care Award open: up to $1.6m over 4 years for dementia care research. Pre-application due 22 June 2026.

Alzheimer’s Association VCID-UMD 2026 grant open: up to $300k over 3 years for team science on vascular mechanisms in AD/ADRD. LOI due 15 June 2026.

TEDI Network Plus funding call, offering up to £100,000 to fund projects that help people with dementia use technology to live more independently.

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

Wellcome Career Development Awards fund mid career researchers to lead innovative programmes that advance health and wellbeing research.

Wellcome Early Career Awards fund researchers ready to lead innovative projects that advance understanding of human life, health and wellbeing.

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

NIHR DSE Awards support early to mid career researchers to build skills, training and mentoring for future personal awards or research grant applications.

NIHR DSE Awards support early to mid career researchers to build skills, training and mentoring for future personal awards or research grant applications.

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.

NIHR Postdoctoral Award funds researchers with a PhD to develop independence, covering salary, research costs, & training across health and care

NIHR Doctoral Award funds a three year PhD for early career researchers, covering salary, research costs, training, and development across health & social care

Apply for a $1000 FUN Travel Award to attend SfN 2026 in Washington DC. Submit abstract, statement, CV and sponsor form. Open April 1, closes June 21.

NIHR Global Advanced Fellowships fund postdoctoral researchers with support for salary, research, training and leadership tackling global health challenges.

NIHR Global Health Research Professorships offer up to £2m over 5 years to support future leaders tackling global health challenges in Africa and South Asia.

The NIHR Population Health Career Scientist Award supports UK researchers to step up to reader or professor level and lead impactful public health research.

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

NIHR Masters for Research Delivery Leadership helps health & care professionals build research delivery skills through flexible study, practice experience & bursary support

NIHR EME Programme invites outline applications for researcher led funding. Two stage process supporting TBI and wider health research priorities.

NIHR BMBR Programme funds research to improve methods in health and care. One stage funding up to £625k to develop tools that strengthen research impact.

NIHR HSDR Programme seeks research to improve NHS and social care delivery. Competitive two stage funding for projects addressing system priorities.

NIHR HTA seeks research on palliative care Needs Rounds in UK care homes, assessing effectiveness, costs, and impact on end of life care and hospital use.

NIHR HTA seeks target trial emulation studies using routine data to assess effectiveness and cost in health and social care where RCTs are not feasible.

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

NIHR Research for Patient Benefit programme invites outline proposals on practical health and care research that improves services for patients.

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

Explore NIHR INSIGHT funded research Masters places & engagement opportunities across England, supporting students & professionals to begin careers in research

IBRO Parenthood Grants support early career PIs during pregnancy birth or adoption, helping maintain research continuity with funding for project and care costs

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.

EU publishes Horizon Europe 2026 2027 work programmes with 14 billion euros in funding. Health MSCA ERC EIC and more relevant for dementia researchers.

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

The CBR–UK DRI Postdoc Fellowship offers up to 4 years in India with UK collaboration, advancing dementia research in biomarkers, digital health & data science.

Funding scheme for early and mid career researchers in ageing. £500 grants for inclusive public and community engagement.

Bridge funding for early career researchers hit by federal changes. Support for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and related studies. Apply via LOI, rolling deadlines.