Funding Opportunities

Alzheimer’s Society offers a Daphne Jackson Fellowship supporting researchers returning after a break to rebuild careers in dementia research

NIHR Impact Prizes 2026 celebrate research transforming lives and economy. Open to NIHR supported teams and early career researchers showing real world impact.

NIHR PDG funds preparatory work for future research programmes and PGfAR development. Researcher led schemes include NICE and JLA priorities across health.

AFTD and ADDF fund FTD drug discovery. $350k for 1 year to support lead optimisation and in vivo testing of novel compounds and biologics. LOI due 11 May 2026.

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.

HSR ADRD grants support research dementia detection diagnosis and care pathways, funding projects to strengthen access, coordination and person centred care.

MND Association Fellowships support postdoctoral researchers to become future leaders in MND research. Junior and senior awards available. Apply by 1 May 2026.

MND Association Healthcare Grants support research to improve care and quality of life in MND. UK and Ireland applicants welcome. Apply by 1 May 2026.

MND Association PhD studentships fund top UK and Ireland research into motor neurone disease. Four year awards. Summary applications due 1 May 2026.

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

BBSRC Early Career Fellowship for researchers at UK institutions to build independence, lead projects and develop leadership through a three year fellowship.

Impact Accelerator Awards fund projects ready to scale services technology or support improving life for people with dementia and carers. Sessions 10 and 18 Mar

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

NIHR i4i THRIVE offers up to £150k and training to help clinicians and researchers develop innovations tackling health inequalities.

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

NIHR Capital Investment funding for NHS organisations in England to strengthen research infrastructure, ease trial delivery bottlenecks, and expand studies.

NIHR GHR SPARC offers up to £10k for Academy Members to take tailored NIHR placements, build skills, expand networks and support ODA focused global health research.

NIHR GHR CADA offers up to £30k to deliver tailored training and career development for LMIC based Academy Members, building networks and cross programme collaboration.

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

The Lewy Body Society launches a £500,000 research call to advance diagnosis, treatment and care in Lewy body dementia. Apply by 10 April 2026.

NIHR Three Schools Dementia Research Programme Post Doctoral Fellowships open. Up to 24 months and £160k. Apply by 5pm Friday 1 May 2026.

NIHR SSCR Post Doctoral Research Fellowships offer up to £200k for researchers to build independent careers in social care research. Deadline 8 May 2026.

NIHR INSIGHT funding supports regional programmes to attract health and care professionals into research through engagement and research masters from 2027.

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

PCORI 2026 funding call to support patient centred research on sensory health across the lifespan, improving screening, care, support and outcomes.

NIHR Three Schools Dementia Postdoctoral Fellowships offer up to £160k over 2 yrs for early career researchers building independent careers in dementia research

The NIHR Pre Application Support Fund offers funding and mentoring to help prepare a strong NIHR career development award application.

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

IBRO Exchange Fellowships support PhD students and early postdocs with funding for international lab visits to build skills and expand neuroscience training.

FENS IBRO PERC Exchange Fellowships support Masters PhD students and early postdocs in Europe with up to EUR 4000 for short lab visits to gain new methods.

NIHR HTA researcher led funding invites primary research proposals across health areas not well covered with two stage application process. Open now via NIHR UK

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.

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

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.

Funding available for researcher mobility between academia and industry to foster collaboration, skill sharing, and knowledge exchange. Awards up to £5,000.

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.

NIHR seeks proposals to evaluate interventions that improve veterans’ mental or physical health through public health approaches. Outline applications now open.