The following funding opportunities have recently been announced. Please follow the links for more information. 

UK Funders

• AHRC – Cultural Value Project Targeted Call. Closing Date: 7th November 2013.
• AHRC – Creative Economy Showcase 2014: Expressions of Interest. Closing Date: 27th November 2013.
• ESRC – Europe – China call for collaborative research on The Green Economy & Understanding Population Change. Closing Date: 3rd December 2013.
• NERC – Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Fellowships. Closing Date: 20th November 2013.
• TSB/EPSRC – Towards zero prototyping. Closing Date: 27th November 2013 (registration)
• Department of Health – Policy Research Programme. Closing Date: 12th November 2013.
• NIHR – Efficacy & Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme: Researcher-led. Closing Date: 7th November 2013.
• Royal Society – Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa Award. Closing Date: 15 January 2014.
• Royal Academy of Engineering – Research Fellowships. Closing Date: 14th November 2013.
• Royal Academy of Engineering – Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships. Closing Date: 18th November 2013.
• Wellcome Trust – Pathfinder Awards. Closing Date: 9th January 2014.
• Cancer Research UK – Population Research Committee Project Grants. Closing Date: 15th November 2013.
• Cancer Research UK – Population Research Postdoctoral Fellowship. Closing Date: 15th November 2013.
• NICE – Fellowships. Closing Date: 1st November 2013.
• British Society for Geomorphology – Early Career Researcher Grants. Closing Date: 1st February 2014.
• The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists – Orthotic Education & Training Trust. Closing Date: N/A.

EU Funders

• EU PROGRESS Programme – Social policy experimentations supporting social investments. Closing Date: 16th December 2013.
• EU DG Home Affairs – Call for Tenders: Studies Related to Trafficking in Human Beings. Closing Date: 19 November 2013. 

International Funders

• Humanitarian Innovation Fund – Small & Large Grants. Closing Date: 28th October 2013 (EoIs for the Large Grants)

The following funding opportunities have recently been announced. Please follow the links for more information.

UK Funders

• EPSRC – Research Challenges in Carbon Capture for CCS. A total budget of £4m is available to fund up to 4 projects covering challenges in carbon capture from power plants, each lasting up to 4 years. Closing Date: 30th January 2014 (registration required by 29th November 2013).
• British Academy – Competition Timetables for 2013-14. Details of timetables/deadlines for various current and forthcoming British Academy grant schemes.
• Royal Society – Brian Mercer Feasibility Award. Up to £30,000 over 12 months available for projects investigating the feasibility of commercialising an aspect of a scientist’s work. Closing Date: None.
• British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy – Project Grants. Up to £15,000 available for projects lasing up to 12 months. Closing Date: 1st November 2013.
• British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy – Research Grants. Up to £50,000 available for projects lasting up to 12 months. Closing Date: 1st November 2013.
• Core: The Digestive Disorders Foundation – Amelie Waring Fellowship. One fellowship worth £180,000 over 3 years is available for work in any aspect of pancreatic inflammation or injury. Closing Date: 13 December 2013.
• Core: The Digestive Disorders Foundation – Derek Butler Trust Fellowship. One fellowship worth £210,000 over 3 years is available for work in the field of diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract, including cancer. Closing Date: 13th December 2013.
• Dimbleby Cancer Care – Research Fund. Funds available for projects focussing on care and support needs of patients, their families and carers. Closing Date: 22nd November 2013.

The following funding opportunities have recently been announced. Please follow the links for more information.

UK Funders

• ESRC – Alcohol Misuse Research. A total of between £750,000-£1.5m available for projects lasting up to 5 years. Closing Date: 29th November 2013.
• TSB – Better Health Outcomes. Up to £100,000 available for projects lasting 6 months. Closing Date: 31st October 2013.
• TSB – Supply chain innovation towards a circular economy. Projects up to £1m in value, lasting up to 24 months. Closing Date: 18th December 2013.
• NIHR – Public Health Research Programme. No fixed limits on cost or duration. Closing Date: 19th November 2013.
• Royal Academy of Engineering – ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs Award. Up to £40,000 available. Closing Date: 21st October 2013.
• UKIERI – Knowledge Economy Partnerships. £5,000-20,000 available for partnerships lasting up to 1 year. Closing Date: 28th October 2013.
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation – Poverty and Ethnicity: Exploring the links through quantitative research. JRF anticipate commissioning between three and seven projects of 10 months’ duration from a total budget of £150,000. Closing Date: 16th October 2013.
• Alzheimer’s Research UK – Interdisciplinary Research Grants. Up to £250,000 available for projects lasting up to 3 years. Closing Date: 24th January 2014.
• Cancer Research UK – Drug Discovery Project Grants. Up to £200,000 available for projects lasting up to 2 years. Closing Date: 5th November 2013.
• Association for International Cancer Research – Project Grants. Up to £200,000 available for projects lasting 3 years. Closing Date: 25th October 2013.
• The Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund – Junior Research Fellowships. Salary costs plus up to £17,000 pa for consumables and £1,000 pa for travel costs for fellowships lasting 3 years. Closing Date: 25th October 2013.
• Action Medical Research – Project Grants. Up to £200,000 to cover salary costs, consumables and items of equipment essential for carrying out the work. Closing Date: 25th November 2013.
• Royal Archaeological Institute – Research Grants. Up to £5,000 available. Closing Date: 11th January 2014.

EU Funders 

• EU – Directorate-General for Justice – Daphne III Action Grants. A minimum of €750,000 for projects lasting 2 years. Closing Date: 30^th October 2013.
• EU – Directorate-General for Education & Culture – Tenders on the changing pedagogical landscape. An estimated €400,000 is available for projects lasting up to 18 months. Closing Date: 22nd October 2013.