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

• AHRC – Follow on Fund for Impact and Engagement . Up to £100,000 available for projects lasting up to 12 months. Closing Date: 31st October 2103.
• NIHR – Public Health Research Programme: Commissioned call. Projects lasting up to 3 years. Closing Date: 18th December 2013.
• NIHR – Health Technology Assessment: Commissioned call. Projects lasting up to 3 years. Closing Date: 19th December 2013.
• TSB – Assistive Technology Call. Up to £1m available. Closing Date: 4th November 2013.
• TSB – Solving business problems with environmental data. £50,000-200,000 available for projects lasting between 3-12 months. Closing Date: 13th November 2013.
• Royal Academy of Engineering – Research Exchanges with China and India. £2,000 per month of exchange visit for between 3-12 months. Closing Date: 18th November 2013.
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation – Reframing Dementia in the 21st Century. Up to £50,000 available for 1/2 projects, lasting between 18-22 months. Closing Date: 6th November 2013.
• Nesta – Digital Makers Fund: second open call. £20,000-50,000 available. Closing Date: 14th November 2013.

 EU Funders 

• EU – ERA-NET – Transnational Joint Call 2013. A total budget of approximately €33 million is available for projects lasting up to 36 months. Closing Date: 30th October 2013.

Internal Funds

• University of Salford – VC’s Early Career Scholarships. £2,000 bursary, minimum research workload allocation and dedicated mentoring support. Closing Date: 31st October 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.

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

UK Funders

• AHRC – Design in Innovation: Research Development Fund. Up to £50,000 available for projects lasting up to 6 months and to be completed by October 2014. Closing Date: 31st October 2013.
• AHRC – Seminar on ‘Engaging with Government’. Aimed at early-career researchers, course, accommodation and travel costs will be covered. Closing Date: 21st October 2013.
• EPSRC – Research in the Wild: Internet of Things. A total of £3.5 million is available to fund approximately 10 projects, with duration of 18 months. Closing Date: 24th October 2013.
• British Academy – BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. £500-£10,000 available for projects up to 24 months duration. Closing Date: 16th October 2013.
• Royal Society – Research Grants. Aimed at early career scientists, up to £15,000 available for projects up to 12 months duration. Closing Date: 15th October 2013.
• Royal Society – International Exchanges Scheme. Up to £12,000 available for up to 2 years. Closing Date: 15th October 2013.
• Royal Society – Industry Fellowships. Salary costs and research expenses covered for fellowships lasting up to 2 years. Closing Date: 4th October 2013.
• Leverhulme Trust – Research Fellowships. Aimed at experienced researchers, up to £45,000 available for fellowships lasting between 3-24 months. Closing Date: 7th November 2013.
• Leverhulme Trust – International Academic Fellowships. For researchers wishing to spend time outside the UK, up to £30,000 available for fellowships lasting between 3-12 months. Closing Date: 7th November 2013.
• Leverhulme Trust – Emeritus Fellowships. Aimed at retied academics, up to £22,000 available for fellowships lasting between 3-24 months. Closing Date: 6th February 2014.
• Wellcome Trust – Sir Henry Dale Fellowships. Salary costs, research and travel expenses covered for fellowships lasting up to 5 years. Closing Date: 1st November 2013.
• Wellcome Trust – Arts Awards. Up to £30,000 available for projects lasting up to 3 years. Closing Date: 1st November 2013.
• TSB – Innovation Vouchers. Up to £5,000 available for SMEs to enable them to work with knowledge suppliers, including universities. Closing Date: Various deadlines.
• Healthcare Infection Society – Small Research Grants. Up to £10,000 available. Closing Date: 1st February 2014.
• Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund – Project Grants. Grants available to support existing research projects/programmes. Closing Date: 28th February 2014.
• British Society of Soil Science – Field Equipment Grant. Up to £1,000 available. Closing Date: 1st April 2014.

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

UK Funders

• AHRC – Care for the Future: Large Grants. Approximately two to four grants worth between £2 million and £4m over a period of between 36 and 60 months are available. Closing Date: 10 October 2013
• AHRC – Collaborative Skills Development Grants. Funding of up to £60,000 for up to 18 months. Closing date: 19 September 2013
• AHRC – Collaborative Skills Development Grants: Early Career Researchers. Funding of up to £5,000 for up to one year is available. Closing date: 19 September 2013
• BBSRC – China Partnering Awards. Grants of up to £30,000 over a period of up to 4 years. Closing date: 27 November 2013
• EPSRC – Energy Management in Non-Domestic Buildings. Funding of up to £500,000 for individual projects. Closing date: 3 October 2013 (Intention to Submit) / 5 November 2013 (Proposals)
• ESRC/Research Grants Council of Hong Kong – Collaborative Projects Programme. The funding limit is set between £15,000 and £99,999 (at 100 per cent full economic cost; funded at 80 per cent) for UK element of the joint project. Closing date: 18 October 2013
• TSB/MRC Biomedical Catalyst – Business-led Early Stage Award. Awards may last up to three years and receive up to £2.4 million in funding, with a funding proportion of 60 per cent of eligible project costs for SMEs. Closing date: 2 October 2013
• TSB – Future Energy Management for Buildings. Projects expected to range in size between £300,000 – £1m, lasting for 1 -3 years. Closing date:  27 November 2013 (for Expressions of Interest)
• The Royal Society – Paul Instrument Fund. Grants of up to £75,000 available. Closing date: 16 October 2013
• Defra – Testing Innovative Approaches for Achieving Sustainable Behviours. Most projects expected to be small-scale, lasting between 12-18 months. Closing date: 25th September 2013 (for Expressions of Interest)
• The Nuffield Foundation – Grants for Research & Innovation. Grants normally range from £10,000 to £250,000, although the majority are worth between £50,000 and £150,000. Closing date: 1 November 2013
• The Health Foundation - Closing the Gap on Patient Safety Call. Projects will up to £450,000 in value. Closing date: 23 September 2013

European Funders

• EU Directorate-General for Home Affairs – Action grants on illegal use of internet. The budget for this call is €5 million and grants are worth a minimum of €100,000 each. Closing date: 7 October 2013
• EU Directorate-General for Home Affairs – Study on the Implementation of the European Information Exchange Model for Strengthening Law Enforcement Co-operation. Funding is worth €270,000 over a period of 12 months. Closing date: 9 September 2013
• European Science Foundation – Advances in Farm Animal Genomic Resources – Networking/Travel Grants. Allowance of €400/week plus travel expenses of up to €500. Closing date: 15 November 2013