Grant Directories

The Royal Society of Chemistry makes grants to support activities that aim to advance the chemical sciences. Through the LGBT+ Inclusion in STEM grants programme, the Society is aiming to address LGBT+ underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). the Royal Society of Chemistry will offer grants to pilot research studies, bringing together STEM and the social sciences to actively study attrition and retention of LGBT+ groups in STEM. 

The Edith Murphy Foundation was established in memory of Hughie Murphy. Its purpose is to support other organisations (predominantly, but not exclusively, other registered charities) that: carry out research; support individuals who by reason of their age, youth, infirmity, disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances are suffering hardship, distress or are otherwise in need; relieve the suffering and care for unwanted animals. The value of grants made is normally between £500 and £5,000 although larger grants are made in some circumstances. Since its inception in 1993 the charity has supported over 650 organisations with grants of around £17.5 million enabling these groups to carry out ground breaking research as well as providing much needed support to those in need of care.

Since 1965 The Horse Trust has given over £25 million in funding for non-invasive research projects, clinical residencies, capital buildings and equipment for vet schools and other institutions to advance knowledge of veterinary treatment, the optimal care of equines and the prevention of disease and suffering.

The Society for Experimental Biology encourages the cross-fertilisation of ideas and disciplines. They support new ideas, innovation and bold leaps in thinking and ensure that experimentation is at the heart of biology. Through the Diversity Grant the society provides grants of up to £1,000 to help tackle barriers to inclusion, and support initiatives that promote diversity in academia and science. This may include but is not limited to: Making your workplace a more inclusive environment for example through the creation of good practice toolkits or holding a diversity training session; Improving inclusivity at research events you have organised for example, providing financial aid to underrepresented groups or improving accessibility of facilities; Improving Diversity in your field for example through the creation or support of a mentoring scheme ; Increasing awareness of the contributions of underrepresented groups in experimental biology for example organising hackathons, gi...

The British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) was founded in 1981 for the study and advancement of plant pathology. Through the Plant Pathology Promotion Fund the Society provides grants of up to £2,000 to projects that aim to stimulate interest in, and knowledge and awareness of, Plant Pathology to people who do not normally come into contact with the subject. The projects can be parts of larger efforts for the promotion of the public understanding of science but should specifically address the role, function and activities of Plant Pathology.

The National Composites Centre (NCC) is a world-class research centre, which provides funding, and access to cutting-edge technology and specialist engineers to companies in the UK to drive innovation in the design and manufacture of composites. Through the SME Boost Programme, match funding up to £25,000 is available to make innovative composites research and development as straightforward as possible for small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK. Funding could support feasibility studies to see how composites can help improve an idea, or upscaling an existing product to meet future requirements. Programme participants also receive access to the NCC's knowledge network.

Alcohol Change UK is a charity that is dedicated to funding work that improves understanding of what causes excessive drinking, how it can be prevented and the best ways of tackling the problems it causes. Through the New Horizons programme the charity aims to explore how people’s experience of alcohol harm is affected by their membership of, identification with, or exclusion from groups and communities, and how constructions of meaning within a community may promote or prevent alcohol harm amongst its members. The charity welcome proposals that address any aspects of alcohol use, harm and treatment services, and how these relate to groups, communities and meaning.

Bloodwise is a UK based charity dedicated to funding research into all blood cancers including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma, as well as to offering information and support to blood cancer patients.  Funding is available for laboratory-based research projects and clinical trials. Project grants are awarded for up to £280,000 and up to three years for clearly defined research projects addressing key questions in the field of blood cancer. The remit of the project grant scheme includes research projects that maximise the value and outcome of a clinical trial and specifically includes applications that would previously have been considered through the Trial-Associated Research Project scheme.

The Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) provides grants of between £20,000 and £100,000 to support independent research and projects that promote good practice within the fields of privacy and data protection.  The funding is available to academic institutions; organisations with a genuine commitment to public benefit outcomes; trade and industry associations; or civil society groups.

The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK and the Commonwealth, dedicated to promoting excellence in science. The scheme, which is funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), provides the opportunity for highly qualified young researchers to conduct cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions. The Royal Society is provided with a quota for this scheme by JSPS.

The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK and the Commonwealth, dedicated to promoting excellence in science. This award offers an opportunity to foster and promote international collaboration between outstanding research groups in the UK and overseas, with a view to supporting work on global challenges and problems facing developing countries.

The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK and the Commonwealth, dedicated to promoting excellence in science.  The Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme are intended to encourage the free movement of researchers across disciplines and countries and to stimulate academics studying intellectual history to consider science in their research.

The AI for Good Start-up Programme reflects the shared belief that the biggest opportunity for AI is not for AI to shape our future, but for people to shape AI to make the future we want to see. The initial cohort included eleven ventures focusing on AI for accessibility and AI for environmental sustainability. The second programme sees the addition of AI for Humanitarian Action and AI for Cultural Heritage

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Writing Workshops 2020 programme the British Academy provides financial support to encourage early career researchers in ODA eligible countries to publish in high impact journals in the fields of the humanities and the social sciences, and enable them to build connections with academics and journal editors based in the UK and elsewhere.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the BA/Jisc Digital Research in Humanities programme the British Academy in partnership with Jisc provides financial support to enable novel research through the application of new methods and tools to existing digital resources.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. The Global Challenges Research Fund programme is led by the Royal Society on behalf of the National Academies, and provides funding to support research consortia involving groups in the UK and developing countries to address Global Challenges with a focus on resilience. The interdisciplinary consortia will generate new approaches to significant and complex resilience problems facing developing countries.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Knowledge Frontiers International Interdisciplinary Research programme the British Academy provides financial support to projects which engage with questions concerning the relationship between expertise, public understanding and policy delivery, and highlight the importance of collaboration between communities of practice, disciplines, capacities and borders.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the GCRF Networking Grants programme the British Academy provides financial support to allow researchers from developing countries and the UK to forge new links and hold networking events to generate innovative and interdisciplinary research ideas to address global challenges.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the APEX Awards programme the British Academy provides financial support to promote collaboration across academic disciplines through the support of world-leading interdisciplinary research projects. The programme is a partnership with the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society (‘the Academies’) and with generous support from the Leverhulme Trust

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Education and Learning in crisis programme the British Academy provides financial support to fund research exploring the challenges of education and learning in contexts of conflict and protracted crises.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Neil Ker Memorial Fund programme the British Academy provides financial support to promote the study of Western medieval manuscripts, in particular those of British interest; that is enabling investigation of their production (including decoration), readership and use in particular.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Newton Mobility Grants programme the British Academy provides financial support for international researchers based in a country covered by the Newton Fund to establish and develop collaboration with UK researchers around a specific jointly defined research project. The grants intend to strengthen the research capacity/capability of and contribute to promoting economic development and social welfare in, the overseas country. 

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Rising Star Engagement Awards programme the British Academy provides financial support to enable established early career academics to actively engage in the work of the Academy and to enhance their own skills and career development through the organisation of events, training, and mentoring activities for a wide range of other early career researchers. 

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Postdoctoral Fellowships programme the British Academy provides financial support, the fellowship is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) programme the British Academy provides financial support to early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct cooperative research in Japan, with leading research groups in Japanese universities and other institutions, under the guidance of a Japanese host.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Mid-Career Fellowships Awards programme the British Academy provides financial support to support outstanding individual researchers with excellent research proposals, and to promote public understanding and engagement with humanities and social sciences.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund the British Academy provides financial support to encourage the research on the antiquities or historical geography or early history or arts of those parts of Asia which come within the sphere of the ancient civilisations of India, China, and Iran, including Central Asia.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Youth Futures programme the British Academy provides financial support to examine the contributions of young people to the UN’s 2030 Agenda, bringing a youth lens to the global sustainable development challenges.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. Through the Global Professorships programme the British Academy provides financial support to enhance the UK’s commitment to international research partnerships and collaboration as well as strengthen the UK’s research capacity and capability in the humanities and the social sciences.

The Gatsby Plant Science small grants programme funds exceptional research projects that are unlikely to attract support from research councils or other funding agencies.

The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust is an independent charity that awards grants to registered and exempt charities in the UK. The Trust supports important medical research and many related aspects of medicine and aims to make life easier for the sick and disadvantaged. Through the Sir Jules Thorn Award for Biomedical Research the trust offers one grant of up to £1.7 million to support an original programme of translational biomedical research, extending for up to five years. The Award enables successful applicants to pursue their own independent research programme.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Secondment Fellowships programme the Trust supports humanities and social science researchers who are already receiving funding from Wellcome. Researchers spend three to six months working at non-academic organisations to develop their skills.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers programme the Trust provides small grants to enable clinical lecturers to pursue their research work, gather preliminary data and strengthen their applications for longer-term fellowships and funding.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises programme the Trust supports research institutes and humanitarian organisations who want to strengthen the evidence base for public health interventions. The aim is to improve health outcomes in humanitarian crises.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Master's Programme Awards in Humanities and Social Science the Trust  supports people who want to run Master’s programmes to train humanities and social science researchers in any area of health.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the UK Prevention Research Partnership programme the Trust will fund large interdisciplinary research collaborations and networks to support research on the primary prevention of non-communicable diseases in the UK. The UKPRP is a partnership of research councils, UK health departments and charities, including Wellcome. It is administered by the Medical Research Council (MRC).

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Research Resource Awards in Humanities and Social Science programme the Trust helps collection and information professionals develop library and archive material for humanities and social science researchers.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Principal Research Fellowships programme the Trust provides long-term funding for researchers of international standing.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Longitudinal Population Study Grant programme the Trust provides support for researchers who want to establish, maintain or enhance longitudinal population studies (LPS) for the benefit of the wider scientific community.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Research Enrichment - Diversity and Inclusion programme the Trust enables Wellcome grantholders to identify and tackle barriers to diversity and inclusion in their work.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Research Enrichment - Open Research programme the Trust supports Wellcome grantholders to develop innovative ways to make their research open, accessible and reusable.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Springboard Awards programme the Trust provides small grants to support basic biomedical scientists as they develop their independent research careers. The scheme is a collaboration between the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) and the Wellcome Trust.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Engagement Fellowships programme the Trust develops emerging leaders from a range of backgrounds so they can engage the public with health research.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Research Career Re-entry Fellowships programme the Trust offers postdoctoral research scientists the opportunity to re-establish their scientific careers after a continuous break from research of at least two years.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Joint Health Systems Research Initiative the Trust supports research based in low- and middle-income countries to improve health systems in those locations. The scheme is jointly supported by the Department for International Development (DFID), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Wellcome Trust.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Open Research Fund Programme the Trust supports researchers to develop and test innovative ways of making health research open, accessible and reusable.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Research Enrichment - Public Engagement programme the Trust helps Wellcome grantholders engage the public with their research.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the University Awards in Humanities and Social Science programme the Trust enables humanities and social science researchers to gain permanent positions at academic organisations.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Seed Awards in Humanities and Social Science programme the Trust helps researchers develop compelling and innovative ideas that will go on to form part of larger grant applications to Wellcome or elsewhere.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through The Hub Award Programme the Trust brings researchers and creative professionals together at Wellcome Collection to work as a collaborative residency.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Collaborative Awards in Science programme the Trust fund teams of researchers, consisting of independent research groups, to work together on the most important scientific problems that can only be solved through collaborative efforts.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Internatioanl Intermediate Fellowships programme the Trust offers nationals of low- and middle-income countries the opportunity to lead their own research programmes.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Research Fellowships for Health Professionals programme the Trust offers practising health professionals the opportunity to carry out humanities or social science research, in any area of health.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the International Exchange Programme in Humanities, Social Science and Bioethics stream the Trust enables researchers to run international exchange programmes. The exchanges will help to transform careers and shape the direction of future research.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Clinical Research Career Development programme the Trust support clinically active healthcare professionals to continue their research at postdoctoral level and develop scientific independence. 

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science.  Through the Senior Research Fellowships programme the Trust supports independent researchers who are emerging as global leaders in their field and want to tackle the most important questions in science.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science.  Through the Biomedical Resource Grants programme the Trust supports researchers who want to establish new biomedical resources (including databases and collections) or substantially enhance existing ones. These resources should enable new research and benefit the wider scientific community. 

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science.  Through the PhD Training Fellowships for Clinicians programme the Trust offers clinicians the opportunity to undertake a PhD within a structured and mentored training environment.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science.  Through the Career Development Awards programme the trust provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science.  Through the Biomedical Vacation Scholarship programme the Trust provide promising undergraduates with hands-on experience of research during the summer holidays, with the aim or encouraging them to consider a career in research.

The Nuffield Foundation aims to improve social well-being by funding research and innovation in education, justice and welfare. Through the Research Development and Analysis Fund the foundation supports projects to inform the design and operation of social policy and practice across the foundations three core domains of Education, Welfare and Justice.

The Wellcome Trust is a research charity that funds research to improve human and animal health. The Trust supports both biomedical research and research into the public understanding of science. Through the Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships, the Trust is offering recently qualified postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to start independent research careers, working in some of the best research environments in the world.

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past present and future. The British Academy/Wolfson Fellowships funding stream aims to celebrate and empower early career researchers who show exceptional talent in both research and public engagement, emphasising and demonstrating the importance of academic research and creative thought at a time of rapid political and societal change. Funding is available over three years to release researchers from some of their administration and teaching duties, along with funding for public engagement and travel.

The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK and the Commonwealth, dedicated to promoting excellence in science. The Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships provides long-term flexible funding for senior career researchers recruited or retained to a UK university or research institution in fields identified as a strategic priority for the host department or organisation. Up to five years of funding is available to cover salary, research expenses, 4 year PhD studentship and other justified research costs.

The Nuffield Foundation aims to improve social well-being by funding research and innovation in education, justice and welfare. Through the Strategic Fund the Foundation supports researchers to develop original and challenging ideas, to work collaboratively across disciplines, and to influence social policy in a period of rapid change and uncertainty for our society.

The Wolfson Foundation awards grants to support and promote excellence in education, science & medicine, the arts & humanities and health & disability. Through its Funding for Universities and Research Institutions funding stream the Foundation aims to support research intensive universities and research institutions. Grants are awarded towards new buildings, refurbishment work and major equipment to enable high quality research. Awards are also made on occasion to support access to university collections held in university-owned museums and research libraries or to improve public engagement with science. Applications from universities should be co-ordinated by the Development Office to ensure that the project presented is the institution’s strategic priority.

Grants of up to £1000 are available to individual UK University bioscience departments to host and deliver a workshop on learning and teaching in the biosciences, with the aim of there being three such workshops, delivered by different institutions, per year.

The Royal Society of Biology offers grants of up to £1000 to give the opportunity to its members of overseas travel in connection with biological study, teaching or research to those who would otherwise be unlikely to have it.

The Local Government Association is an organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. The Social Care Digital Innovation Programme provides grant funding for the use of Digital technology and innovation in social care. The 2019-2021 programme aims to: use principles of service design to address social care problems differently; develop collaborative, innovative and person-led solutions to social care problems; measure the benefits, share learning and practice to encourage wider action.

The Tech for Good programme was developed in response to the emerging need for charities in the UK to use technology to explore different approaches to delivering better services. Funding of up to £48,000 is available as well as a package of support. This will include this will include collaborative workshops, online learning sessions and training. Projects should address one of the following four core issue areas: Children Survive and Thrive, Global Mental Health Matters, Fighting for Gender Justice, or A Safe Place to Be.

The Lloyd’s Register Foundation is a UK charity established in 2012. Their mission is to protect the safety of life and property, and to advance transport and engineering education and research. The Foundation's Access to Research Infrastructure Scheme was established to help researchers access research infrastructure in support of studies leading to improved safety of life and property. The primary goal is to support researchers who would benefit from accessing world-class research infrastructure that is not available in their host institution or country and where the funding schemes available in their country of residence does not facilitate such access. Examples might include: researchers needing access to unique equipment hosted in other countries; transnational research collaborations focused on world-leading research facilities; and supporting promising researchers who do not have access to high quality research infrastructures in their own country.

Innovation loans are a 2-year pilot programme to broaden the range of innovation finance support available to businesses, so they can access funding at all stages of innovation. Innovation loans of between £100,000 and £1 million are available to UK small or medium-sized enterprises (SME) that want to scale up and grow by developing new or improved products, processes or services.  The loans are available for up to 10 years are accessed through themed competitions that will open for applications via five funding rounds.  A total of £50 million will be available over 2 years to the end of 2020.

The Music Export Growth Scheme is designed to make available grants ranging from £5,000 - £50,000 to UK-registered independent music companies to assist them with marketing campaigns when looking to introduce successful UK music projects overseas.

Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV) is an accelerator programme, early-stage investor and support network for ambitious technology start-ups that are tackling problems in the areas of health, education, sustainability, civic engagement, tech to support young people, workertech. BGV's accelerator programme invests in and supports teams with new ideas through an intensive three-month programme. Supported teams may include software developers, designers or people with personal experience of something they want to change - from teachers and doctors, to patients and carers. BGV looks for early-stage ideas with the potential to help millions of people. Teams of between two and four people selected to be part of the BGV programme will benefit from a £60,000 investment in exchange for 7% equity. BGV also provides a three month programme of support and advice to help build, test and launch each start-up.

The Royal Society of Chemistry believes that for chemistry and the chemical sciences to prosper; it must attract, develop and retain a diverse community of talented people. The Inclusion and Diversity fund has been created to provide financial support of up to £5,000 to members, professionals, network groups, volunteer groups, institutions and organisations to enable them to develop innovative products, activities and research projects which promote inclusion and diversity. Proposed activities must demonstrate their relevance to the Society's Inclusion and Diversity strategy.

The H&M Conscious Foundation Global Change Awards fund early stage ideas that present new environmentally friendly approaches that reinvent the fashion industry. This means changing the way garments are designed and produced, shipped, bought, used and recycled. The competition has three categories: circular business models, circular materials and circular processes. Global Change Award is open for anyone over 18 to apply. It is also open for institutions, organisations and social businesses. Five winners, will share a €1 million grant and get access to an innovation accelerator provided by H&M Foundation, Accenture and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

The International Partnership Space Programme is a two year £32 million pound programme designed to enable UK satellite and other space sector companies to develop international partnerships for mutual benefit. The objectives for this programme are to show the additionality UK satellite or space technology can provide over terrestrial solutions in terms of societal or economic benefits. This call for proposals addresses areas including Earth Observation, Space Science or Life Sciences. It aims to address emerging space economies centred in South America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific and/or Nations linked with the UK Government Newton Programme including Brazil, China, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam. Funding will be available of between £500,000 and £4million; at least 50% matched funding is required.

The Honor Frost Foundation (HFF) makes grants available for marine and maritime archaeology projects and training and education with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean. HFF grants are available to individual scholars, affiliated scholars and institutions and are intended to support or facilitate research projects covering any period or aspect of maritime and marine archaeology and maritime cultural heritage. Support will also be given to training, publications, workshops and conference with regional involvement, conservation work, museum exhibitions, public engagement and education in maritime archaeology and the protection of underwater cultural heritage. Individual grants will not normally exceed £10,000. The foundation has a particular focus on Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria.

The European Research Councils (ERC) main objective is to encourage high quality research in Europe through competitive funding. ERC Advanced Grants are for active researchers of any nationality who have a track record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years, the funding is available for ground breaking, high risk projects that open new directions in the researchers respective fields or other domains. Funding of up to EUR 2.5 million over 5 years, is available for pioneering and far-reaching research at the frontiers of the fields addressed and that involve new, ground-breaking or unconventional methodologies whose risk is justified by the possibility of a major breakthrough.

The British Academy, the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences, has announced that its Small Research Grant scheme is open for applications.  Under the Small Research Grants programme grants of between £500 and £10,000 over two years are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. Funds will be available to facilitate initial project planning and development; to support the direct costs of research; and to enable the advancement of research through workshops, or visits by or to partner scholars. 

Emeritus Fellowships provide research expenses of up to £24,000 for a period of between three months and two years to enable senior researchers who have retired from an academic post to complete a research project and prepare the results for publication. Funding is available to cover: Travel and subsistence costs for periods away from home; the employment of a research, clerical or secretarial assistant to support the work of the applicant; Photocopies; Photographic expenses; Office or laboratory consumables. Funding is not available for the studies of disease, illness and disabilities in humans and animals, or research that is intended to inform clinical practice or the development of medical applications.