RESEARCH AND FUNDING

The new AHRC Impact Toolkit has been developed to help researchers explore this question and build impact into their research in ways that are meaningful, responsible and appropriate to their work.

Designed with input from researchers and knowledge exchange and impact colleagues, the Toolkit provides practical guidance across three areas: understanding…

Apply for funding for flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas.

Applications opened on 23 September 2026. This is a rolling scheme with no closing date.

Apply for funding that deepens understanding or supports solutions for the prevention and treatment of gambling-related harms.

Closing date: 8 December 2026.

A new UKRI programme will support local projects to prevent violence and abuse against women and girls. The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Prevention Accelerator will build UK-wide capability to stop violence and abuse by funding and supporting promising grassroots initiatives.

The British Academy is inviting proposals for the next round of its International Interdisciplinary Research programme. Projects will be led by UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences working with international partners and wishing to develop genuinely interdisciplinary projects that range across all SHAPE and STEM disciplines on the…

These grants are for researchers based at universities or institutions of higher education, to undertake an innovative and original research project. The maximum grant value is £500,000.

This is a rolling scheme with three annual deadlines: 1 April, 1 September, 1 December.

An intensive programme to equip ECRs with leadership skills through training, mentoring, coaching and networking. This selective programme is by application only, for a cohort 62 participants per year – from both the British Academy ECRN and Wellcome-funded researchers.

Closing date: 28 October 2026.

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants stand as one of the Academy’s highest profile programmes with awards made to academics working at around 100 Institutions around the UK.

These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provided to cover the cost of the expenses…

The Talent Development Awards are available to promote the acquisition and advancement of skills in relevant areas by UK-based researchers, supporting innovative research methods, be that through skills development, collaboration or dissemination. The aim of the scheme is to enable researchers to build their skills and capacities in core areas…

Applications are invited for funding for research projects that address one or more of our the Nuffield Foundation's five interconnected priorities and aim to improve lives in the UK.

Deadline for outline applications: 5 October 2026.

The British Academy is inviting proposals for the next round of its International Interdisciplinary Research programme. Projects will be led by UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences working with international partners and wishing to develop genuinely interdisciplinary projects that range across all SHAPE and STEM disciplines on the…

For justice-related applications to its October 2026 main grants round, the Nuffield Foundation will be prioritising applications that address themes connected to its ‘Public Right to Justice’ programme. Complementing the Foundation’s wider work on justice, the programme addresses the challenges involved in better meeting people’s legal needs and seeks to…

Research funding to understand the barriers and pathways to a racially just and inclusive society.

Closing date: 5 October 2026.

Apply for responsive funding to generate time-critical research to support policymakers and practitioners delivering frontline services in the UK.

Closing date: 8 October 2026.