RESEARCH AND FUNDING

This funding of up to £500,000 is for research projects that address one or more of the foundation's five interconnected priorities and aim to improve lives in the UK.

The Leverhulme Centenary Doctoral Scholarships are now open for submission in March 2026. While the scheme requirements remain largely as set out for the 2023 round, this round includes additional studentships, as well as funding for postdoctoral opportunities and programme administration costs.

For UK universities to fund up to 30…

Applications are invited for from researchers with original and ambitious project ideas that confront the scale and urgency of the UK’s biggest social and economic challenges.

This programme allows a UK registered business to partner with a ‘knowledge base partner’. The partnership brings new skills and the latest academic thinking into the business partner to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project. The knowledge base partner recruits the ‘associate’ to work on the project. The associate has…

Apply for funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation’s remit. You must be an early career researcher or innovator who is either: looking to establish or transition to independence; or developing your own original and ambitious plans within a commercial setting. You must be based…

Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) is inviting applications for funding to conduct policy-relevant research using ADR England flagship datasets.

These datasets cover a diverse range of themes – from education and health to experiences of the justice system – and can be used to inform decisions that improve people’s…

The British Academy is inviting proposals from UK-based scholars to organise conferences in the humanities and social sciences as part of its 2027-28 events programme. This is an exceptional opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a landmark event featuring leading-edge research as part of the Academy’s events programme.

The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce. The pre-announcement includes some important changes to the programme for potential applicants and their institutions to be aware of.

The Fellowships are for senior researchers who have retired or partially retired from an academic post to complete a research project and prepare the results for publication.

The CCRC is inviting proposals for new research projects.

The deadline for submission of an initial proposal is Friday 30 January 2026.

The Leverhulme Trust Board has announced funding of an additional £3.35 million in the Early Career Fellowship scheme.

From 2026, the scheme will see a reduction in the contribution required by universities. The Trust will fully fund the first year of fellowships, with match funding in years two and three.