RESEARCH AND FUNDING

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships are three-year awards made to an annual cohort of outstanding early-career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

Proposals are invited from early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project, towards the completion of a significant piece of…

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.

Nuffield Foundation invites applications for this rapid response research funding to understand the economic and social impacts on the UK of the 2026 conflict involving US, Iran, Israel and the wider region, and disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Up to eight projects will be funded from a…

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…

The Mid-Career Fellowships are designed both to support outstanding individual researchers with excellent research proposals, and to promote public understanding and engagement with humanities and social sciences.

Closing date: 26 August 2026.

In 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 APEX award (Academies Partnership in Supporting Excellence in Cross-disciplinary research award) scheme offers established independent researchers, with a strong track record in their respective…

The British Academy is now inviting applications for this scheme which provides funding and support for established early-career and mid-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences (the SHAPE disciplines) to partner with non-academic organisations to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions that are relevant to the UK.

Deadline for application submission and organisation…

In 2026, the Trust will be migrating to a new grant management system.

As part of this move, some deadlines have been adjusted but there are no closures of any schemes.

See website for full details.

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.

This British Academy funding scheme supports ambitious projects to engage the public with the humanities and social sciences.

These awards, up to £8,000, offer an exciting opportunity for humanities and social sciences researchers to push boundaries and seek imaginative new ways to engage with the public. The BA is seeking…

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.