International research funding circular – 10 January 2025

Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates.

News

 

  1. NEW: What is SSH Integration in Horizon Europe?

Net4Society has produced a short learning video on Social Science and Humanities (SSH) integration. In the video, you can learn more about the concept of SSH integration in Horizon Europe and about how SSH and STEM disciplines come together to achieve greater impact. Watch the video on YouTube, here.

 

Events

 

  1. NEW: DSIT and Innovate UK Business Connect (formerly KTN) Horizon Europe brokerage visits – EoI open to academic researchers (imminent deadlines)

One of the key barriers for UK organisations to participate in Horizon Europe is their ability to identify and meet European partners, and establish successful collaborations. In order to facilitate relationship development and collaborations, DSIT is working with Innovate UK Business Connect (formerly KTN) and UK National Contact Points for Horizon Europe, to run European brokerage visits to Spain, Germany and Italy. These visits will focus on supporting UK business, academic and other organisations to meet EU partners interested in collaborating in selected Horizon Europe funding opportunities. The visits will take place in February and March 2025 and will target the smart manufacturing, and hydrogen and battery technologies sectors and Horizon Europe opportunities. These visits aim to boost UK participation in Horizon Europe by enabling UK businesses and researchers to network with their counterparts in these countries. Up to 15 organisations will be selected to join in the visit, and their participation will be subsidised. The dates of the visits are as follows:

  • Spain, Smart Manufacturing – 10-12 February 2025
  • Spain, Hydrogen and battery technologies – 26-28 February 2025
  • Italy, Smart Manufacturing – 3-5 February 2025
  • Italy, Hydrogen and battery technologies – 28-30 January 2025
  • Germany, Smart Manufacturing – 10-12 March 2025
  • Germany, Hydrogen and battery technologies – 3-5 March 2025

To express their interest to participate in these visits, applicants need to fill in an EOI form. Once the form is submitted, the applications are evaluated, and the 15 delegates would be invited to join the preparation workshops and the brokerage visit. Innovate UK Business Connect and UK National Contact Points will also provide pre and post visit support to the UK participants. Note, there are different application deadlines very the various trips – including some today 10th January. We understand Simon Lambert (simon.lambert@newcastle.ac.uk) is helping to coordinate applications so please get in touch.

 

  1. NEW: UUKi UK-South Korea research collaboration webinar: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uuki-uk-south-korea-research-collaboration-webinar-tickets-1098058816479

Thursday, 6 February 2025: 8:00 – 10:00 (UK time) / 17:00 -19:00 (South Korea/SK time).

The purpose of the webinar is to increase bilateral research collaboration between UK and South Korea by providing the UK and South Korea research communities a platform to connect and to learn about research funding opportunities from the key funders. This webinar is open to UK and South Korea based researchers and professional services staff and will be held in English. Joining instructions, the full agenda and the MS Teams link will be circulated to registered participants.

 

  1. NEW: Online COST Info Day 2025, 18 February 2025: 9:00 – 10:45 (UK time): https://www.ukro.ac.uk/events/online-cost-info-day-2025/

A COST Action is an interdisciplinary research network that brings researchers and innovators together to investigate a topic of their choice for 4 years. The webinar aim is to inform the research community on how to participate in COST Actions or submit a COST Action proposal, the role and impact of the COST programme, and the benefits of the COST offer. This online info session is open to all researchers and innovators at any career stage and from any field of research, especially young researchers. Registration is required via an online form: https://forms.office.com/e/ZgLXjqdhNm

 

  1. NEW: Getting those Grants: Research Funding Writing Retreat for Established (Mid-Career) Researchers: https://elements.ncl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2566

The Research Funding Development Team are holding Research Funding Writing Retreats aimed at Established (Mid-Career) Researchers from all faculties who are preparing a research funding application and want to block time out to focus on writing. There are two dates currently available, 13/14th February and 2nd/3rd June, both with an on campus location. The Writing Retreat will consist of a structured timetable with set times for independent writing and regular breaks. Members of the Research Funding Development Team will be on hand to support writers with their grant applications. To sign up, please register on the LMS system here:  Course: Getting those Grants: Research Funding Writing Retreat for Established (Mid-Career) Researchers For any questions, please contact Emma Campbell, Senior RFDM,  emma.campbell@newcastle.ac.uk

 

There are also places (held in-person on campus) still available for:

  • Getting those Grants: How to Prepare Yourself for Funding and Write Your Proposal
    • Session 1: Preparing yourself for research funding:  Session 1
    • Session 2: Developing a fundable research idea:  Session 2
    • Session 3: How to write a successful research funding proposal: Session 3
  • Getting those Grants: Early Career Research Fellowships, the Foundations: book here
  • Getting those Grants: Writing a Narrative CV for Funding: book here

Please contact Jo Gascoigne-Owens with any questions (Johanna.gascoigne-owens@ncl.ac.uk).

 

  1. Conference on The European Research Context for the Humanities and Social Sciences

The British Academy, in collaboration with the Association of ERC Grantees, will be hosting a half-day conference on The European Research Context for the Humanities and Social Sciences on 22 January 2025 from 13:00 to 18:45. This event will bring together leading academics to discuss key aspects of European research in the humanities and social sciences, and to share insights on the ERC grant application process, researcher mobility, and the values underpinning European research initiatives. Participants can register here. For more information or inquiries about the conference, please contact Barbora Krasova at b.krasova@thebritishacademy.ac.uk.

 

 

European related funding

 

  1. NEW: French Embassy London – Entente Cordiale Scholarships: https://francobritish.org/en/entente-cordiale/

The Entente Cordiale Scholarship Programme is a prestigious awards scheme that funds British postgraduate students who want to study in France. Funded by the French Embassy in London, the scheme provides funding for British students each year. Deadline 31 March 2025.

 

  1. NEW: French Embassy London – Scientific Visiting Fellowships (SSHN) 2025 (deadline 24 February): https://uk.ambafrance.org/Scientific-High-Level-Visiting-Fellowships-SSHN-2025

The Higher Education, Research and Innovation Service (HERI) of the French Embassy in the United Kingdom funds mobility grants for young researchers, doctoral students or post-doctoral students, residing in the United Kingdom. The research stay must take place in a French laboratory, as part of an existing collaboration, for a period of one to three months during 2025. The call is open to all disciplines. Deadline 24 February 2025.

 

  1. NEW: Jutta Held Award Open for Early Career Researchers in Art History: https://fundit.fr/en/calls/jutta-held-award

The annual Jutta Held Award honours and supports early career researchers in art history whose research addresses socio-political topics. The prize is especially designed to promote critical approaches to social issues and gender studies. Eligible for the award are early career researchers who work in art history and who have completed their doctorate or Master’s degree within three years of the application deadline. Applicants should have graduated within the last five years. The award is presented on the basis of written research work. Awardees will receive a cash prize of €7,000. In addition, they will be invited to spend three months conducting research at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich, Germany.  Applications must be submitted by the deadline of 28 February 2025.

 

  1. NEW: ERA-NET NEURON JTC 2025 on Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Neuroscience of Pain: https://www.neuron-eranet.eu/joint-calls/bio-medical/2025-pain/

The aim of the ERA-NET NEURON Joint Transnational Call 2025 (JTC 2025) is to facilitate multinational, collaborative research projects that will address critical translational and clinical questions using interdisciplinary approaches to improve the knowledge about the neuroscience of pain, bearing the potential to improve the lives of the people affected. The funding organisations particularly wish to promote multi-disciplinary work and translational research proposals that combine basic and clinical approaches. The involvement of clinical research groups is strongly encouraged. The consortia should submit novel, ambitious ideas that can only be achieved by the complementary collaboration between partners. Research proposals should cover at least one of the following areas:

  1. Fundamental research on neuroscientific aspects of the pathogenesis, aetiology, prevention, progression, and treatment of chronic pain. This may include the development of innovative or shared resources and technologies considered of relevance in the context of this call.
  2. Clinical research to develop new strategies for prevention, diagnosis, patient stratification, therapy, and rehabilitation procedures for chronic pain syndromes.

Joint transnational research proposals may be submitted by research teams working in universities (or other higher education institutions), non-university public or private research organisations, hospitals or foundations, and commercial companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises. The submission deadline for pre-proposals is 6 March 2025.

 

  1. 2025 Fondation ARC International Call for Leaders in Oncology https://www.fondation-arc.org/projets/recruiting-international-leaders-oncology

The call is open to basic and translational research programmes that will develop links between bench and bedside. The scheme is intended to work as a collaboration between the Fondation ARC and the host institutions, with host institutions matching the Fondation ARC funding budget of €1.5 million over five years. The aim of this scheme is to ensure selected researchers remain in France in the long-term and as such, the research structure must commit to supporting the candidate as part of a long-term process. Deadline:  14 February 2025

 

  1. Call to co-fund Brazilian-EU research partnerships within MSCA Staff Exchanges https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/new-call-to-co-fund-brazilian-eu-research-partnerships-within-msca-staff-exchanges

The Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) has published a new call to co-fund projects involving Brazilian entities under the MSCA Staff Exchanges 2024 call. The co-funding will allow these organisations to second their staff to European research organisations for training, skills and career development and knowledge sharing. Deadline: 5 February 2025

 

  1. Helmholtz Investigator Groups Programme Launches 22nd Call for Postdoctoral Researchers https://www.helmholtz.de/en/research/current-calls-for-applications/article/helmholtz-investigator-groups/

The Helmholtz Association develops research programmes in six research fields: Energy, Earth and Environment, Health, Aeronautics, Space and Transport, Key Technologies plus Structure of Matter. The Helmholtz Investigator Groups initiative aims to provide outstanding foreign and German junior researchers with funding and resources to set up their own research team with the benefit of excellent working conditions in a research-oriented environment at a Helmholtz Centre. Funding is at least €350,000 euros p.a. for five years. Deadline: 30 April 2025.

 

  1. Funding for Research Groups at the Bielefeld Centre for Interdisciplinary Research https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtungen/zif/funding/research-in-groups/

Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research – ZiF) at Bielefeld University fosters outstanding and innovative interdisciplinary research projects. The ZiF is an independent thematically open research institution and is open to scholars from all disciplines and all countries. ZiF offers a grant of €50,000 to up to €400,000 to cover the costs for travel and accommodation. Deadline 24 April 2025.

 

  1. ISblue Support for International Mobility of Marine Science PhD Students To and From France https://isblue.fr/en/tous-les-appels/call-for-international-phd-mobility/

Sblue is an interdisciplinary graduate school which brings together research teams and laboratories in western France to increase knowledge and promote technological innovation and training in the area of marine science.Funding is available through the ISblue International PhD Mobility scheme to support research visits by doctoral students. The only eligible costs are the actual costs of travel within the limit of the allocated package of support.The total budget allocated to this scheme is €90,000 per year. Deadline 15 February

 

  1. Horizon Europe Teaming call: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage

Teaming funds establish new centres of excellence in Widening countries or modernise existing ones with the help of leading institutions from elsewhere in the EU or associated countries. The last Teaming call of Horizon Europe is scheduled to open on 3 December. Teaming is a two-stage call, with the deadline of first stage applications on 10 April 2025. Successful applicants in the first stage are invited to submit complete applications to the second stage by 20 January 2026.

 

  1. COST Actions Networking Grants 2025: https://www.cost.eu/funding/open-call-a-simple-one-step-application-process/

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research, including social science and humanities. COST does not fund research itself, but funds the expenses of interdisciplinary research networks called COST Actions (networks that engage a team of proposers from at least 7 COST member countries with at least half from inclusiveness target countries). These support a range of networking tools, such as workshops, conferences, training schools, short-term scientific missions (STSMs), communication activities, and virtual networking tools. COST Actions enable researchers from academia, SMEs, public institutions and other relevant organisations to investigate a topic of their choice for four years. No budget forecast is requested when submitting a proposal. An estimated €125,000 is made available for a COST Action in its first year and an average of €150,000 per year for the other three years. Deadline is 21 October 2025.

 

  1. British Academy Horizon Europe Pump Priming Funding: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/Horizon-Europe-Pump-Priming-Collaboration-between-UK-and-EU-Partners/

Principal Investigators (PIs) at universities and research institutions can apply for a grant of up to £10,000 to help them in their preparations for submitting a Horizon Europe proposal for Pillar 2 of Horizon Europe – Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness. The ambition is to support the effective uptake of the opportunities provided by the UK’s association to Horizon Europe. The purpose is not to implement the proposed projects that will be submitted to Horizon Europe, but to give the UK-based partners the resources needed to collaborate with EU organisations and stakeholders to further develop the idea and the market opportunities. The expectation is that the funding will be utilised in a variety of ways but could include feasibility studies, application advice and training, partnership building, and dedicated resource to take forward an application. Proposals are welcome in all disciplines, including engineering, natural sciences, medical and health sciences, humanities, and social sciences. The British Academy is holding a series of webinars providing further information about the opportunity and details of how to apply. Applicants can register to attend the webinars online, which will be held on the following dates: 19 November 2024, 14:00-15:00 [past, but see  slides]; 5 February 2025, 14:00-15:00. Assessment will be undertaken over multiple rounds, while funds remain. The round deadlines are: • 4 December 2025 (17:00, closed) • 15 January 2025 (17:00) • 12 February 2025 (17:00) • 5 March 2025 (17:00).

 

  1. REMINDER: Horizon Europe Draft Work Programmes 2025 – IN CONFIDENCE

We have obtained, in strict confidence, early drafts of some of the Horizon Europe consortium call topics for the 2025 Work Programmes – please note that these are subject to redrafting and change but may help indicate potential call topics to start to find partners and build European country consortia. Formal Work Programmes will not be finalised and published until about April 2025. Please treat confidentially:

In addition, here are draft work programmes for:

As a reminder, the European Commission has recently adopted and published the:

Note, one may request funds from the NU Horizon Europe Travel Fund (see below) to support development of partnerships towards any of these calls.

 

  1. REMINDER: NU Horizon Europe Travel Fund:

The purpose of the Horizon Europe travel fund is to support the development of proposals to Horizon Europe funding opportunities. Awards will be made to cover the basic costs of travel and subsistence (typically ~£500-2000) of Newcastle University staff members to meet with EU partners—we request that funds are spent within 3 months of a request being approved. It is the applicant’s responsibility to arrange travel bookings. Please complete the travel request form: https://forms.office.com/e/xu0FZ65dif . We will return a decision to you asap, typically within five working days. Should you have any queries, please email sarah.urquhart@newcastle.ac.uk

 

  1. ERC Proof of Concept Grants 2025: https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/proof-concept

Proof of Concept grants are open to ERC grant holders of a frontier research project that now want to explore the commercial or societal potential of their work. All Principal Investigators in one of the ERC frontier research main grants (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy) are eligible to participate and apply for an ERC Proof of Concept Grant. Principal Investigators in an ongoing main grant, or Principal Investigators in a main grant that has ended after 1 January 2024, are eligible to apply. The Principal Investigator must be able to demonstrate the relation between the idea to be taken to proof of concept and the ERC frontier research project (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy) in question. The call deadlines for submissions are: 13 March and 18 September 2025.

 

  1. Choose France: CNRS AI Rising TalentsProgramme launched https://www.ins2i.cnrs.fr/en/cnrsinfo/choose-france-cnrs-ai-rising-talents

The provides early career postdoctoral AI researchers an opportunity to establish and lead a research programme and associated research team in France for a period of four years. Package of support up to €1 million. Candidates must demonstrate outstanding track records in machine learning (ML) and related fields (computer vision, natural language processing, robotics etc). Deadline: 31 March 2025

 

  1. 23. UK-German Funding Initiative in the Humanities Opens for Round Seven https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/collaborate-with-german-partners-on-arts-and-humanities-research-round-seven/

The UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) together run the UK-German Funding Initiative in the Humanities to bring together arts and humanities (including law and linguistics) researchers in the UK and Germany to conduct outstanding joint UK-German research projects. Projects must last between 24 and 36 months starting between January and mid-February 2026. Awards will not exceed, on the UK side, £420,000 (at 100% FEC, of which the AHRC will fund 80%) per project, meaning £336,000 is available per project on the UK side. DFG does not specify a maximum limit to the amount of funding that can be requested for the German component. Deadline 16 February 2025.

 

  1. MSCA Staff Exchanges https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-staff-exchanges-2024

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges fund short-term international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary exchanges of staff members involved in research and innovation activities at all stages of the innovation chain. Secondments must be between different countries and should lead to knowledge transfer between participating organisations. The 2024 Staff Exchanges call will have a budget of €99.5 million. The call will open on 19 September 2024 and close on 5 February 2025.

 

UKRO has recorded two information sessions for prospective applicants

Please follow the links below to watch the recordings.

 

  1. Horizon Europe Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission Call: https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/funding-opportunities/calls-proposals/horizon-europe-eur-98-million-available-climate-neutral-and-smart-cities-mission-projects_en

A new call for projects has now launched to support research and innovation under the Cities Mission titled: Changing urban spaces and mindsets to accelerate the transition to climate neutrality. A total of €98 million is available for proposals across the following four topics with deadlines 11 February 2025:

  • Rethinking urban spaces towards climate neutrality, €45 million budget
  • Zero-pollution cities: €20 million budget
  • Mobility management plans and behavioural change: €5 million budget
  • Integrated peri-urban areas in the transition towards climate neutrality: €28 million budget

 

  1. European Research Council (ERC) 2025 call deadlines adopted

The European Research Council (ERC) is the European Commission’s leading funding organisation for supporting bottom-up, investigator-driven frontier research. This approach to research funding ensures that support is aimed primarily at new and promising opportunities, with a greater degree of flexibility. Research funded by the ERC is expected to lead to advances at the frontiers of knowledge and to set a clear and inspirational target for frontier research across Europe. The ERC has published the preliminary opening and deadline dates for its calls to be released for the 2025 cycle of applications:

  • Starting Grants – the deadline has passed, was 15 October 2024
  • Consolidator Grants – For excellent researchers with 7 to 12 years’ experience after PhD: Opening 26 September 2024, closing 14 January 2025 
  • Synergy Grants – For groups of two to four PIs to address ambitious research questions requiring coordinated work: Opening 11 July 2024, closing 6 November 2024
  • Proof-of-Concept Grants – For previous and current ERC grantees who want to explore the commercial or societal potential of their work. Opening 13 November 2024, closing 13 March 2025 and 18 September 2025

 

 

Official development assistance (ODA) related funding

 

  1. British Academy Evidence-informed policymaking grants

The British Academy is inviting proposals related to evidence-informed policymaking in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries. The aim of this call is to support ODA-eligible international collaborations. The Academy is looking to support awards that work in the following fields: • Environment, sustainability and nature, • Transformative technologies, • Health and wellbeing, • Cities and urbanisation, • Global order, geopolitics and international affairs. The Principal Investigator must be a researcher in a discipline within the social sciences or humanities and either UK-based with co-applicants that include at least one researcher who is based in the above countries, or vice-versa. The value of the award is set at a maximum of £150,000 for 12 months. Deadline 19 February 2025.

 

  1. International Writing Workshops, The British Academy https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/writing-workshops/

Invitations are open for proposals for Writing Workshops in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or LDC’s. These workshops should aim to develop the skills of early career researchers, including supporting and promoting the uptake of their research in journals and publications. Closes 25 January 2025

 

 

General international

 

  1. NEW: Spencer Foundation Research Grant Programs: https://www.spencer.org/research-grants

The Spencer Foundation invests in education research that cultivates learning and transforms lives: ‘The goal of all of our research grants is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. We value work that fosters creative and open-minded scholarship, engages in deep inquiry, and examines robust questions related to education. We seek to support scholarship that develops new foundational knowledge that may also have a lasting impact on policy-making, practice, or educational discourse.’. Grants include:

  • Racial Equity Research Grants – intent to apply deadline in May 2025, with proposal deadline June 2025
  • Research Grants on Education: Large – intent to apply deadline is 14 January 2025, with proposal deadline 11 February 2025
  • Research Grants on Education: Small – open mid-February with proposal deadline in mid-April 2025

 

  1. NEW: APMRF Research Projects on Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) Disease: https://parseghianfund.nd.edu/research/grants/

The Ara Parseghian Medical Research Fund (APMRF) at the University of Notre Dame is a non-profit organisation dedicated to finding treatments or a cure for Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disease. APMRF Research Grants are available annually to support research projects that further understanding of the molecular basis of NPC or seek to develop novel strategies to treat and/or cure the disease. Individual grants do not usually exceed $100,000 per year in value. Awards are usually made for a maximum of one year, but some proposals may be considered for a two year period. Applicants to the 2025 grant cycle must first submit a Letter of Intent (LoI) by the deadline of 1 March 2025. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal by the deadline of 1 May 2025.

 

  1. NEW: Playful Research: Mario Markus Prize for Ludic Science 2025: https://en.gdch.de/gdch/prizes-and-awards/gdch-awards/mario-markus-prize.html

The prize is designed to honour scientific work in the natural sciences that is ‘playful’. For the purpose of the award, the term ‘playful’ is defined as research that includes discoveries that arose from research that was undertaken not with any specific application in mind, but simply out of curiosity about the natural world. Applications are open to researchers working in the natural sciences worldwide. For the 2025 award, the award committee will consider scientific work that was published in a peer-reviewed journal since 2020. The award offers a cash prize of €10,000. In addition, GDCh will cover travel expenses to the award ceremony. The application deadline for the 2025 award is 31 May 2025.

 

  1. NEW: Wildlife Acoustics Scientific Product Grant – 2025 Quarterly Deadlines: https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/grant-program?token=Wa_jHJS9m9wSvKHgPriLO0f-G6ZPSY4E

Wildlife Acoustics is based in the United States and creates wildlife acoustic monitoring tools especially designed to help scientists make discoveries that expand understanding of the planet’s biodiversity.

The Wildlife Acoustics Scientific Product Grant supports the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring and environmental conservation through the provision of bioacoustics research tools to help further research into the study of bats, birds, amphibians and other vocal wildlife. Through the Standard Product Grant, Wildlife Acoustics awards up to $12,000 worth of bioacoustics products, including products and software licenses, to grant recipients every quarter. Individual applicants may request products and software licenses totalling up to $4,000 quarterly. Wildlife Acoustics will pay for all freight fees, however, applicants are responsible for any duties and taxes for international shipments. Through the Kaleidoscope Pro-Only Grant, Wildlife Acoustics awards an unlimited number of one-year Kaleidoscope Pro licenses to selected grant recipients every quarter. Individual applicants may request an unlimited number of software licenses and may also reapply. The 2025 application deadlines are: 15 February 2025, 15 May 2025, 15 August 2025 and 15 November 2025.

 

  1. NEW: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Academic Clinical Trials Program: https://www.lls.org/research/apply-academic-clinical-trials-program

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) funds cutting-edge research around the world for every type of blood cancer, including leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other rare types of blood cancers.

The LLS Academic Clinical Trials Program (ACT) was created to enhance the development and implementation of academic investigator initiated clinical trials (IIT) to address unmet medical needs in blood cancer. Applications are invited for novel approaches to the treatment of haematological malignancies and related pre-malignant conditions. The primary emphasis will be on Phase 1 or 2 trials involving novel experimental agents. Proposals for repurposing approved therapies for new indications will also be considered. Applications are welcome worldwide from appropriate academic institutions and investigators of any nationality. A total of $1 million is available for up to three years. Letters of Intent must be submitted online by the deadline of 6 February 2025 (15:00 ET).

 

  1. NEW: Global 3Rs Awards 2025: https://www.aaalac.org/awards/global-3rs-awards/

The Global 3Rs Awards programme recognises significant innovative contributions towards the 3Rs of animal research to advance ethical science. The 3Rs are the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animal use. The scheme is open to any researcher in academia or industry working in any area of biology (eg basic science, discovery, development, teaching, testing, manufacture of new medicines, vaccines, medical devices, or healthcare products for humans and animals). Up to four regional awards are available: North America, Europe, Pacific Rim and the Rest of the World. Award nominations must be based on a primary research paper that advances any of the 3Rs and has been published in a peer-reviewed journal in the last three years. Candidates may be nominated or can self-nominate. Up to four awards of $10,000 each are available. Nominations must be submitted by the deadline of 1 June 2025 (16:00 EDT).

 

  1. Open for Applications: Royal Academy of Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowship for Intelligence Community Research https://funding.myresearchconnect.com/Scheme/View/RAEng-UK-IC-Postdoctoral-Research-Fellowship-Programme-GRUKRES!S16787

Award funding of up to £250,000 over two years to support outstanding postdoctoral science or engineering researchers undertaking unclassified basic research in areas of interest to the UK intelligence, security and defence communities. The awards will fund up to 80% (fEC) of projects that address any of the priority topics, which are identified by members of the UK Intelligence Community. Application is open to early career postdoctoral researchers, within five years of award of a PhD, who are citizens of Australia, Canada, the EEA, New Zealand, the UK or the US. Deadline 29 April 2025.

 

  1. UK-India Collaboration: Grants Available for Industrial Net Zero Research Projects https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2080/overview/437c2e0e-6be8-4fee-ad4d-e5968dbf8577

The initiative, jointly run by Innovate UK and India’s Department of Science and Technology, aims to accelerate innovations in areas like advanced materials, renewable energy, and decarbonising manufacturing. Grants ranging from £100,000 to £300,000 are available for UK participants, with a total allocation of £2 million for this funding round. Deadline 12 February 2025 (11:00 GMT)

 

  1. AHRC/ESRC International Fellowships for PhD and Early Career Researchers 2025: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/international-fellowships-for-phd-and-early-career-researchers-2025/

Apply for a funded fellowship at an international institution. Fellowships are available at:

  • USA: Harry Ransom Center, Huntington Library, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Yale Centre for British Art
  • Japan: National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU)
  • China: Shanghai Theatre Academy

You will receive £1,000 for travel and visa costs (£1,200 for travel to Japan and China) and £1,925 for each month of the fellowship. You can apply for two to six months of funding. Deadline 13 March 2025.

 

  1. Google Research Scholar Program: https://research.google/programs-and-events/research-scholar-program/

The Research Scholar Program aims to support early-career professors [UK-speak] who are pursuing research in fields relevant to Google (see list of areas in the link) – applicants must have received their PhD within seven years of submission. The funds granted will be up to $60,000 USD and are intended to support the advancement of the professor’s research. Deadline 27 January 2025.

 

  1. REMINDER: UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 10: Newcastle University Selection and Support Now Open: https://newcastle.sharepoint.com/hub/rai/rfd/news/Pages/FLFRound10.aspx

Newcastle University’s Selection and Support Exercise for Round 10 of the UKRI Future Leader Fellowships is now open. The scheme is open to early career researchers and innovators and welcomes applicants from around the world. While not strictly international funding, we encourage you to reach out to your international contacts to encourage them to consider to be hosted at Newcastle. Awards are for an ambitious programme of research and to support career development for up to four years, with the ability to extend for a further three years, to focus and continue your development. Newcastle is limited by the funder to making 6 applications in this round.  We will therefore be holding a Selection and Support Process.

 

  1. NEW: NIH funding opportunities for which foreign organizations and/or foreign components of U.S. organizations may apply:

 

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:

 

Project Initiation Form (PIF): https://www.cognitoforms.com/NewcastleUniversity1/NewcastleUniversityNuTHProjectInitiationFormV2

If you’re in the process of developing a research proposal please ensure you submit a PIF as soon as possible. The PIF is not just a mechanism to initiate a costing, it enables the research support team to identify and engage on your behalf the varying types of research and business support beneficial to your bid. Please note you don’t need to define all resources required before engaging with the team. To maximise the support available to you, PIF submission is advised at your earliest convenience.

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