International research funding circular – 24 January 2025

News

1. NEW: Trump’s team halts NIH grant-review meetings and travel: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00231-y

In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.

2. NEW: Swiss blind application process back unconventional research: https://sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-funding/horizon-europe/blind-application-process-helps-swiss-spark-grants-back-unconventional

The new EU research commissioner, Ekaterina Zaharieva, has said she favours blind evaluation in the bloc’s Horizon Europe research programme, to make sure academics do not get an unfair boost just because of the reputation of their institutions.

Events

3. 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.

4. 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

European related funding

5. NEW: MSCA COFUND Doctoral/Postdoctoral Fellowships: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-opens-eu1018m-call-to-co-fund-doctoral-and-postdoctoral-programmes

Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) applications are now being accepted under the co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND) scheme, which provides funding for regional, national and international programmes for training and career development through co-funding mechanisms. The programme supports new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes managed by entities established in EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries with the aim of spreading the best practices of the MSCA. This includes international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as international and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their career. COFUND projects should last for up to five years and should recruit at least three researchers. MSCA are open to all domains of research and innovation. Any type of organisation can apply as long as they have the operational and financial capacity to carry out the tasks they propose. The budget for the 2025 call is €101.82 million. A beneficiary can receive a maximum of €10 million per call. COFUND funding helps host organisations cover for each supported researcher with a fixed amount (COFUND allowance) equivalent to the minimum salary that researchers should receive. This allowance can be used to support any cost items of the programme. Deadline 24 June 2025.

6. NEW: Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking 2025 calls

Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking has published its 2025/26 Biannual Work Programme and this includes the 2025 Calls for Proposals (Annex VI, page 141 onward). There is €138.7m available across 10 Topics, nine of which have a planned opening date of October this year with a proposal submission deadline of February 2026. The Topic with different dates is highlighted in bold below. Note that only one project per Topic will be funded and for those marked FA1, FA2, etc, will build upon work already underway. This means that it will be very important for you do your homework and find out all you can about the ongoing projects and who is delivering them (it is very likely they will be involved in the follow-on projects in some way). The Topics below marked EXPLR are for exploratory or low TRL projects. If European Rail research is your major thrust into Horizon Europe then sign up to hear from ERJU directly via their newsletter

  • HORIZON-ER-JU-2025-FA1-TT-01: Network management planning and control & Mobility Management in a multimodal environment and Digital Enablers (€ 22.4m)
  • HORIZON-ER-JU-2025-FA2-01: Digital & Automated up to Autonomous Train Operations (€33.9m)
  • HORIZON-ER-JU-2025-FA3-01: Intelligent & Integrated asset management (€29.8m)
  • HORIZON-ER-JU-2025-FA4-01: A sustainable and green rail system (€21.3m)
  • HORIZON-ER-JU-2025-FA5-01: Sustainable Competitive Digital Green Rail Freight Services (€14.7m)
  • HORIZON-ER-JU-2025-FA6-01: Regional rail services / Innovative rail services to revitalise capillary lines (€11.4m)
  • HORIZON-ER-JU-2025-FA7-01: Further Technological development of Maglev-derived Systems (€3.m) opening 26 Feb 25 for 7 May 25 submission deadline) 
  • HORIZON-ER-JU-2025-EXPLR-01: Studies on rail 5.0 (€0.6m)
  • HORIZON-ER-JU-2025-EXPLR-02: Studies on innovation in climate finance for rail (€0.6m)
  • HORIZON-ER-JU-2025-EXPLR-03: Extending the rail network of PhDs (€1m)

7. NEW: PEPR Maths-Vives International Chairs: https://www.maths-vives.fr/appel-chaires-internationales-2025/

Within the framework of Programme et Équipements Prioritaires de Recherche (PEPR – Priority Research Programme and Equipment), funded through the France 2030 investment plan, CNRS’ Institut national des sciences mathématiques et de leurs interactions (Insmi – National institute of mathematical sciences and their interactions) is operating a research programme that seeks to put mathematics in dialogue with other disciplines in order to produce innovations for living beings, the environment and society. Titled PEPR Maths-Vives, the programme seeks to support and structure the interactions mathematics has with other sciences concerning contemporary societal issues, including climate change, loss of biodiversity and the management of epidemics. PEPR Maths-Vives is accepting applications for the second session of its short-term call for proposals for International Chairs. The guest researcher (outside France) may belong to a different discipline to the host team. Alternatively, the host team may include at least two researchers from different disciplines, including at least one mathematician. Projects may have a total duration of 1-5 months, depending on the needs and specificities of each project. The salary is determined by the experience of the guest researcher, with a maximum potential salary of €3,860/month. An additional grant of €1,000/month will also be awarded to cover environmental costs linked to the project. The guest researcher may use this grant to cover travel and accommodation costs. The second session deadline is 15 May 2025.

8. NEW: ISSPAM Call for Junior and Senior Incoming Mobility: https://funding.myresearchconnect.com/News/View/GRUKRES!N26045

The Institut des Sciences de la Santé Publique d’Aix-Marseille (ISSPAM – Institute of Public Health Sciences of Aix-Marseille) aims to synergise and improve the existing strengths of the Aix-Marseille site in different areas of expertise. Its research and training activities emphasise multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary in public health sciences. ISSPAM aims to contribute to clinical and public health decision-making and to the evaluation of policies relating to population health. Mobility funding is available to support the temporary hosting of a non-French junior or senior researcher/teacher in one of the ISSPAM teams. The objective of this call is to promote the development of international partnerships and to develop ISSPAM’s visibility and attractiveness. Two application sessions are organised each year and the first call of 2025 is now open for submissions. The maximum amount allocated by ISSPAM is €2,000 to cover travel, accommodation, meals and additional costs. Deadline 16 March 2025.

9. Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) calls 9 and 10 launched: https://www.ihi.europa.eu/apply-funding/future-opportunities

IHI call 9 – a single-stage, applicant driven call:

The following topics were launched under IHI call 9 on 16 January 2025. The final versions of the call texts are available on the IHI call 9 page – applicants should read them carefully.

  • Topic 1 (SO1): Boosting innovation for a better understanding of the determinants of health
  • Topic 2 (SO2): Boosting innovation through better integration of fragmented health R&I efforts
  • Topic 3 (SO3): Boosting innovation for peopled centred integrated healthcare solutions
  • Topic 4 (SO4):Boosting innovation through exploitation of digitalisation and data exchange in healthcare
  • Topic 5 (SO5):Boosting innovation for better assessment of the added value of innovative integrated healthcare solutions

IHI call 10 – a standard, two-stage call:

The following topics were launched under IHI call 10 on 16 January 2025. The final versions of the texts are available on the IHI call 10 page – applicants should read them carefully.

  • Digital label: one source of comprehensive information for medical technology products
  • Enabling and safeguarding innovation in secondary use of health data in the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
  • Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure, emissions, and end of life management in the healthcare sector

10. Clean Hydrogen Partnership calls: https://www.clean-hydrogen.europa.eu/call-proposals-2025-open_en?

The EU Clean Hydrogen Partnership launches its new calls for proposals on with a budget of € 184.5 million for projects to support the creation of cutting-edge hydrogen technologies.  Call cover:

  • 7 topics – 40M€ funding – Renewable Hydrogen Production
  • 3 topics – 16M€ funding – Hydrogen Storage and Distribution
  • 3 topics – 17M€ funding – Transport
  • 1 topic – 5M€ funding – Heat and Power
  • 3 topics – 6.5M€ funding – Cross-cutting
  • 2 topics – 80M€ funding – Hydrogen Valleys

Conall.McGinley@iuk.ukri.org is the National Contact Point that can help with this initiative. Deadlines are 23 April 2025.

11. SESAR European air traffic management calls: https://www.sesarju.eu/news/sesar-ju-launches-eur-254-million-research-calls-shape-future-european-air-traffic-0

The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU) has announced two open calls under its Digital European Sky (DES) research and innovation programme, within the framework of Horizon Europe. With a combined budget of EUR 254 million, these calls mark the first steps in executing the new European ATM Master Plan, the comprehensive roadmap for transforming air traffic management (ATM) in Europe, published in December 2024. In short, €237m available for 14 Topics for Industrial Research and €16m available for 5 Topics for Exploratory Research. Deadline for submitting proposals is 16 September 2025.

 

12. EURAMET Call for Research Ideas: https://www.euramet.org/publications-media-centre/news/news/metrology-partnership-call-2025-stage-1-open

The EURAMET European Partnership on Metrology funds cutting-edge research projects which help provide effective metrological solutions to technological and societal challenges, as well as increase collaborative research between industry and academia. These advances in the field of metrology will help to support European goals in areas such as health and climate, and ensure that the European metrology system is internationally competitive. Stage 1 of the 2025 Call under the European Partnership on Metrology is open to submit potential research ideas. Anyone can submit a potential research topic (PRT) corresponding to one of the four themes for Call 2025: • Health. • Integrated European Metrology. • Metrology for Regulation. • Research Potential. Submissions can also be put forward in collaboration with National Metrology Institutes. A proportion of these PRTs will then proceed as selected research topics (SRTs). For groups who wish to collaborate and join consortia for certain SRTs, Stage 2 will open on 24 June 2025 and will close on 29 September 2025. Stage 1 submissions are open until 17 February 2025.

13. Scientific High Level Visiting Fellowships (SSHN) 2025: 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. The value of these fellowships is €1,704 per month. Applications to the 2025 programme must be submitted by the deadline of 24 February 2025.

14. 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.

 

15. 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 remaining round deadlines (rounds 1 and 2 closed) are: • 12 February 2025 (17:00) • 5 March 2025 (17:00).

 

16. 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.

 

17. 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

 

Official development assistance (ODA) related funding

 

18. Global Health Research – Health Policy and Systems bands 1 to 3: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/global-health-research-health-policy-and-systems-bands-1-3/97033

The Global Health Research (GHR) Health Policy and Systems (HPS) programmes will soon be looking for applications to this new, annual funding opportunity. GHR-HPS funds research to improve the understanding and effectiveness of health systems and health policy in low and middle income countries (LMICs) on the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) list. Research must address evidence needs relating to health systems that are locally identified and prioritised, and must promote health equity, aligning with the aims of Sustainable Development Goal 3. Applications can span from broad, ambitious programmes of research to projects with a narrower scope. The GHR-HPS programmes replace the previously run Global Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) Programme and now commissions research through 3 programme bands. Through this opportunity, funding ranges from £0.25 to £4 million, over a period up to 5 years, depending on the band you apply for. The is a webinar on 20 January 2025. Calls will open 26 February with a deadline of 18 June 2025.

 

19. Climate and Health Award: Advancing climate mitigation solutions with health co-benefits in low- and middle-income countries: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/climate-mitigation-solutions-in-lmics

This funding call will generate a body of evidence on the health effects of climate change mitigation interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This call builds on Wellcome’s previous funding, Advancing climate mitigation policy solutions with health co-benefits in G7 countries. This award will fund transdisciplinary research teams, led by an applicant at an LMIC-based organisation. Research funded will investigate health effects alongside the social and economic impacts of planned or implemented greenhouse gas mitigation strategies. It will reflect local priorities and produce evidence to drive positive climate and health outcomes. Funding of £500,000-£2 million per project for 2-4 years. Preliminary application deadline: 18 February 2025

 

20. The British Academy: ODA Global Innovation Fellowships 2025 (Remote)

The objective of the ODA (Official Development Assistance) Global Innovation Fellowships is to provide opportunities to UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from across the humanities and social sciences to develop their skills, networks and careers in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions. Applications are invited in any of the following areas: • Environment, sustainability and nature • Transformative technologies • Health and wellbeing • Cities and urbanisation •  Global order, geopolitics and international affairs. Awards are up to £120k for a period of 12 months. Deadline is 19 February 2025.

21. 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.

 

General international

 

22. NEW: Nature Awards Inspiring Women in Science: https://www.nature.com/immersive/inspiringwomeninscience/index.html

The Nature Awards for Inspiring Women in Science are presented in partnership with The Estée Lauder Companies. This collaboration aims to celebrate and support the achievements of women in science, as well as initiatives that encourage girls and young women to engage with STEM subjects and pursue STEM careers worldwide. There are two categories: Science Outreach category is open to organisations, departments, individuals (of any gender), or project teams. Scientific Achievement category, applicants must self-identify as a woman and hold a PhD, medical degree (MD), or another doctorate by dissertation obtained within the last 10 years. Additionally, applicants must be in a non-tenured position at the time of application, and applications are accepted from individuals working in STEM fields. Two winners will be awarded $50,000, and two runners up will receive $5,000. Deadline 9 April 2025.

 

23. NEW: ASAP Collaborative Research Network Scientific Track Call for Parkinson’s Disease Research: https://parkinsonsroadmap.org/funding-opportunities/scientific-track/#

Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) is a global coordinated research initiative that seeks to accelerate discoveries for Parkinson’s disease (PD). The ASAP Collaborative Research Network (CRN) initiative is an international, multidisciplinary and multi-institutional network of collaborating investigators working to address high-priority science questions. CRN is focused on three key scientific themes related to PD – functional genomics, neuro-immune interactions, and circuitry and brain-body interactions. ASAP CRN’s Scientific Track funding is an open competitive funding opportunity for the research community to provide additional capital to spur discovery for PD research. ASAP will support higher-risk, large-scale, ambitious projects across the Scientific Track scheme and the Technical Track sister scheme (due to open in spring 2025). For this Scientific Track call, applications must focus on dissecting the mechanisms that contribute to PD heterogeneity in one of six key focus areas (see call link). Application is open to research teams, which are required to be multidisciplinary and multi-institutional. Teams may request funds up to $3 million total costs per year to support up to a three-year research plan (ie up to $9 million in total). There is a two-stage application process consisting of a mandatory Letter of Intent with deadline of 20 March 2025 (18:00 ET).

 

24. NEW: Fondation Charles Defforey 2025 Scientific Grand Prize on Theme of Stem Cell Research: https://www.institutdefrance.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MODIF_version-anglaise-APPEL_GRD_PRIX_SCIENTIFIQUE_CHARLES_D_2025-DEF.pdf

The Fondation Charles Defforey/Institut de France Scientific Grand Prize is awarded annually to provide financial support to a high-level research project on a specified theme. For the 2025 prize, the specified topic is: Engineering stem cells and developing complex in vitro models (CIVM) to better understand diseases and innovate in their treatment. The prize will be awarded to a researcher who has made an important contribution to the engineering of stem cells and/or CIVM-type models to understand the development and pathophysiology of diseases, and to innovate in their treatment. The value of the prize is €400,000, 90% of which will contribute to research and 10% will be granted to the scientific supervisor of the team or to the laboratory in recognition of their contribution to the award-winning research (except if the prize is awarded to an institution). Prize funding may be used for consumables or equipment expenses as well as for publications or travel expenses. The application deadline is 28 February 2025.

 

25. NEW: Jérôme Lejeune Foundation Spring 2025 Down Syndrome proposals: https://www.research.fondationlejeune.org/call-for-projets/

The Foundation’s spring 2025 call for proposals will be dedicated to both Down syndrome and other rare intellectual disorders of genetic origin such as Fragile X, cri du chat, Rett, Williams-Beuren, Prader-Willi, Angelman, Smith-Magenis and other syndromes. Autism research not linked to the aforementioned diseases is not eligible. Eligible projects could cover basic, translational, epidemiological or clinical research, neurobiology, and pharmacology including animal pharmacology, genetic, genomic, iPSCs, and neuropsychology techniques or data analysis. Applications are welcome from candidates affiliated with any research institution around the world. Eligible applicants are researchers investigating Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities with a genetic origin appearing in early childhood. Pilot (up to €50k) and Advanced (up to €80k) over two years are available. Deadline 7 March 2025.

26. NEW: Roux Prize for Disease Burden Research: https://www.healthdata.org/about/awards/roux-prize

The Roux Prize is a $100,000 award available to individuals and groups, based anywhere in the world, who have used health evidence in innovative ways to improve population health. The prize is administered by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), based at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and was established in 2013 to encourage efforts to make Global Burden of Disease (GBD) research – encompassing research that investigates health loss due to diseases, injuries and risk factors by age, sex, and geography over time, including antimicrobial resistance and climate change – more accessible and useful and recognise innovative applications of GBD research to improve global health. Award winners can use the prize fund for any research, educational or personal purpose. Self-nominations are discouraged. Deadline 7 March 2025.

27. NEW: Antarctic Science International Bursary: https://www.antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/

Antarctic Science International (ASI) Bursaries develop the careers of promising early career scientists, working in any field of Antarctic science, and based in any country. Grants are awarded to extend the scope of an existing research project, through: Extra field or laboratory work; International collaboration or the learning of new skills; Purchasing/contributing towards the cost of a key piece of equipment. The grant is intended to support distinct extension activities, usually arising from previous work. ASI wishes to fund novel opportunities or research avenues that are complementary to the applicant’s existing research. To be eligible applicants must be studying for a PhD or be employed as an early career researcher. Early career researchers are eligible to apply for up to eight years after their PhD or within three years of attaining a permanent faculty position, up to a total of eight years post PhD. Awards of up to £6,000 for up to two years. Two webinars will take place on 14 February 2025 (15:00 and 20:00 GMT) to help potential applicants apply for the bursary. Advance registration is required to attend. Applications must be submitted by the deadline of 21 March 2025.

 

28. NEW: Australia-UK platform studies in areas of unmet clinical need: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/australia-uk-platform-studies-areas-unmet-clinical-need/97018

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Australia, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) UK are inviting applications for ambitious platform studies in areas of unmet medical need. The platform must be internationally collaborative, with joint leads based in Australia and the United Kingdom. Deadline 23 July 2025.

 

29. Lung Cancer Research Foundation Fund grants: https://www.lungcancerresearchfoundation.org/research/funding-opportunities-2025/

The mission of the Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer. They have a number of grant schemes open that include:

  • 2025 LCRF Leading Edge Research Grant Program
  • 2025 LCRF Research Grant on Prevention and Early Detection in Lung Cancer
  • 2025 LCRF Research Grant on Overcoming Resistance in Lung Cancer
  • 2025 LCRF Minority Career Development Award (CDA) in Lung Cancer
  • 2025 LCRF | Bayer Research Award on Innovative Therapeutic Strategies to Treat Lung Cancers Harboring HER2 Mutations and/or Other HER2 Alterations

The first four schemes listed are for grants of up to $150k over two years, while the last one is for $500k over two year. Investigators must be affiliated with a non-profit, academic or research institution. An applicant must have a postdoctoral or clinical research fellow appointment and/or a faculty position and may have any level of research experience. Letters of Intent must be submitted by 3 March 2025.

30. Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate (GCBC) Research Grant Competition: https://www.gcbc.org.uk/grants/#grants

From February 2025, GCBC will be inviting concept note proposals for projects that address either of the two themes below. Successful applicants from this first round will then be invited to submit full proposals. Applicants will be invited to submit proposals for projects that address either theme. All proposals need to address poverty alleviation and climate resilience, focusing on approaches that better value, protect, restore and sustainably manage biodiversity.

  • Theme 1: Using biodiversity to improve the climate resilience of agricultural, food and bioeconomy value chains
  • Theme 2: Biodiversity hotspots in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Grants sums of between £100,000 and £1 million are offered for projects of 12-36 months duration. Concept Note Competition Window Closes: Monday, 17th March, 2025. Note also: • How to Prepare a Concept Note Application (Webinar): 07.00 hrs and 16.00 hrs, GMT, Monday 27th January, 2025. • Research for Impact (Webinar): 07.00 hrs and 16.00 hrs, GMT, Thursday 30th January, 2025.

31. Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants: https://oceangrants.org.uk/

OCEAN is a new competitive grants scheme that will support innovative proposals from local coastal communities and organisations that aim to deliver marine protection and reduce poverty worldwide. It is part of the UK’s Blue Planet Fund – a £500 million programme supporting developing countries to protect the marine environment and reduce poverty – and aims to support the people and communities most impacted by declining ocean health and climate change through funding local solutions to local problems. OCEAN’s overall goal is to place the ocean on a path to recovery, and for local communities and nature to thrive side by side. To achieve this, grants will be awarded through two different funding pathways:

  • Community Grants, up to £250k, stage 1 deadline 17th February 2025
  • Partnership Grants, £500k to £3M, stage 1 deadline 24th March 2025

 

32. 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

33. 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.

 

34. 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.

35. 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).

36. 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.

 

37. AHRC BRAID DOT: responsible AI collaborations with US researchers

Apply for funding to work with US-based researchers to undertake humanities research on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI. Applications from early career researchers (ECRs) are particularly welcome. Funding is available for projects lasting up to two years. The UK-US team can apply for up to £150,000 or $75,000 (individuals), or £150,000 or $150,000 (teams). US researchers will be funded via the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Deadline 20 March 2025.

 

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

  • Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging funding opportunities:

 

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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