External Funding Opportunities

Medical Research Council (MRC)

• Clinical Research Training Fellowship 
• Clinical Scientist Fellowship 

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

• Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award

European Research Council (ERC)

• Consolidator Grant

Wellcome

• Early Career Award

Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

• Career Development Fellowship Full Application
• Senior Cancer Research Fellowship Full Application
• Clinician Scientist Fellowship Full Application
• Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship Full Application

Royal Society

• Faraday Discovery Fellowship Stage 2

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

• Predoctoral Award

Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

• Career Development Fellowship Outline
• Senior Cancer Research Fellowship Outline
• Clinician Scientist Fellowship Outline
• Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship Outline

Royal Society

• Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship

Wellcome

• Innovations for Gram-Negative Antibiotic Discovery

Medical Research Council (MRC)

• Career Development Award
• Clinical Research Training Fellowship
• Clinician Scientist Fellowship

Wellcome

• Career Development Award
• Discovery Awards

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

• BBSRC Fellowship

Wellcome

• Early-Career Award

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

• Future Leader Fellowship

Wellcome

• Career Development Award
• Discovery Awards

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

• Global Advanced Fellowship

Not available this month.

Medical Research Council (MRC)

• Career Development Award
• Clinical Research Training Fellowship
• Clinician Scientist Fellowship

Wellcome

• Early-Career Award

Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

• Career Development Fellowship Full Application
• Senior Cancer Research Fellowship Full Application
• Clinician Scientist Fellowship Full Application
• Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship Full Application

Royal Society

• University Research Fellowship
• Faraday Discovery Fellowship Stage 1

European Research Council (ERC)

• Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship

Lister Institute

• Lister Prize Award 2026

Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

• Career Development Fellowship Outline
• Senior Cancer Research Fellowship Outline
• Clinician Scientist Fellowship Outline
• Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship Outline

Royal Society

• Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship

Diabetes UK

• RD Lawrence Fellowship

European Research Council (ERC)

• Starting Grant

Wellcome

• Career Development Award
• Discovery Awards

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

• Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award

Royal Society

• Career Development Fellowship

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

• Postdoctoral Award*
• Doctoral Award*

*The NIHR is currently in the process of simplifying these awards, due to launch in late March 2025. Once the details of the deadlines are confirmed for these fellowships, further information will be available on this page. Please do check back for further updates.