/ Grants at the Royal Society

Application dates

Dates for 2025 will be added in due course.

The Royal Society funds researchers at the postdoctoral level and above in the UK and overseas. Undergraduate, Masters and PhD students cannot apply for Royal Society funding.

Research must be within the Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. For a full list, see our guidance page.

Selected funding is also available for scholars of history of science, UK schools and colleges, small museums and for the exchange of commercial knowledge between industry and academia.

See our information on our grants policies and positions and guidance on the application and assessment process for further information. Contact grants@royalsociety.org with any other queries.

Schemes opening in 2024

Scheme Open date Close date Decision
International Exchanges Global Round 1 10 January 2024 12 March 2024 June 2024
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship 10 January 2024 12 March 2024 July 2024
Newton International Fellowship 23 January 2024 19 March 2024 August 2024
Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship, Round 2 24 January 2024 20 March 2024 July 2024
Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship, Round 2 24 January 2024 20 March 2024 July 2024
Research Grants 31 January 2024 27 March 2024 August 2024
Industry Fellowships 14 February 2024 10 April 2024 September 2024
International Science Partnerships Fund International Collaboration Awards, South Korea 27 February 2024 25 April 2024 August 2024
Royal Society Short Industry Fellowships, Round 1 3 April 2024 29 May 2024 July 2024
International Exchanges Global Round 2 10 April 2024 5 June 2024 October 2024
Kan Tong Po Visiting Fellowship 10 April 2024 5 June 2024 October 2024
International Exchanges Cost Share (with CNR) 10 April 2024 5 June 2024 October 2024
International Exchanges Cost Share (with NSFC) 10 April 2024 5 June 2024 November 2024
International Science Partnerships Fund International Collaboration Awards ODA Brazil and South Africa 30 April 2024 25 June 2024 October 2024
International Science Partnerships Fund International Collaboration Awards Japan 29 May 2024 24 July 2024 December 2024
Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship, Round 3 12 June 2024 7 August 2024 December 2024
Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship, Round 3 12 June 2024 7 August 2024 December 2024
Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence scheme 19 June 2024 18 September 2024 December 2024
University Research Fellowship 11 July 2024 10 September 2024 June 2025
Industry Fellowships 1 August 2024 26 September 2024 February 2025
International Exchanges Global Round 3 1 August 2024 26 September 2024 March 2025
International Exchanges Cost Share (with JSPS) 1 August 2024 26 September 2024 February 2025
International Exchanges Cost Share (with NSTC) 1 August 2024 26 September 2024 March 2025
Research Grants 7 August 2024 2 October 2024 January 2025
Faraday Discovery Fellowships - Stage 1 14 August 2024 2 October 2024 November 2024
Professorship for Public Engagement in Science 21 August 2024 25 September 2024 December 2024
Short Industry Fellowships 29 August 2024 24 October 2024 December 2024
Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship 3 September 2024 29 October 2024 July 2025
Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship 11 September 2024 6 November 2024 February 2025
Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship 11 September 2024 6 November 2024 February 2025
Career Development Fellowship 24 September 2024 19 November 2024 July 2025
Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship 25 September 2024 20 November 2024 April 2025
APEX 2 October 2024 27 November 2024 May 2025
Faraday Discovery Fellowships – Stage 2 28 November 2024 6 February 2025 July 2025

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