The tables below show our funding scheme deadlines and anticipated decision dates for 2023 and confirmed dates for 2024. More dates for 2024 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 how to apply for further information. Contact grants@royalsociety.org with any further queries.
| Scheme | Open date | Close date | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industry Fellowships Round 2 |
1 February 2023 |
29 March 2023 |
July 2023 |
| University Research Fellowship | 11 July 2023 | 7 September 2023 | July 2024 |
| International Exchanges Cost Share Round (NSFC, JSPS, NSTC) | 2 August 2023 | 27 September 2023 | February 2024 |
| Industry Fellowships | 3 August 2023 | 28 September 2023 | February 2024 |
| Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship | 5 September 2023 | 31 October 2023 | August 2024 |
| APEX awards | 6 September 2023 | 1 November 2023 | June 2024 |
| International Collaboration Awards – International Science Partnerships Fund | 11 September 2023 | 19 October 2023 | March 2024 |
| Career Development Fellowship | 7 November 2023 | 24 January 2024 | July 2024 |
| Scheme | Open date | Close date | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Exchanges Global Round 1 |
10 January 2024 | 6 March 2024 | June 2024 |
| Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship |
10 January 2024 |
6 March 2024 | |
| Newton International Fellowship |
17 January 2024 | 13 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 |
| Royal Society Short Industry Fellowships, Round 1 |
3 April 2024 | 29 May 2024 | July 2024 |
| Royal Society Research Professorships - Stage 1 |
10 April 2024 | 8 May 2024 | June 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 (CNR, NSFC) | 10 April 2024 | 5 June 2024 | October 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 Research Professorships - Stage 2 |
12 June 2024 | 10 July 2024 | December 2024 |
| University Research Fellowship | 11 July 2024 | 10 September 2024 | June 2025 |
| International Exchanges Global Round 3 |
1 August 2024 | 26 September 2024 | March 2025 |
| Research Grants | 7 August 2024 | 2 October 2024 | January 2025 |
| 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 |
| Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship |
25 September 2024 | 20 November 2024 | April 2025 |