The tables below shows our funding scheme deadlines and anticipated decision dates.
View funding schemes that opened in 2022
View funding schemes opening in 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Exchanges Scheme Standard round one | 12 January 2022 | 9 March 2022 | June 2022 |
| JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship |
12 January 2022 | 9 March 2022 | June 2022 |
| Newton International Fellowships | 24 January 2022 | 16 March 2022 | September 2022 |
| Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship round one | 26 January 2022 | 23 March 2022 | July 2022 |
| Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship round one | 26 January 2022 |
23 March 2022 | July 2022 |
| Industry Fellowship round one |
24 February 2022 | 21 April 2022 | August 2022 |
| Research Grants round one | 22 March 2022 | 19 May 2022 | August 2022 |
| Short Industry Fellowship round one |
7 April 2022 | 2 June 2022 | August 2022 |
| International Exchanges Scheme Standard round two |
13 April 2022 | 15 June 2022 |
September 2022 |
| International Exchanges Scheme Cost Share (CNR) |
13 April 2022 | 15 June 2022 | November 2022 |
| Royal Society Research Professorships stage one | 21 April 2022 | 19 May 2022 | June 2022 |
| Royal Society Research Professorships stage two | 6 June 2022 | 4 July 2022 | October 2022 |
| Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship round two | 18 May 2022 | 13 July 2022 | October 2022 |
| Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship round two |
18 May 2022 |
13 July 2022 | October 2022 |
| University Research Fellowship |
12 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 | May 2023 |
| International Exchanges Scheme Standard round three |
3 August 2022 | 28 September 2022 | February 2023 |
| International Exchanges Scheme Cost Share (JSPS, NSFC, NSTC (formerly MOST)) |
3 August 2022 |
28 September 2022 | February 2023 |
| Industry Fellowship round two |
4 August 2022 | 6 October 2022 | March 2023 |
| Short Industry Fellowship round one |
1 September 2022 | 3 November 2022 | January 2023 |
| Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship |
6 September 2022 | 1 November 2022 | July 2023 |
| APEX Award |
7 September 2022 | 2 November 2022 | June 2023 |
| Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship | 21 September 2022 | 16 November 2022 | March 2023 |
| Research Grants round two |
13 September 2022 | 10 November 2022 | February 2023 |
| Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship |
14 September 2022 | 9 November 2022 | February 2023 |
| Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship |
14 September 2022 |
9 November 2022 |
February 2023 |