Application dates

The tables below show our funding scheme deadlines and anticipated decision dates for 2023 and 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.

Schemes opening in 2023

Scheme Open date Close date Decision
 Career Development Fellowship  7 November 2023  24 January 2024  July 2024

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 (CNR) 10 April 2024  5 June 2024  October 2024 
International Exchanges Cost Share (NSFC)   10 April 2024   5 June 2024 November 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
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
Research Grants   7 August 2024 2 October 2024 January 2025 
Faraday Discovery Fellowships - Stage 1 14 August 2024 2 October 2024 November 2024
 Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship 3 September 2024   29 October 2024  July 2025
APEX 18 September 2024  13 November 2024 June 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
Faraday Discovery Fellowships – Stage 2
28 November 2024 6 February 2025 July 2025