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Grants schedule

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.

Funding schemes that opened in 2022

Scheme Open date Close date Decision
University Research Fellowship
12 July 2022 6 September 2022 May 2023
Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship
6 September 2022 1 November 2022 July 2023
APEX Award
7 September 2022 2 November 2022 June 2023

Funding schemes opening in 2023

Scheme Open date Close date Decision
International Exchanges Standard Round 1
11 January 2023 8 March 2023  May 2023
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship
11 January 2023
8 March 2023
June 2023
Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship Round 2 25 January 2023 22 March 2023 July 2023
Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship Round 2 25 January 2023 22 March 2023 July 2023
Newton International Fellowship
31 January 2023
28 March 2023
September 2023
Industry Fellowships Round 2
1 February 2023
29 March 2023
July 2023
Royal Society Short Industry Fellowships Round 1  5 April 2023
31 May 2023
July 2023 
Kan Tong Po Visiting Fellowship
12 April 2023
7 June 2023
September 2023
International Exchanges Standard Round 2 12 April 2023 7 June 2023
September 2023
Royal Society Research Professorships - Stage 1 26 April 2023
24 May 2023
June 2023
Royal Society Research Professorships - Stage 2 21 June 2023 19 July 2023
December 2023
Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship Round 3
14 June 2023
9 August 2023
November 2023
Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship Round 3
14 June 2023
9 August 2023
November 2023
University Research Fellowship  11 July 2023  7 September 2023  July 2024
Industry Fellowships  3 August 2023  28 September 2023  February 2024
Royal Society Short Industry Fellowship Round 2   31 August 2023  26 October 2023  February 2024
Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship  5 September 2023  31 October 2023  August 2024
APEX awards  6 September 2023  1 November 2023  June 2024
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