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Regularly Recurring Research Funding Deadlines

Many of the research funding bodies referred to elsewhere on these pages, in addition to making specific calls for proposals under given topics or disciplines, maintain a number of "responsive mode" funding streams for which there are no formal deadlines or for which deadlines are set on a regularly recurring basis. The following table presents a large number of these and provides links to the relevant funder.

Please note that this is a new initiative and we may not have spotted every possible award that meets the above definition. If we have missed any, please let us know. Please also note that some deadlines have already expired. This is because this is a grant which we believe is operated on a recurring basis but at present no future date has currently been published. It is likely that, for example, a November 2007 deadline will suggest a November 2008 deadline, etc; as we clarify these we will update this page. As always this information is provided for guidance only and if there is any conflict between information provided here and that published by the funder themselves, then the funder's information should be regarded as definitive.

Funding Body (click link to visit website)	Award Scheme	Recurring and Specific Deadlines
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)	Fellowships in Creative and Performing Arts	Usually late September each year; 25 September 2008
	Research Grants (standard, speculative and early career)	As of 1 January 2009, at any time. No applications are now possible before that date.
	Research Grants - Practice Led and Applied routes Research Networks and Workshops Scheme	At any time. The AHRC states that you will be informed about the outcome of your award within a maximum period of four months from the end of the month in which you apply. Therefore, the AHRC asks you to ensure that your project start date is at least four months from the end of the month in which you apply.
	Research Leave	Usually September and March each year. There is no competition in September 2008 but we expect a return to two competitions per year from March 2009. Next deadline is 5 March 2009.
Biochemical Society	Guildford Bench Methodology Fund	1 November and 1 April. Vacation assistance should not be sought in the November round.
Breast Cancer Campaign	Small Pilot Grants	September each year
	Project Grants	January each year
	Scientific Fellowships	December each year
British Academy	Small Research Grants	15 October, 15 March
	Conference Support Grants Overseas Conference Grants	15 October, 15 January, 30 April
	Elie Kedourie Memorial Fund	15 April annually
	Neil Ker Memorial Fund	15 April annually
	Research Development Awards	1 December 2008
	Visiting Fellowships	23 November 2007
	Postdoctoral Fellowships	Outline proposal usually October and full proposal, if invited, in late February. Next deadlines are 1 October 2008 and 28 February 2009 respectively.
British Ecological Society	Small Ecological Project Grants - for travel or research expenses	1 April and 1 November annually
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation	Small Grants	31 March, 30 September annually
Design History Society	Research Grants	15 September, 15 January annually
European Association of Experimental Social Psychology	Postdoctoral Seedcorn Research Grants	31 March, 30 June, 30 September, 30 December annually
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)	Research Grants (Small and Standard) Research Fellowships Placement Fellow Scheme Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme	At any time, but the ESRC state that your start date should be at least 13 weeks after the date by which a decision is expected. We advise you to submit your application at least six months before the start of the proposed project or fellowship
Emerald Fund	Mini Grant	Rolling deadline
	Standard Grant	At any time, but at present the last closing date is in March 2009
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)	Responsive Mode funding *	At any time. We advise you to send your applications a minimum of three months prior to the proposed start date of your project.
	Overseas Travel Grants	At any time, but at least 12 weeks prior to the proposed visit.
European Research Council (ERC)	Starting Independent Researcher Grants	Calls are usually issued in the summer with a deadline scheduled for the following autumn. Deadlines for 2008 are 29 October, 19 November and 10 December, depending on discipline.
	Advanced Researcher Grants	Calls are usually issued in the autumn with a deadline scheduled for the following summer.
Feminist Review, UK	Research Grants	Deadlines are 28 February, 31 May and 30 September annually.
Korner Fund	Travelling Fellowship	31 January, 31 May, 30 January annually
Leverhulme Trust	Research Project Grants International Networks Grants Training and Professional Development Grants	Outline proposals may be submitted at any time. Detailed applications, if invited, must be submitted for 1 September, 1 December and 21 March annually. We advise that you submit your outline proposal three months prior to the deadline for detailed applications.
	Artists in Residence	A preliminary letter may be submitted at any time. Detailed applications, if invited, must be submitted for 1 September and 21 March annually. We advise that you submit your preliminary letter three months prior to the deadline for detailed applications.
	Early Career Fellowships	Usually March each year. Deadline for 2009 is 12 March.
	Visiting Professorships	Usually October and May each year. Deadlines for 2008-9 are 15 October and 14 May.
	Philip Leverhulme Prize	Usually May each year. Deadline for 2009 is 18 May.
Marc Fitch Fund	Awards	1 March and 1 August annually.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)	Advanced Networking Workshops	1 March, 1 July, 1 November annually
Nuffield Foundation	Social Science Fellowships	Outline applications: usually 1 September each year, with detailed applications to be made if invited in December.
	Social Science Small Grants	At any time. Decisions are usually taken within 12 weeks of the date of application.
Royal Society	Research Grants	Usually April and November each year. Next deadlines are 7 November 2008 and 3 April 2009.
	University Research Fellowships	Usually autumn each year. 2008 deadline is 15 October.
	Industry Fellowship Scheme	Usually March and October each year. Deadlines for 2008/9 are 16 October and 12 March.
	International Joint Projects	Quarterly. In 2008, 12 March, 12 June, 12 September, 12 December. Please do check the website as some countries are eligible only for specific deadlines.
Society for Applied Microbiology	Overseas Development Awards	31 March, 31 July, 30 November annually.

* EPSRC defines responsive mode funding as a flexible scheme with a large scale of projects supported ranging from small value, short term grants to multi-million pound research programmes. Key features of the responsive mode are (1) there are no closing dates; (2) no constraint on the field of research so long as it falls within the EPSRC's remit; and (3) research quality is the main criterion against which the proposals are assessed.

 

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