Funding

Open for applications

The British Academy / Wolfson Research Professorships

Closing date: 8 December 2021

Shared Understandings of a Sustainable Future

Closing date: 8 December 2021

Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners

Closing date: 8 December 2021

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2022

Closing date: 8 December 2021

Innovation Fellowships Scheme – Route A: Researcher-led

Closing date: 8 December 2021

Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund

Closing date: 19 January 2022

Neil Ker Memorial Fund

Closing date: 19 January 2022

British Academy Conferences

Closing date: 26 January 2022

Global Professorships

Closing date: 27 April 2022

Funding schemes schedule 2021-22

The British Academy / Wolfson Fellowships

Earliest start date 1 September 2022

Deadline date: 24 November 2021 - 17:00 GMT

Mid-Career Fellowships

Outline stage: 21 July 2021 - 15 September 2021

Results by November 2021

Second stage: 25 November 2021 - 5 January 2022

Results by: April 2022

COVID-19 Recovery: Building future pandemic preparedness and understanding citizen engagement in the USA and UK

Call open: 15 September 2021 - 6 October 2021

Just Transitions to Decarbonisation in the Asia-Pacific

Call open: 15 September 2021 - 6 October 2021

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Outline stage: 14 July 2021 - 14 October 2021

Results by January 2022

Second stage: 12 January 2022 - 9 February 2022

Results by June 2022

Small Research Grants: two rounds annually

Call opens: 8 September 2021 - 10 November 2021

Results by April 2022

Call opens: 6 April 2022 - 1 June 2022

Result by September 2022

Senior Research Fellowships

Call opens: 6 October 2021 - 17/11/2021

Results by June 2022

Newton International fellowships

Call opens: 5 May 2021 - 16 June 2021

Results by November 2021

Wolfson Fellowships

Call opens: 22 September 2021 - 24 November 2021

Results by February 2022

Wolfson Research Professorships

Call opens: 29 September 2021 - 8 December 2021

Results by March 2022

Knowledge Frontiers

Call opens: 8 July 2021 - 29 September 2021

Results by February 2022

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UK-Canada Knowledge Frontiers Symposium: What is a good city?

CIFAR and the British Academy are issuing this call inviting applications for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to participate in virtual research activities on the broad theme of “What is a good city?”.

Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund

The Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund was established according to the terms of the will of Sir Aurel Stein FBA, to commemorate his friendship with Sir Thomas Arnold FBA, for 'the encouragement of research on the antiquities or historical geography or early history or arts of those parts of Asia which come …

Neil Ker Memorial Fund

The object of this fund, established by the family and friends of Neil R Ker FBA, is to promote the study of Western medieval manuscripts, in particular those of British interest; that is enabling investigation of their production (including decoration), readership and use in particular.

Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners

This programme builds on the important awareness raising and promotional communications that the sector, National Contact Points, the UK Research Office in Brussels, and the Science & Innovation Network have been taking forward by providing pump priming funding to seed collaborations for applications to specific Horizon Europe calls in Pillar …

Global Professorships

This programme aims to demonstrate and further enhance the UK’s commitment to international research partnerships and collaboration as well as strengthen the UK’s research capacity and capability in the humanities and the social sciences.

Shared Understandings of a Sustainable Future

The British Academy / Wolfson Research Professorships

Awards designed to give an opportunity for extended research leave to a small number of the most outstanding established scholars to enable them to concentrate on a significant research programme, while freed from normal teaching and administrative commitments.

Just Transitions within Sectors and Industries Globally

Ensuring just transitions whilst tackling climate change and biodiversity loss is key to supporting inclusive economies and societies in the future. This call focuses specifically on action required in sectors and industries globally across supply and value chains and we expect the focus to be on key economic emitters or …

British Academy Conferences

An exceptional opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a landmark event featuring leading-edge research as part of the Academy’s events programme.

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2022

The scheme provides funding for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct cooperative research in Japan, with leading research groups in Japanese universities and other institutions, under the guidance of a Japanese host.

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

Talent Development Awards

The Talent Development Awards are available to promote the acquisition and advancement of skills in relevant areas by UK-based researchers, promoting innovative research methods, be that through skills development, collaboration or dissemination.

Innovation Fellowships Scheme – Route A: Researcher-led

The Innovation Fellowships scheme is a dual-route scheme designed to enable researchers in the humanities and social sciences to partner with organisations and business in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors in order to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions.

BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships

The BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships are intended to enable established scholars, needing relief from teaching and administration, to have the time to bring to completion a significant piece of research, through sustained period of leave for one year.

Just Transitions to Decarbonisation in the Asia-Pacific

Ensuring just transitions whilst tackling climate change and biodiversity loss is key to supporting inclusive economies and societies in the future. This call focuses specifically on the action required in the Asia-Pacific to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, to identify the potential disruption and opportunity of decarbonising economies and …

COVID-19 Recovery: building future pandemic preparedness and understanding citizen engagement in the USA and UK

The British Academy (BA), the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Science & Innovation Network in the USA (SIN USA) are inviting proposals from UK and US-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences aiming to support around 10 in-depth transatlantic studies focused on UK-US vaccine engagements, including examples …

Funding

Open for applications

The British Academy / Wolfson Research Professorships

Shared Understandings of a Sustainable Future

Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2022

Innovation Fellowships Scheme – Route A: Researcher-led

Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund

Neil Ker Memorial Fund

British Academy Conferences

Global Professorships

Funding schemes schedule 2021-22

The British Academy / Wolfson Fellowships

Mid-Career Fellowships

COVID-19 Recovery: Building future pandemic preparedness and understanding citizen engagement in the USA and UK

Just Transitions to Decarbonisation in the Asia-Pacific

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Small Research Grants: two rounds annually

Senior Research Fellowships

Newton International fellowships

Wolfson Fellowships

Wolfson Research Professorships

Knowledge Frontiers

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JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2022

Innovation Fellowships Scheme – Route A: Researcher-led

Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund

Neil Ker Memorial Fund

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