Make sure you submit your proposal by 4:00pm UK time on the specified closing date. We cannot accept your proposal if you miss the funding opportunity deadline.
Ensure that you have selected the correct funding opportunity on the UKRI Funding Service before beginning your proposal.
Current and upcoming funding opportunities
The proposals accepted from date is the date from which you will be able to access the funding opportunity in the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Service. You will not be able to start completing your proposal until then.
Astronomy observation and theory small awards 2024
Proposals accepted from 12 December 2023
Closing date for receipt: 12 March 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information to follow.
Kim Burchell or Chloe Woodcock
Email: kim.burchell@stfc.ukri.org or chloe.woodcock@stfc.ukri.org
Find out more about Astronomy Grants
Solar and planetary small awards 2024
Proposals accepted from 12 December 2023
Closing date for receipt: 12 March 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information to follow.
Kim Burchell or Chloe Woodcock
Email: kim.burchell@stfc.ukri.org or chloe.woodcock@stfc.ukri.org
Find out more about Astronomy Grants
Astronomy large awards 2024
Proposals accepted from 12 December 2023
Closing date for receipt: 12 March 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information to follow.
Kim Burchell or Chloe Woodcock
Email: kim.burchell@stfc.ukri.org or chloe.woodcock@stfc.ukri.org
Find out more about Astronomy Grants
Nucleus Awards 2024 stage two
Proposals accepted from 22 January 2024
Closing date for receipt: 14 March 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information to follow.
Andy Thompson
Email: andy.thompson@stfc.ukri.org
Find out more about Public Engagement Awards.
Leadership Fellows in Public Engagement 2024
Proposals accepted from 14 February 2024
Closing date for receipt: 7th May 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information will be available on the UKRI funding finder.
Andy Thompson
Email: andy.thompson@stfc.ukri.org
Find out more about Public Engagement Awards.
Spark Awards 2024A
Proposals accepted from 18 March 2024
Closing date for receipt: 9 May 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information will be available on the UKRI funding finder.
If this is the first time that your organisation has applied on the Funding Service or you are unsure whether it is, then you will need to contact the Funding Service helpdesk support@funding-service.ukri.org who will require your organisation name, city and country. Please note that you should allow 10 working days for this to be actioned.
Andy Thompson
Email: andy.thompson@stfc.ukri.org
Find out more about Public Engagement Awards.
Late Stage Commercialisation Scheme 2024
Intension to submit opens 20 February 2024
Intension to submit closes 12 March 2024
Full proposals accepted from 26 March 2024
Full closing date for receipt: 8 May 2024
Full stage opportunity to be run on the Funding Service: further information will be available on the UKRI funding finder.
Wendy Carr
Email: wendy.carr@stfc.ukri.org
Legacy Awards 2024B
Proposals accepted from 18 March 2024
Closing date for receipt: 16 May 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information to follow.
If this is the first time that your organisation has applied on the Funding Service or you are unsure whether it is, then you will need to contact the Funding Service helpdesk support@funding-service.ukri.org who will require your organisation name, city and country. Please note that you should allow 10 working days for this to be actioned.
Andy Thompson
Email: andy.thompson@stfc.ukri.org
Find out more about Public Engagement Awards.
Accelerator Institute Grant Review 2025 to 2028
Proposals accepted from 16 March 2024
Closing date for receipt: 23 May 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information will be available on the UKRI funding finder.
Dave Brown
Email: david.brown@stfc.ukri.org
Future Underground Dark Matter Science Experiments
Proposals accepted from 5 March 2024
Closing date for receipt: 30 May 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information will be available on the UKRI funding finder.
Tom Gray
Email: thomas.gray@stfc.ukri.org
Early Stage Research and Development Scheme 2024
Intension to submit opens 14 March 2024
Intension to submit closes 11 April 2024
Full proposals accepted from 29 May 2024
Full closing date for receipt: 17 July 2024
Full stage opportunity to be run on the Funding Service: further information will be available on the UKRI funding finder.
Wendy Carr
Email: wendy.carr@stfc.ukri.org
Gravitational Waves Consolidated Grants 2024
Proposals accepted from 2 April 2024
Closing date for receipt: 6 August 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information will be available on the UKRI funding finder.
Tom Gray
Email: thomas.gray@stfc.ukri.org
Ernest Rutherford Fellowship 2024
Proposals accepted from 3 June 2024
Closing date for receipt: 11 October 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information will be available on the UKRI funding finder.
Susan Blackwell
Email: susan.blackwell@stfc.ukri.org
PATT Travel grants 2024
Proposals accepted from 22 August 2024
Closing date for receipt: 17 October 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information will be available on the UKRI funding finder.
Justyna Misior
Email: justyna.misior@stfc.ukri.org
Find out more about PATT Travel grants and other astronomy awards
Spark Awards 2024B
Proposals accepted from 2 September 2024
Closing date for receipt: 31 October 2024
Opportunity due to be run on the Funding Service: further information will be available on the UKRI funding finder.
If this is the first time that your organisation has applied on the Funding Service or you are unsure whether it is, then you will need to contact the Funding Service helpdesk support@funding-service.ukri.org who will require your organisation name, city and country. Please note that you should allow 10 working days for this to be actioned.
Andy Thompson
Email: andy.thompson@stfc.ukri.org
Find out more about Public Engagement Awards.
Last updated: 7 March 2024