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The University has a fund which provides support for large bids. You can find further information on the Large Bid Fund and guidance how to apply here:
https://www.research-strategy.admin.cam.ac.uk/research-funding/support-large-bid-preparation
The team in the Research Strategy Ofiice can assist you, as we are aware the application process can be time consuming. The RSO can offer support with facilitation, coordination and input into large complex bids, particularly to promote cross-disciplinary grant applications.
Please get in touch if you are interested and we can help.
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Impact Starter Fund Call 2025-2026
The Impact Starter Fund provides a supportive space for researchers to explore early-stage impact and knowledge exchange ideas. As the first step to achieving impact, it helps researchers develop skills, explore approaches, build the collaborations needed for creating real-world impact, and longer-term engagement with partners and collaborators. Awards are between £10,000–£15,000 to support 3–6 month projects.
Using the ‘Our Future Health’ data resource for research
This is a pilot scheme through which the Medical Research Council (MRC) will cover data access costs for eligible MRC funded researchers. Data is accessed through Our Future Health. Researchers should submit an expression of interest to MRC. Once MRC has confirmed eligibility, researchers must register with Our Future Health and submit their study application. Computation costs will not be covered, but nominal cloud credits are provided by Our Future Health.
Treebeard Trust: grants and investments
Treebeard Trust supports transformational initiatives that contribute to a healthier planet and a fairer society. It works across four themes: Sustainable Planet, Vulnerable Communities, Justice and Systems Change, providing both grant funding and impact investment to mission-driven organisations. The Trust focuses on a small number of deep strategic partnerships, typically offering multi-year grants of around £50,000 per year or more, alongside smaller innovation grants of £20,000 to £30,000 for earlier-stage ideas.
UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept
This funding supports arts and humanities activity that translate previously funded Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) or UKRI projects into real world economic, societal, cultural or policy impact. Apply for 80% fEC up to a maximum of £150,000 fEC. Projects up to 5 years.
Deadline for applications: open – no closing date
Internal call: Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Impact Starter Fund Call 2025-2026
The Impact Starter Fund sits within the schools of Humanities and Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities wider AHSS impact hub, providing a supportive space for researchers to explore early-stage impact and knowledge exchange ideas. Proposals connecting AHSS expertise with other disciplines (particularly STEM) in creative and equitable ways are particularly welcome. Funding is available of up to £15,000 per project. If you are considering an application to this fund, please contact Katerina Galai first to discuss how Cambridge Reproduction can support it.
AHRC responsive mode: catalyst awards
Awards to support researchers without prior experience of leading a significant research project to accelerate their trajectory as independent researchers, to unlock their potential, build leadership and convenor experience. Awards are up to £240,000 (80% fEC).
AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award
Flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas. Awards are up to £80,000 (80% fEC).
Apply for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) standard research grant funding to support well-defined collaborative projects across the arts and humanities, in areas covered by our remit. Maximum duration is 5 years and awards are between £240,000 and £1.2M (80% fEC).
ESRC responsive mode: research grants round 2
This opportunity funds researcher-driven basic, applied, and strategic research from any disciplines and on any topics in ESRC’s remit. This includes standard research projects, methodological development, large-scale surveys or other infrastructures. Proposals can draw from the wider sciences, as long as the social sciences are more than 50% of the research focus and effort. Awards are between £280,000 and £800,000 (80% fEC).
MRC: research grant: applicant led
Apply for funding to support research within the remit of the Medical Research Council (MRC). There is no limit to the funding you can apply for, but it should be appropriate to the project. We will usually fund up to 80% of your project’s full economic cost (FEC). Funding is available for between 18 months to five years.
Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences - Funding Opportunities
Updated list of opportunities on link above.
NIHR Cambridge BRC PPIE Funding call
Early career researchers are invited to apply for up to £1,000 to support inclusive PPIE activity
Internal Call: REF Impact Funding
Internal funding is available from the Research Strategy Office to support the development of the University’s REF impact submission. It is expected that successful applications will fund impact activities that may feed into potential impact case studies only where no other monies are available.
Internal call: Large Grant Contributions Fund
The University has set up a fund to provide financial contributions to large, collaborative grant applications, to encourage and support these applications and maximise the University’s outward-facing impact.
Deadline: no deadline; applications accepted at any time
Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses to partner with an academic organisation, research organisation or a Catapult, to employ a graduate with the skills and knowledge that can help the business to innovate and grow.
Deadline: no deadline; applications accepted at any time