This year we will be investing more than £63 million in funding research and developing the resources that underpin the UK's social science base. Our schemes enable individuals and groups to pursue world-class research in academic institutions and independent research centres throughout the UK. We also fund research not linked to strategic priorities but proposed by researchers, through our research grants and research fellowships schemes. All our funding investments are selected through peer review and are assessed through end of award evaluations. Below is a list of all research activities where applications are invited, with links to further information, application forms etc.
For information on our responsive Research Grant Scheme, please see Research Grants.
For information about postgraduate support, please go to the Postgraduate and Career Development section.
There are also pages for forthcoming funding opportunities, and funding schemes related to Knowledge Transfer.
If you are looking for information on funding calls which have passed their closing date, please visit the funding opportunities archive.
Open funding calls (those with no fixed closing date), and "cross-Council" funding opportunities where the main information can be found on the website of one of our "sister" Research Councils, can be found below.
Funding opportunities - by date posted
The following opportunities are listed in order of the date they were posted, with the most recent listed first. You may also view these opportunities by closing date, or in alphabetical order.