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46 opportunities
UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards — November 2026
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
MRC-eligible UK research organisation; single-step support to de-risk development of medicines, diagnostics, devices or other medical products. Published and opened 16 Jul 2026.
- Host
- United Kingdom
- Funding
- Funding available
- Award
- GBP 50,000–300,000 total
- Deadline
- November 11, 2026, 16:00 (Europe/London)
M-ERA.NET Call 2026/27 — Materials Science and Engineering for Innovation in Europe
Research Grant
Transnational materials science and engineering call supporting Green Deal and SDG-oriented research and innovation.
- Host
- France
- Funding
- Funding available
- Deadline
- November 18, 2026
FAPESP / M-ERA.NET 2026 — Materials Science and Engineering, Final Proposal (Invite Only)
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Final-proposal stage of the FAPESP / M-ERA.NET 2026 materials science and engineering call. Only consortia whose pre-proposals were approved may submit final proposals.
- Host
- Brazil
- Funding
- Funding available
- Award
- Up to BRL 600,000 total
- Deadline
- November 18, 2026
Career Development Fellowship — 2027 round
Fellowship · Early Career Researcher
Officially scheduled 2027 Royal Society Career Development Fellowship round.
- Host
- United Kingdom
- Funding
- Funding available
- Deadline
- November 18, 2026
NIHR HTA 2026/446: Increasing Social Support and Parenting Skills for Parents with Learning Disabilities
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Commissioned two-stage HTA call on parenting support for parents with learning disabilities. UK NIHR eligibility applies; opened 21 May 2026.
- Host
- United Kingdom
- Funding
- Funding available
- Financial support
- Funding amount is not specified on the call page; NIHR intends to fund a single study and assesses value for money.
- Deadline
- November 18, 2026, 13:00 (Europe/London)
UKRI Translation: MRC Proof of Concept — Stage One, November 2026
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
MRC Proof of Concept: stage one. Supports development/testing of therapeutics, devices, diagnostics and interventions. UK eligible research organisation lead; international research organisations generally cannot lead except designated MRC units. Published…
- Host
- United Kingdom
- Funding
- Funding available
- Financial support
- No funding limit; MRC funds 80% of full economic cost and 100% of permitted exceptions. Eligible international co-lead costs can be funded at 100%, subject to MRC geographic caps.
- Deadline
- November 18, 2026, 16:00 (Europe/London)
UK Obesity Research Institute — Full Application
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Pre-announcement. Official status: Upcoming at verification. UK-based research organisation eligible for MRC funding; director-led institute on mechanistic biomedical drivers of obesity and targeted interventions. Published 30 Jun 2026; opens 30…
- Host
- United Kingdom
- Funding
- Funding available
- Financial support
- Up to GBP 72,000,000 total
- Deadline
- November 19, 2026, 16:00 (Europe/London)
Senior Research Fellow – Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program, Kirby Institute
Research Position · Researcher
Senior research appointment at the Kirby Institute leading viral-hepatitis and drug-user-health epidemiology, clinical research and translation.
- Host
- Australia
- Compensation
- Salaried position
- Salary
- AUD 155,000–185,000 per year
- Deadline
- November 24, 2026, 23:30 (Australia/Sydney)
MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026
Institutional Funding · Institution / Research Team
International consortia establish doctoral training networks. Institutions apply as consortia; doctoral candidates later apply to funded positions.
- Host
- —
- Funding
- Funding available
- Financial support
- Overall indicative 2026 call budget EUR 593.034 million. Funded networks receive MSCA unit contributions supporting recruited doctoral candidates and institutional research/training costs under Horizon Europe rules.
- Deadline
- November 24, 2026, 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science
Research Grant
Upcoming funding to unlock advanced research capabilities in conservation and heritage science.
- Host
- United Kingdom
- Funding
- Funding available
- Award
- GBP 500,000–1,500,000 total
- Deadline
- November 25, 2026, 16:00 (Europe/London)
Ross Waite Parsons Postgraduate Coursework Law Scholarship
Scholarship · Master's
Ross Waite Parsons Postgraduate Coursework Law Scholarship. For high-achieving applicants with an unconditional offer to an eligible Sydney Law School master’s coursework programme; value AUD 10,000. Opened 14 Jul 2026.
- Host
- Australia
- Funding
- Funding available
- Stipend
- AUD 10,000 total
- Deadline
- November 29, 2026
Postdoctoral Positions in Robot Learning and Soft, Musculoskeletal, and Biohybrid Robotics
Postdoctoral Position
Several postdoctoral positions at ETH Zurich's Soft Robotics Lab spanning soft and musculoskeletal robotics, biohybrid systems, dexterous manipulation, robot learning and embodied AI.
- Host
- Switzerland
- Compensation
- Salaried position
- Deadline
- November 30, 2026
Doctoral Positions in Robot Learning and Soft, Musculoskeletal, and Biohybrid Robotics
PhD Position
Several fully funded doctoral research positions at ETH Zurich's Soft Robotics Lab across soft robotics, biohybrid systems, dexterous manipulation, robot learning and embodied AI.
- Host
- Switzerland
- Compensation
- Salaried position
- Deadline
- November 30, 2026
CAPES Rede de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento da Região Nordeste — Edital nº 21/2026
Institutional Funding
CAPES programme supporting research and development networks in Brazil’s Northeast region.
- Host
- Brazil
- Funding
- Funding available
- Deadline
- November 30, 2026, 17:00 (America/Sao_Paulo)
NSF Expeditions in Computing — NSF 26-525
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Large NSF computing research grants for multidisciplinary teams pursuing transformative, decade-scale foundational research agendas in computer and information science and engineering.
- Host
- United States
- Funding
- Funding available
- Award
- Up to USD 15,000,000 total
- Deadline
- December 2, 2026
DFG Emmy Noether Groups — Methods in Artificial Intelligence
Research Grant · Early Career Researcher
DFG call for highly qualified early-career researchers in AI methods to submit proposals under the Emmy Noether Programme.
- Host
- Germany
- Funding
- Funding available
- Award
- Official page states a DFG funding call; amount not parsed in this test.
- Deadline
- December 2, 2026
Chamada Pública CNPq/CAPES Nº 30/2026 — Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado Acadêmico para Inovação (MAI/DAI)
Institutional Funding · Master's, PhD / Doctoral
Institutional programme funding masters and doctoral research undertaken in university-company innovation partnerships.
- Host
- Brazil
- Funding
- Funding available
- Deadline
- December 11, 2026
Janeway Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Fellowship · Postdoctoral
Up to three-year Cambridge economics postdoctoral fellowship on transmission mechanisms and economic policy.
- Host
- United Kingdom
- Compensation
- Salaried position
- Salary
- GBP 33,002–46,049 per year
- Deadline
- December 15, 2026
NUS Mechanobiology Institute PhD Programme and Full Scholarship — August 2027
Scholarship · PhD / Doctoral
Fully funded PhD opportunity at the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, for candidates with strong science or engineering foundations and quantitative, communication and critical-thinking skills.
- Host
- Singapore
- Funding
- Fully funded
- Financial support
- SGD 3,900–4,800 per month
- Deadline
- January 12, 2027
FY26 Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) — Capacity Building
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
DoD capacity-building grants for institutions of higher education in eligible DEPSCoR U.S. states and territories to strengthen competitive science and engineering research.
- Host
- United States
- Funding
- Funding available
- Award
- USD 750,000–1,500,000 total
- Deadline
- April 5, 2027