Some research funding opportunities, schemes and calls have restrictions on the number of applications that can be made by an Institution and/or encourage institutions to carefully manage quality in order to limit the total numbers of applications they receive, and this is often referred to as ‘demand management’.

In such instances, 69É«ÇéƬ and Innovation Services (RIS) at the 69É«ÇéƬ, will coordinate the internal demand management process and we ask potential applicants to contact us as early as possible to notify their interest in any such opportunity.

Our internal selection processes may include:

  • a short, written outline or expression of interest stage, in which applicants are asked how they meet the call criteria, with a selected number of applicants agreed by an internal panel to proceed to draft an application

  • panel events in which potential applicants are asked to pitch (verbally present) their research ideas to colleagues and to receive feedback

  • review of ideas or outline proposals to ensure they are a good fit to the scheme and are likely to be competitive

  • workshops and sandpits to enable researchers to build grant writing teams

  • support of the chosen applicant(s) including advice on proposal development and peer review of the final draft

For all opportunities where there is a demand management requirement, we undertake to carefully consider the composition of the selection panel and in addition to funder expertise, ED&I aspects are a core consideration.

Opportunities are coordinated by RIS centrally or in conjunction with faculties.

Current opportunities

  • Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for Humanities and Social Sciences - closing 4pm 11 November 2024

  • FLF Round 10 pre-announcement – Call deadline expected summer 2025
    Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) support talented people in universities, businesses, and other research and innovation environments. They also allow universities, research institutes, independent research organisations and businesses to develop their most talented early career researchers and innovators or to attract new people to their organisations, including from overseas. UKRI have announced their intention to run a round 10 call for applications, with a deadline expected in summer 2025. The 69É«ÇéƬ is typically limited to 4 applications for this scheme and we will be running a university process to select candidates. Only applicants selected via this process will be able to submit to the UKRI FLF scheme. Further details about the review process and support will be published in due course.

If you wish to apply for a restricted opportunity which is not listed, please complete a soon as possible to notify us of the scheme (including hyperlinks to the funding opportunity wherever possible).