Whether you are looking for a grant, a research programme or a scheme, you'll find them here, collectively known as funding opportunities.
If you are attached to a higher education institution (HEI) or recognised Independent Research Organisation and would like to find out more about our funding opportunities, the links will take you to the information you need.
Funding Type
First, choose the right funding opportunity from the list of current opportunities on the browse opportunities page. This will depend on the type of research you are proposing.
By type of research:
- Research for those pursuing postdoctoral research
- Postgraduate for students undertaking Masters and PhD-level courses
- Knowledge Transfer which supports collaborative activities between academic and non-academic partners
- International research for those collaborating with researchers from outside the UK, or for students looking to research abroad
- Museums and Galleries supports research at Independant Research Organisations
Overviews of our funding for collaborative working, museums and galleries funding and postgraduate are available.
Highlight notices are also offered within certain schemes to address themes and initiatives of strategic importance.
Funding Initiatives
Many of our funding opportunities fall within one of our initiatives addressing issues that we feel are best supported by concentrated and coherent funding. These include Religion and Society, Science and Heritage and Beyond Text.
Award holder information
The funding opportunities pages contains all the information you will need for the life of your award, so whether you are applying for funding or have already received funding just pick the relevant opportunity and you will find all the information you need on one page. The guide below is only for postgraduate award holders and can also be found on the relevant pages for the individual opportunities.
Guide for Postgraduate Award Holders 2009-10 (577kb)
Disabled Students Allowance
Information on the Research Councils' Disabled Students Allowance policy and application process is on the RCUK website, please follow the links below for further information.
Postgraduate Rates
If you have been offered postgraduate funding and are looking for details on fees and maintenance grants please see below or select your scheme from the list under browse opportunities.
Award rates: You can calculate your entitlement for the coming year using the tables provided. Examples are given to illustrate how the rates are calculated.
Maintenance and fees rates for 2010-11 (51kb)
Maintenance and fee rates by quarter 2009-10 (32kb)
Grants and fees annual rates for 2009-10 (12kb)
Entitlement calculator 2009-10 (50kb)