Awards & Funding Opportunities | Row Fogo Centre for Research into Ageing and the Brain

Information on awards and funding opportunities relevant to the Row Fogo Centre.

RSE Small Research Grants are designed to support personally conducted high-quality research. The awards are available to cover eligible costs arising from a defined research project. They are designed to encourage high-quality research and academic innovation and, where possible, to integrate with the overall programme of awards such that successful applications may lead to future bids for RSE Research Collaboration Grants or act as preliminary investigations for other larger research awards. Awards of £500 to £5,000 for up to 12 months are available.
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 22 October 2025, 12pm

This is an exciting new funding opportunity led by Alzheimer’s Research UK and Gates Ventures. This game-changing initiative empowers researchers to tackle three of the most urgent and complex questions in dementia. It will support large-scale, multidisciplinary programmes aimed at driving paradigm-shifting breakthroughs that could transform the lives of those affected.
The funding call will follow a staged process:
Stage 1 (Expression of Interest): Shortlisted teams will receive seed funding of up to £50,000 to support team-building and proposal development.
Stage 2 (Full Application): Selected teams submit full proposals; approximately four teams will be awarded two-year grants from a total funding pool of £6 million. Follow-on Funding: At least one team demonstrating exceptional progress will be eligible for a major follow-on award over an additional three years.
For more information on the call register to attend the launch event hosted by Professor Sir John Hardy on Thursday 23 October 2025, 4pm

This scheme offers a recognised first step into an independent research career for outstanding early career scientists who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances, such as caring responsibilities and/or health-related conditions.
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 28 October 2025

This award provides a grant of up to £1.7 million to support a five-year programme of translational biomedical research selected following a competition among applicants sponsored by the UK’s leading medical schools and NHS organisations.
This is a demand managed call with full details due for circulation shortly. Meanwhile, if you are considering making an application, last year's process can guide you as to expectations.
Internal deadline for applications: Tuesday 28 October 2025, 4pm
Funder deadline: Monday 15 December 2025
Contact: cmvm.cro@ed.ac.uk.

Faraday Discovery Fellowships are large investigator-led grants awarded to a single Principal Investigator (PI) to enable them to establish an outstanding team of researchers to address the most challenging research questions, which should be within the remit of the Royal Society. The Faraday Discovery Fellowships are prestigious long-term awards that will support the most talented research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research. The fast-track programme is aimed at recruiting outstanding mid-career Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) researchers and will provide grants of up to £4m over a five-year period to support the development of world-leading research groups in the UK.
This scheme provides a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas. It is intended for outstanding international researchers nominated by their UK host organisation, and will run for two years.
There is an internal selection process for this grant. Please email cmvm.cro@ed.ac.uk for further details.
Deadline for applications: Monday 3 November 2025 (round 1 of 2)

Apply for funding to purchase strategic infrastructure including equipment, resources or both. The funding seeks to improve UK scientific capability and enable cutting-edge research of high priority to Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). This funding is for either:
purchase and set-up of infrastructure; or
resources to support existing infrastructure
The full economic cost (FEC) of your infrastructure must be at least £400,000. The resources to support existing equipment applications must have a maximum duration of two years.
This is a demand managed call. The University can only submit 6 applications in the period November 2025 to June 2026. If you would like to apply for this grant, please complete the Expression of Interest (EoI) form before Wednesday 5 November 2025.

This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.
Up to £250,000
Up to 8 years' duration
Deadlines three times a year. Next deadline Thursday 20 November 2025, then 26 March 2026

This internal fund is intended to support original research in any discipline. The Fund will support: Pump-priming of research projects to attract outside support. Topping-up funds for research projects, for which support has been exhausted. Typically, requests for equipment in the broadest sense of the word. [i.e. equipment is taken to include not only laboratory apparatus but also photocopying, microfilming, payment of assistants, publication costs, (except commercial publishing), and the like. However, where equipment or material for experiments is involved, the Fund will only provide grants for such items as cannot reasonably be regarded as part of the common stock of a school. Support towards travelling expenses in cases where this is vital to the successful completion of a project.
Applicants are required to complete the Application form, append a statement of support from their Head of Academic Unit, and send to EdinburghResearchOffice@ed.ac.uk .
Deadline for applications: Friday 21 November 2025, 5pm

This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.
Up to £3.5 million
Up to 8 years' duration
Deadlines three times a year. Next deadline Tuesday 25 November 2025, then 31 March 2026

The UK DRI is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the charity Race Against Dementia, alongside the launch of a Fellowship Scheme designed to support the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) approaches to advance understanding of dementia and related conditions. The new scheme aims to support the next generation of researchers to drive pioneering, high-impact research, build global collaborations, and transform the lives of those affected by dementia, using the latest advancements in AI and machine learning technology.
For more information and to watch a video about the partnership and fellowships, visit the UK DRI website
Deadline for applications: Thursday 4 December 2025, 4pm

Applications for Brain Research UK's Post-doctoral fellowships and Clinical PhD fellowships from candidates working in our three priority research areas: headache and facial pain; neuro-oncology; and acquired brain and spinal cord injury
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 14 January 2026.

This article was published on 2025-10-20