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, Research and Innovation Services (RIS) at the University of Bath, 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
- NERC Pushing the Frontiers of Environmental Science - closing 19 April
If you wish to apply for a restricted opportunity which is not listed, please contact resdev@bath.ac.uk as soon as possible to notify us of the scheme (including hyperlinks to the funding opportunity wherever possible).
Recent opportunities
ESRC Centres Call 2023 – closing 10 March 2023
Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Scheme Round 9 - closing 10 March 2023
Round 8 of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships - closing 27 March 2023
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships 2023/24 - closing 20 February 2023
URKI call to develop a UK digital twinning research community with a NetworkPlus - closing 9 February 2023
AHRC call on Green Transition Ecosystems - closing 7 December 2022
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship - selection process for HSS - closing 15 December 2022
Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships - closing 11 January 2023
UKRI Transforming UK food systems through trade - closing 4 November 2022
BBSRC and MRC Mid-Range Equipment Calls - closing 3 October 2022
NERC Pushing the frontiers of environmental science (Jan 2023) - closing 11 October 2022
UKRI Future Leader Fellowship Round 7 - closed 31 August 2022
Leverhulme Research Leadership Awards - closed 10 May 2022
MRC mid-range equipment call - closed 28 April 2022
Philip Leverhulme Prize 2022 (Engineering) - closed 27 April 2022
Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) Springboard Scheme - closed 24 March 2022
Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowships - closed 27 January 2022