External Funding Opportunities
This section provides details of the major research sponsors and links to the organisations’ websites. For information specifically relating to funding for research in Europe, look at our European Research Funding pages.
For more information or regular updates about a particular funding organisation or discipline, consider using Research Professional, a database of research funding opportunities and a source of international research policy and practice news.
Research Councils
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- Medical Research Council (MRC)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Charities and Trusts
Government Departments
- Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure
- Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development, Ireland
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
- NI Commissioner for Children and Young People
- NI Department of Justice
- Northern Ireland Social Care Council
- Department of Environment/NI Environment Agency
- Public Health Agency NI
International, Industry and Business Sponsors
International
- Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland (Teagasc)
- AO Foundation
- DEBRA International
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Ireland
- Health Research Board, Ireland
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) (United States)
- Department of Energy (DOE) (United States)
- National Science Foundation
- Qatar Foundation
- Royal Irish Academy
- SAFE FOOD (Food Safety Promotion Board, Ireland)
Industry and Business
