The INT currently supports four main categories of research grants.

For further details of each category, follow the link at the head of each section.

If you are uncertain into which category your application may fall, please contact us.

1) Strategic Grants

Grants of up to £500k in total for up to 5 years duration (total funds available in 2023 = £500k)

There is one call per annum, in Lent Term, for a preliminary round; selected applications are asked to submit a full application in Easter Term.

2) Research Project Grants

Grants of up to £30k in total for up to 3 years duration

There is one call per annum in Michaelmas Term.

For new projects of innovative research or scholarship, as a partial match for other funding. May be for set-up costs, a seed-corn.

3) Emergency Funds

Grants of up to £30k in total for no more than 12 months’ duration

Three calls per annum, Michaelmas, Lent and Easter Terms

For emergent needs and opportunities: e.g. short bridging funds for an existing PDRA to the start of a new grant; short proof-of-concept study in preparation for a larger external grant application.

4) Fellowship support 

Grants of up to £30k in total for no more than 3 years’ duration

Three calls per annum, Michaelmas, Lent and Easter Terms

For early career fellows who have secured or are applying for a competitive external research fellowship that does not provide a full PDRA salary and/or research costs.

Other research grants funded partly by the Trust

Joint Schools' programmes - The Isaac Newton Trust funds research in collaboration with the Schools of the University – these competitions are run by the Schools, not INT.

Early Career Research Fellowships - INT partners with external institutions (the Leverhulme Trust and the Humboldt Foundation) and with Faculties and Colleges (INT Academic Career Development Fellowships and INT/College JRFs).