Argonne National Laboratory – Advanced Photon Source (DOE) · International (US DOE user facility)
Deadline: 21 Oct 2026 (6 days)
Amount: see call
crystallizationmaterialschemistryearly-careerestablished / PIstudentinstrument / beamtime
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 (13 days)
EUR 500,000–4,000,000 per project
materialsenergy & batteriesestablished / PI
UKRI – Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 (13 days)
Share of up to £12 million (total competition)
materialsindustry / SME
Office of Naval Research · United States
Deadline: 30 Oct 2026 (15 days)
Amount: see call
chemistryearly-careerestablished / PIearly-career / new PIneeds review
European Space Agency (ESA) – Business Applications & Space Solutions · ESA participating Member States
Deadline: 30 Oct 2026 (15 days)
Up to EUR 75,000 per contract (75% of max EUR 100,000)
materialsindustry / SMEspace / microgravity
National Institute of Standards and Technology · United States
Deadline: 01 Nov 2026 (17 days)
Typically 10% of project capital expenditure (20–30% in rare cases); projects under $20M capex unlikely to qualify
materialsindustry / SME
UKRI – Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Deadline: 04 Nov 2026 (20 days)
£2,000,000
energy & batteriesestablished / PIneeds review
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) – TIP · United States
Deadline: 04 Nov 2026 (20 days)
Phase I up to $305,000; Phase II up to $1,250,000; Fast-Track up to $1,555,000
chemistrymaterialsindustry / SMEsmall business (SBIR/STTR, EIC Accelerator)
UK Space Agency · United Kingdom
Deadline: 04 Nov 2026 (20 days)
Up to £1.5 million per project (at least £12 million total)
materialsindustry / SMEestablished / PIspace / microgravity
Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) · United States & Canada
Deadline: 04 Nov 2026 (20 days)
$120,000
chemistryearly-careerearly-career / new PI
Office of Naval Research · United States
Deadline: 06 Nov 2026 (22 days)
Up to $3,000,000
chemistryestablished / PIinstrument / beamtime
Air Force Office of Scientific Research · United States
Deadline: 06 Nov 2026 (22 days)
Up to $7,000,000
chemistryestablished / PIinstrument / beamtime
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · United States
Deadline: 06 Nov 2026 (22 days)
Up to $3,000,000
chemistryestablished / PIinstrument / beamtime
National Institute of Food and Agriculture · United States
Deadline: 17 Nov 2026 (33 days)
Up to $650,000
chemistryestablished / PIindustry / SMEsmall business (SBIR/STTR, EIC Accelerator)needs review
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 24 Nov 2026 (40 days)
Total call budget EUR 628.0 million
chemistrymaterialsstudentestablished / PI
U.S. Department of Defense (Department of War) – SBIR/STTR · United States
Deadline: 25 Nov 2026 (41 days)
Amount: see call
materialschemistryindustry / SMEsmall business (SBIR/STTR, EIC Accelerator)
U.S. Department of Energy – Golden Field Office · United States
Deadline: 01 Dec 2026 (47 days)
Up to $20,000,000
chemistrymaterialsindustry / SME
UKRI – Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Deadline: 02 Dec 2026 (48 days)
£25,000,000
materialsenergy & batteriesindustry / SME
UKRI – Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Deadline: 02 Dec 2026 (48 days)
£25,000,000
materialsenergy & batteriesindustry / SME
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation · International
Deadline: 03 Dec 2026 (49 days)
Amount: see call
chemistryestablished / PIprize / nomination
Air Force Office of Scientific Research · United States
Deadline: 04 Dec 2026 (50 days)
Up to $450,000
chemistryearly-careerestablished / PIearly-career / new PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 17 Dec 2026 (63 days)
Grant component below EUR 2.5 million; EUR 1–10 million equity investment
chemistryestablished / PIindustry / SMEsmall business (SBIR/STTR, EIC Accelerator)
Business Finland · Finland
Deadline: 18 Dec 2026 (64 days)
Amount: see call
chemistrymaterialsestablished / PI
Naval Research Laboratory · United States
Deadline: 30 Dec 2026 (76 days)
Amount: see call
chemistryestablished / PIneeds review
Office of Naval Research · United States
Deadline: 31 Dec 2026 (77 days)
Amount: see call
chemistryestablished / PIneeds review
UKRI – Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Innovate UK, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) · United Kingdom
Deadline: 07 Jan 2027 (84 days)
£305,000
chemistryestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 12 Jan 2027 (89 days)
Up to EUR 2 million for 5 years (plus up to EUR 1 million for justified extra costs)
chemistryestablished / PI
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) – SINQ · International
Deadline: 15 Jan 2027 (92 days)
Amount: see call
crystallizationmaterialschemistryearly-careerestablished / PIstudentinstrument / beamtime
UKRI – Medical Research Council (MRC) · United Kingdom
Deadline: 28 Jan 2027 (105 days)
£270,000
chemistrypharma processestablished / PI
Brookhaven National Laboratory – NSLS-II (DOE) · International (US DOE user facility)
Deadline: 31 Jan 2027 (108 days)
Amount: see call
crystallizationmaterialschemistryearly-careerestablished / PIstudentinstrument / beamtime
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (110 days)
EUR 5,000,000–6,500,000 per project
materialsestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (110 days)
EUR 6,000,000–7,500,000 per project
materialsestablished / PIindustry / SME
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (110 days)
EUR 7,000,000–9,000,000 per project
materialsenergy & batteriesestablished / PIindustry / SME
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (110 days)
Up to EUR 9,000,000 per project
materialsestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (110 days)
EUR 6,000,000–8,000,000 per project
materialsestablished / PIindustry / SME
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (110 days)
EUR 1,500,000–2,500,000 per project
materialsestablished / PIindustry / SME
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (110 days)
EUR 10,000,000–12,500,000 per project
materialsestablished / PIindustry / SME
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (110 days)
Up to EUR 3,000,000 per project
materialsestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (110 days)
Up to EUR 2,500,000 per project
chemistryestablished / PIindustry / SME
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 17 Feb 2027 (125 days)
EUR 6,000,000–8,000,000 per project
chemistrypharma processestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 17 Feb 2027 (125 days)
EUR 8,000,000–10,000,000 per project
pharma processestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 17 Feb 2027 (125 days)
EUR 9,000,000–11,000,000 per project
chemistrypharma processestablished / PI
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) · International (ESRF member and associate countries)
Deadline: 01 Mar 2027 (137 days)
Amount: see call
crystallizationmaterialschemistryearly-careerestablished / PIstudentinstrument / beamtime
National Institutes of Health · United States (non-US organisations also eligible)
Deadline: 05 Mar 2027 (141 days)
Varies, see funder (budgets not limited; up to 5 years)
chemistrypharma processestablished / PI
Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Neutron Sciences (DOE) · International (US DOE user facility)
Deadline: 10 Mar 2027 (146 days)
Amount: see call
crystallizationmaterialschemistryearly-careerestablished / PIstudentinstrument / beamtime
American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund · United States
Deadline: 12 Mar 2027 (148 days)
$110,000 over 2 years
chemistrymaterialsearly-careerearly-career / new PI
Royal Society of Chemistry · International (RSC members)
Deadline: 15 Mar 2027 (151 days)
Up to £5,000 for 12 months
chemistryearly-careerestablished / PIearly-career / new PIinstrument / beamtime
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society · International
Deadline: 15 Mar 2027 (151 days)
$500–$5,000 (graduate members); up to $1,000 for non-members
chemistrymaterialsstudent
National Institutes of Health · United States
Deadline: 05 Apr 2027 (172 days)
Amount: see call
chemistryestablished / PIindustry / SMEsmall business (SBIR/STTR, EIC Accelerator)needs review
National Institutes of Health · United States
Deadline: 05 Apr 2027 (172 days)
Amount: see call
chemistryestablished / PIindustry / SMEsmall business (SBIR/STTR, EIC Accelerator)needs review
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 06 Apr 2027 (173 days)
Total call budget EUR 51.3 million (doctoral programmes)
chemistrymaterialsstudent
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 06 Apr 2027 (173 days)
Total call budget EUR 51.3 million (postdoctoral programmes)
chemistrymaterialsearly-career
Office of Naval Research · United States
Deadline: 09 Apr 2027 (176 days)
Up to $7,500,000
chemistryearly-careerstudentestablished / PI
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · United States
Deadline: 09 Apr 2027 (176 days)
Up to $7,500,000
chemistryestablished / PI
Air Force Office of Scientific Research · United States
Deadline: 09 Apr 2027 (176 days)
Up to $15,000,000
chemistryestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 14 Apr 2027 (181 days)
Up to EUR 4,800,000 per project
chemistrymaterialsenergy & batteriesestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 14 Apr 2027 (181 days)
Up to EUR 10,000,000 per project
energy & batteriesestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 14 Apr 2027 (181 days)
Up to EUR 2,500,000 per project
materialsestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 15 Apr 2027 (182 days)
Total call budget EUR 95.0 million
chemistrymaterialsearly-careerestablished / PIindustry / SME
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 15 Jun 2027 (243 days)
Up to EUR 6,000,000 per project
chemistryestablished / PI
U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: 28 Jul 2027 (286 days)
Total program funding $250,000,000
chemistryearly-careerestablished / PIearly-career / new PI
European Research Council (ERC) · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 26 Aug 2027 (315 days)
Up to EUR 2.5 million for 5 years (plus up to EUR 1 million extra; lump sum pilot)
chemistrymaterialsestablished / PI
DARPA - Defense Sciences Office · United States
Deadline: 27 Aug 2027 (316 days)
Amount: see call
chemistryestablished / PIneeds review
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 08 Sep 2027 (328 days)
Total call budget EUR 388.6 million (EUR 330.3M European + EUR 58.3M Global Fellowships)
chemistrymaterialsearly-careerearly-career / new PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 15 Sep 2027 (335 days)
Up to EUR 9,400,000 per project
materialsenergy & batteriesestablished / PI
U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: 16 Sep 2027 (336 days)
Total program funding $11,000,000
chemistryearly-careerestablished / PIearly-career / new PIneeds review
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 22 Sep 2027 (342 days)
Up to EUR 4,000,000 per project
chemistryestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 22 Sep 2027 (342 days)
Up to EUR 5,000,000 per project
materialsestablished / PI
National Institutes of Health · United States (non-US organisations also eligible)
Deadline: 25 Oct 2027 (375 days)
Amount: see call
pharma processestablished / PIneeds review
National Institutes of Health · United States
Deadline: 25 Oct 2027 (375 days)
Amount: see call
pharma processestablished / PIneeds review
National Institutes of Health · United States
Deadline: 05 Nov 2027 (386 days)
Up to $1,500,000 direct costs per year
chemistrypharma processestablished / PI
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · United States
Deadline: 20 Nov 2027 (401 days)
Amount: see call
chemistryestablished / PIneeds review
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 23 Nov 2027 (404 days)
Total call budget EUR 646.0 million (incl. EUR 70.75M Choose Europe boost)
chemistrymaterialsstudentestablished / PI
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 01 Dec 2027 (412 days)
Up to EUR 4,000,000 per project
materialsestablished / PI
National Institutes of Health · United States
Deadline: 07 Jan 2028 (449 days)
Amount: see call
chemistrypharma processestablished / PIneeds review
European Commission – Horizon Europe · EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
Deadline: 20 Jan 2028 (462 days)
EUR 3,000,000–4,000,000 per project
chemistryestablished / PI
National Institutes of Health · United States
Deadline: 26 May 2028 (589 days)
Amount: see call
chemistryearly-careerestablished / PIneeds review
National Institutes of Health · United States
Deadline: 01 Jul 2028 (625 days)
Up to $5,000,000
chemistryestablished / PIinstrument / beamtime
National Institutes of Health · United States
Deadline: 06 Feb 2029 (845 days)
Amount: see call
chemistryearly-careerestablished / PIearly-career / new PIneeds review
National Institutes of Health · United States
Deadline: 20 Feb 2029 (859 days)
Total program funding $11,000,000
chemistrypharma processestablished / PI
U.S. Department of Energy – Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy · United States
Deadline: 29 Sep 2029 (1080 days)
Up to $20,000,000
materialsestablished / PIneeds review
NIST – CHIPS Research and Development Office · United States
Deadline: 30 Sep 2029 (1081 days)
Amount: see call
materialsindustry / SMEestablished / PI
NASA – International Space Station Program · United States
Deadline: 30 Sep 2030 (1446 days)
Amount: see call
materialscrystallizationestablished / PIindustry / SMEspace / microgravity
U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Amount: see call
chemistryestablished / PIneeds review
U.S. National Science Foundation · United States & Germany (NSF–DFG lead agency)
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Up to $700,000
chemistryestablished / PI
U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Total program funding $150,000,000
chemistrycatalysisestablished / PI
U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Varies, see funder
materialsestablished / PI
U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Total program funding $100,000,000
chemistrymaterialsestablished / PI
Air Force Office of Scientific Research · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Up to $10,000,000
chemistryestablished / PIneeds review
NSWC CRANE - N00164 · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Amount: see call
chemistryestablished / PIneeds review
U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Varies, see funder
chemistrymaterialsestablished / PI
U.S. National Science Foundation · United States
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Total program funding $100,000,000
chemistrymaterialsestablished / PI
UKRI – Medical Research Council (MRC) · United Kingdom
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Amount: see call
chemistryearly-careerestablished / PIearly-career / new PIneeds review
UKRI – Medical Research Council (MRC) · United Kingdom
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Amount: see call
chemistryestablished / PIneeds review
UKRI – Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) · United Kingdom
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Amount: see call
chemistryearly-careerestablished / PIearly-career / new PIneeds review
HHS ASPR – Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) · United States
Deadline: Areas of interest listed; no closing date on the page – check the funder page
Amount: see call
pharma processindustry / SME
The Leverhulme Trust · United Kingdom
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Up to £500,000 (6 months to 5 years)
chemistrymaterialsestablished / PI
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) · Germany (applicants from abroad welcome)
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
Group leader position and group funding for 6 years
chemistrymaterialsearly-careerearly-career / new PI
Diamond Light Source · International (incl. EU users)
Deadline: Call AP42 open; deadline not shown on the page – check the funder page
Amount: see call
crystallizationmaterialschemistryearly-careerestablished / PIinstrument / beamtime