On this page you will find current calls for proposals from the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership and/or other calls relevant to the research cooperation between the two locations.

British Council: Springboard research grants with France, Spain and Germany

Grant amount: up to £10,000

Activities start: from 1 January 2026

Application deadline: 30 September 2025, 17.00 CET

Springboard grants, from Going Global Partnerships, support research teams in the UK to initiate new or strengthen existing research partnerships with France, Germany or Spain.

With a focus on early-career researchers, the grants support mobility and collaborative activities, leading to joint research proposals – particularly under Horizon Europe – and collaborative publications.

More information can be found here.

The British Academy: International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2025

Earliest start date: 1 Mar 2026

Scheme opens date: 10 Jun 2025

Deadline date: 17 Sep 2025 - 17:00 BST

Duration of award: 24 months

The British Academy is inviting proposals for the next round of its International Interdisciplinary Research programme. Projects will be led by UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences working with international partners and wishing to develop genuinely interdisciplinary projects that range across all SHAPE and STEM disciplines on the theme of Transnational and Planetary challenges. Further details and the application form can be found here.

Funding Opportunity for British-German Basic Research Projects in the Engineering and Physical Sciences (UKRI-EPSRC – DFG)

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) signed a lead agency agreement in April 2025 to jointly fund research proposals from international collaborative teams. Teams of researchers in the UK and Germany can submit a joint proposal to one of the funding organisations (lead agency) for up to three years of project funding. Applications can be submitted at any time. Further information can be found on the DFG website:

https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/countries-regions/uk/epsrc