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.

Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners 2025

Scheme opens date: 29 September 2025

Deadline date: 5 November 2025 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET

This call was launched by the British Academy with the support of the Royal Society, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering to invite UK-led proposals for funds to “pump prime” joint bids under the Horizon Europe framework programme’s so-called Pillar 2 (Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness).

The call is open to proposals from all disciplines – engineering, natural sciences, medical and health sciences, humanities and social sciences.

More information can be found on the website of the British Academy.

7th UK-German Frontiers of Humanities Symposium (10-12 June 2026 in Bonn, Germany)

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is inviting applications from early career researchers from United Kingdom and Germany to apply to participate in the 7th UK-German Frontiers of Humanities (UKGFOH) Symposium from 10 to 12 June 2026 in Bonn, Germany. There are 30 places available.

The conference invites participants to engage in an interdisciplinary exchange on the topic of Truth, Justice and Peace from various scientific perspectives and to submit an application for seed funding to realise a joint research project.

Further information and the link to the registration form can be found on the website of the Humboldt Foundation and on the website of the British Academy.

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