Funding schemes

The Institute for Lifecourse Development (ILD) is pleased to announce the 2025/2026 ILD competitive funding opportunities. These funding streams are open to Staff, Early Career Academics (ECAs) and Post-Graduate Researchers (PGRs) within FEHHS.

ILD Competitive Funding:

The Staff, ECA and PGR Competitive Funding schemes are designed to support research and knowledge exchange activities including presentations at conferences (travel, accommodation, and conference fees), equipment, research support (such as participant payments) and fieldwork costs.

The revised application forms for these schemes are below.

ILD Staff Competitive Funding Scheme Application Form

ILD Early Career Academics Competitive Funding Scheme Application Form

ILD Postgraduate Research Student (PGR) Competitive Funding Scheme Application Form

ILD Staff and PGR International Research Collaboration Schemes:

The ILD Staff and PGR International Research Collaboration Schemes will not be running this year.

Application Process:

Under the revised ILD Competitive Funding schemes, all applications will be scored by the ILD Competitive Funding Panel reviewers against the 2025/26 ILD Funding Applications Category Descriptors. Please ensure that you review these criteria when making your application:

ILD Funding Applications Criteria

All applications will be reviewed by the ILD Competitive Funding panel at monthly funding panel meetings. Please note that all applications must be received two weeks prior to the meeting and will be reviewed within the following timescales to support fair allocation of funding. Chair’s Actions and retrospective funding applications will therefore not be accepted.

*For conferences taking place between June and August please ensure that you apply before the last deadline of that academic year as no late applications will be accepted. In exceptional circumstances, applications may be fast tracked as per the ILD Competitive Funding Panel Terms of Reference when the funding scheme opens again in September of the following academic year.

Please ensure that you submit your application by these deadlines and with all required evidence and signatures. We are unable to accept applications where this information is missing.  Once you have completed and gathered all necessary approvals, please submit it to ILD@gre.ac.uk.

Application Criteria:

• Staff and ECAs can be funded for up to £2,000 per academic year in total, while PGR students can receive up to £1,000 per academic year in total
• Staff and ECAs can apply to attend one conference per year. This can be either overseas, or UK based or online. Multiple applications will not normally be considered for the same conference.
• PGRs can attend one UK or online conference per year. Only one trip to attend an overseas conference will be funded for the duration of the doctoral studies. The panel will not normally consider multiple PGRs requesting to attend the same conference without justification from the supervisor(s).
• No APCs will be funded under any of the schemes.
• All applications must be submitted using the new Word-based forms provided. Applications made using previous forms will not be accepted.
• Each form requires authorising signatures, please check the requirements on the relevant application form and obtain all required signatures before sending your application to ILD@gre.ac.uk.
• Applications must include quotes from one of the university’s approved travel providers and any other supporting evidence as listed in the application form.
• All successful applicants must attend ILD Centre meetings and provide an update about the associated research and knowledge exchange outcomes from the ILD funding. They will also be required to submit a written report about this. They may also be requested to present at an ILD Centre meeting or Research Cafe.

Please check the application forms carefully for full details of all changes made to these schemes and where funding will/will not be awarded.

Application Period:

The call for these funding schemes has been sent via email from ILD@greenwich.ac.uk. Applications are open until 5pm on 27 May 2026, or until all available funds have been allocated. The funding call may close sooner if the budget threshold limit is reached.

We encourage all eligible staff and students to take advantage of these opportunities to advance their research and knowledge exchange activity. If you have any questions or need further guidance, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Best of luck with your applications!