Royal Academy of Engineering
RAEng
The national academy for engineering. Funds engineering research fellowships, Chairs in Emerging Technologies, industry-academia partnerships and the Enterprise Hub for engineering entrepreneurs, plus substantial international development engineering programmes.
- Kind of funder
- National academy or learned society
- Where it funds
- UK-wide
- Indicative award size
- £10k – £3m
- Approx. annual research spend
- £50m
- Who can apply
- Universities, Individual researchers, SMEs, Research institutes
- Career stages
- Postdoctoral, Early career, Established researcher
Research Fellowships around £600k over five years; Chairs in Emerging Technologies up to £3m.
Research areas
Named schemes (11)
APEX Awards ↗
Demonstrating how researchers from different disciplines can come together to generate creative and innovative solutions.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current roundpulled from RAEng 2026-09-16Chair in Emerging Technologies ↗
Supporting global research visionaries to develop emerging technologies.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current roundpulled from RAEng 2026-09-12Green Future Fellowships ↗
Supporting global academics, entrepreneurs and innovators to develop and scale up their breakthrough climate solutions.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current roundpulled from RAEng 2026-09-12Green Future Fellowships Accelerated International Route ↗
An accelerated application route for exceptional non-UK based applicants to the Green Future Fellowship programme.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current roundpulled from RAEng 2026-09-12Industrial Fellowships ↗
Supporting collaborative research between industry and academia.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current roundpulled from RAEng 2026-09-12RAEng / Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships ↗
NOW OPEN: Enabling academics to concentrate on full-time research and be relieved of teaching and administrative responsibilities.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current roundpulled from RAEng 2026-09-12RAEng Research Fellowship ↗
Five years of support for outstanding early-career engineering researchers, covering salary and research costs, with mentoring from the Academy’s fellowship.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current round£500k – £700k per awardchecked 2026-05-01Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships ↗
Supporting use-inspired research that meets the needs of industrial partners.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current roundpulled from RAEng 2026-09-12Research Fellowships ↗
Supporting early-career researchers to become future research leaders in engineering.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current roundpulled from RAEng 2026-09-12Research Ready ↗
Supporting undergraduate students and recent graduates from underrepresented backgrounds to progress into engineering and science research through fully funded summer placements at UK universities.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current roundpulled from RAEng 2026-09-24UK IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowships ↗
Supporting early-career researchers to undertake unclassified basic research in areas of interest to the intelligence, security and defence communities.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current roundpulled from RAEng 2026-09-12