The British Academy - APEX Awards 2027 for Researchers (With Up to £200,000 in Funding)

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About The British Academy - APEX Awards

The APEX Awards (Academies Partnership in Supporting Excellence in Cross-disciplinary research) offer established independent researchers an exciting opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research to benefit wider society. In partnership with the British Academy, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering ("the Academies") and supported generously by the Leverhulme Trust, the APEX Awards (Academies Partnership in Supporting Excellence in Cross-disciplinary research) offer established independent researchers, with a strong track record in their respective area and proven ability to lead collaborative work, an exciting opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary and blue skies, curiosity-driven research to benefit wider society. Successful applicants will be expected to work in collaboration with relevant researchers from other disciplines.

• Sponsor Organisation: The British Academy

Benefits of The British Academy - APEX Awards

• Applicants can apply for up to £200,000. This represents the maximum award value which can be used to cover staff costs for the Lead applicant and the Co-applicant(s), research costs and public engagement costs.

The British Academy - APEX Awards Requirements

The Lead applicant must

• be an exceptional, independent researcher with a strong track record and proven ability to lead collaborative work
• hold a permanent or fixed-term position covering the duration of the award
• have both teaching and admin duties from which they can be relieved from. Applicants that do not have teaching and administrative duties are not eligible to apply
• be based in a UK University or a UK not-for-profit research organisation

Lead applicants may include up to two Co-applicants. When choosing the Co-applicant(s), the Lead applicant must ensure that the proposed collaboration demonstrates genuine integration across disciplines, such as science, engineering and the social sciences and humanities — combining methods, concepts, or perspectives from different Academy remits.

The Co-applicant must

• be an exceptional, independent researcher with complementary expertise to the Lead applicant and covering a different Academy remit. For projects with two Co-applicants, the subject area of at least one Co-applicant must fall under a different Academy remit from that of the Lead applicant. This requirement ensures that the proposed research maintains its interdisciplinary and cross Academy nature
• hold a permanent or fixed-term position covering the duration of the award
• be based in a UK University or a UK not-for-profit research organisation

Lead and Co-applicants can only submit one application per round. Previous award holders may re-apply but any additional application should be a new project and not a follow on from the previous award.

Application Date and Process

• Click on the link to the application website to apply.

Application Deadline

08 September, 2026

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