You are strongly encouraged to contact us before you apply, and share a short summary of your proposed partnership to check if your partnership application is suitable. You can do this at any time. This should outline the partnership aims and activities, why it is timely, how it aligns with the partnership grant scope, the project title, leads and collaborators, an estimated cost to MRC, and a brief track record demonstrating your team’s ability to deliver.
Explore the relevant MRC area of investment and support to find the contact details for the MRC programme manager most closely aligned with your proposed partnership grant research area:
- infections and immunity
- molecular and cellular medicine
- neurosciences and mental health
- population and systems medicine
- global health
If you are unsure who to contact, contact our Research Funding Policy and Delivery (RFPD) team.
Email: rfpd@mrc.ukri.org
Read the MRC partnership grant funding opportunity for guidance on how to submit your application.
The project lead is responsible for completing the application process on the Funding Service, but we expect all team members and project partners to contribute to the application.
Only the lead research organisation can submit an application to UKRI.
If the partnership grant will involve a collaboration with one or more industry or company project partners, who may be providing cash, in-kind contributions or both, then you will need to comply with MRC guidance on the Industry Collaboration Framework (ICF).