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Advancing adolescent mental health and wellbeing research

Apply for funding to help improve research in the field of ‘adolescence, mental health and the developing mind’ through:

  • methodological innovation
  • capability building.

You can be researcher at any career stage who is:

  • within the remit of AHRC, ESRC or MRC
  • based in the UK
  • from a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£8,000,000
Award range:
£125,000 - £1,250,000
Publication date:
22 September 2021
Opening date:
22 September 2021
Closing date:

Artificial intelligence for better biomedical and health research

Apply for funding to use artificial intelligence (AI) for biomedical and health research.

To lead a proposal, you must be from a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Maximum award:
£200,000
Publication date:
10 September 2021
Opening date:
10 September 2021 09:00 UK time
Closing date:

Clinician scientist fellowship: Jan 2022

Apply for funding to support your move to independent investigator. Your research can focus on any area of MRC’s remit to improve human health.

You must be a registered healthcare professional with a PhD.

You must be able to show:

  • evidence of career progression
  • clear plans to develop leadership in your own specialist area of research.
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
8 September 2021
Opening date:
1 November 2021
Closing date:

Ageing across the life course interdisciplinary research network

Apply for funding to develop a new interdisciplinary network. The network is expected to

address a challenge related to ageing across the life course, from pre-conception to old age.

You must be:

  • eligible for UKRI funding
  • at lecturer level, or above, at a UK research organisation.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,000,000
Award range:
£100,000 - £200,000
Publication date:
6 September 2021
Opening date:
6 September 2021 09:00 UK time
Closing date:

Clinical research training fellowship: Jan 2022

Apply for funding to undertake a PhD or to reacquire research skills. Your research can focus on any area of MRC’s remit to improve human health.

You must be a registered healthcare professional, either:

  • planning to undertake a PhD or similar
  • a PhD graduate working outside of research for at least five years.
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
3 September 2021
Opening date:
1 November 2021
Closing date:

UK-US research: ecology and evolution of infectious diseases 2021

To apply, you must be from a UK-based research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

Your team must be interdisciplinary.

You must collaborate with a US partner. You can also collaborate with partners from China or Israel.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Publication date:
1 September 2021
Opening date:
27 August 2021
Closing date:

Clinical academic research partnerships: 2021

Apply for funding to develop your research interests through a collaborative partnership.

You must be a research-qualified healthcare professional at consultant level or equivalent. You must not be currently undertaking any substantial research activity.

You must have a research partner based at an eligible research organisation.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
National Institute for Health Research
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
26 August 2021
Opening date:
27 August 2021
Closing date:

Neurosciences and mental health programme: Jan 2022

Apply for funding for a programme of research focused on neurosciences and mental health.

You must be a UK-based researcher employed at an eligible research organisation.

You must have:

  • at least a postgraduate degree
  • a record of securing funding and delivering research.
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
26 August 2021
Opening date:
15 October 2021
Closing date:

Neurosciences and mental health research: Jan 2022

Apply for funding for research projects focused on neurosciences and mental health.

You must:

  • be a UK-based researcher employed at an eligible research organisation
  • have at least a postgraduate degree.

You can involve more than one research group or institution in the project.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
26 August 2021
Opening date:
15 October 2021
Closing date:

Building responsible neurotechnology research capability

Apply for funding to develop a research network for neurotechnology.

You must be:

  • based in the UK
  • eligible for EPSRC funding.

Your network is expected to:

  • help form new interdisciplinary research communities
  • promote responsible research and address ethical issues in neurotechnology
  • set a research agenda and fund small feasibility studies.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Publication date:
26 August 2021
Opening date:
31 August 2021
Closing date:

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