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Partner with researchers in Switzerland

Apply for funding to develop new and existing partnerships with researchers in Switzerland.

You must:

  • be currently in receipt of an active UKRI grant to submit an application for the materials, synthetic biology, or life and physical sciences interface themes
  • have been a UKRI grant holder (within the last five years of the call closing date) to submit an application for the languages theme.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
Part of a collaboration with the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Maximum award:
£25,000
Publication date:
14 January 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

NUTRIMMUNE: study nutrition-responsiveness of the immune system

Apply for funding to research the direct relationship between nutrition, immune function and infectious diseases relating to metabolic disorders.

You must:

  • be a UK-based researcher as part of a transnational consortium of three to six partners
  • ensure the UK part of the project is within MRC’s remit.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
10 international funders through the Joint Programming Initiative on a Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life (JPI HDHL)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£877,193
Award range:
£220,000 - £263,000
Publication date:
4 March 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

UK-Canada Globalink doctoral exchange scheme

Apply for funding to undertake a 12-week research placement in Canada.

You must be a doctoral student funded by a UKRI research council and working in any field.

Funding can be used for:

  • fees and stipends
  • research costs
  • travel and subsistence costs.

You may request up to £15,000 for each placement.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK Research and Innovation
Co-funders:
Mitacs
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
1 February 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Establish a 1.2 GHz nuclear magnetic resonance research facility

Apply for funding to procure, install, and operate a 1.2 GHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facility in the UK.

The facility must benefit all relevant research communities.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£17,000,000
Maximum award:
£17,000,000
Publication date:
22 February 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Reducing global health non-communicable disease risk for young people

Apply for global health funding to reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases through implementation research.

You must:

  • be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding
  • work in partnership with co-investigators based in low or middle income countries (LMICs) where the work will take place.

Your research must:

  • take a life course approach
  • focus on people aged 10 to 24 in LMICs.

Up to £5,000,000 is available (subject to quality). We expect to fund several projects.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
17 January 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Surveillance and diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance

Apply for funding to develop networks to improve diagnostic and surveillance tools for antimicrobial resistance. Your networks must include relevant experts and stakeholders.

You should:

  • be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding
  • apply as part of a consortium of transnational partners.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
Funders from 11 Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) member countries to date
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
21 April 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Build community research consortia to address health disparities

Apply for funding to build community research consortia to address health disparities.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

Your project should:

  • facilitate cross-partner collaboration with a view to establishing one (or more) community asset hubs, articulating hub structure and membership
  • scope whole or part of an integrated care system (or devolved equivalent) to understand the range of services, scale of provision, key stakeholders and existing partnerships
  • explore different collaborative models for integrating co-production into the improvement of health systems.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£250,000
Publication date:
22 April 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Centre for Doctoral Training: environmental solutions to zoonoses

Apply for funding to deliver a new cross-council Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in environmental drivers and solutions for zoonoses.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI research grant funding.

You will:

  • train a community of researchers working within a One Health framing
  • encourage the community of researchers to identify integrated solutions with an environmental approach.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£4,800,000
Publication date:
23 June 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Expression of interest: Establish a total-body PET facility

Submit an expression of interest for funding to establish a total-body positron emission tomography (PET) facility as part of a new national Total-Body PET programme.

You must be based at a UK research organisation or institution eligible for MRC funding.

We intend to fund two geographically distinct total-body PET facilities.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
7 July 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Transformative healthcare technologies: phase two

Apply for funding to deliver risky and ambitious ideas underpinned by science, engineering and emerging technologies in the healthcare space.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£20,000,000
Publication date:
22 July 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

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