Apply for funding to build on existing COVID-19 collaborative infrastructure, partnerships and resources.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
Proposals must be within remit of MRC’s four research boards.
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Search and filter this listApply 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 funding opportunity closing date) to submit an application for the languages theme.
Apply for funding to research environmental sustainability in life science and medical practice.
Your application should:
- show how you will support net zero carbon aspirations
- seek to improve MRC’s understanding or provide practical solutions.
Apply for a fellowship to explore your own research ideas and develop links with industry, including secondments, training and mentorship.
Your research project should support the development of cell and oligonucleotide therapies.
You must have a PhD, or equivalent higher research degree, by the start of the fellowship.
This opportunity is open to both clinical and non-clinical researchers.
Apply for funding for the early-stage development of an intervention that seeks to address a UK or global public health challenge.
Any researcher employed by an eligible research organisation, including MRC institutes and units (including those in Gambia and Uganda), can apply for this opportunity.
Apply for funding to develop or improve drugs or plant protection agents to help:
- treat bacterial or fungal infections
- reduce the spread of resistance to drugs.
You should:
- be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding
- apply as part of a consortium of transnational partners.
Your project should involve either:
- licensed antibiotics or antifungals
- interventions in pre-clinical or early clinical development.