Apply for funding to support exciting and ambitious research within the remit of the Medical Research Council, to transform our understanding of human health and disease
You must be employed by an eligible research organisation.
You can involve more than one research group or organisation in the project.
Apply to the MRC Impact Acceleration Award to address a single, high-risk development step and generate key data to de-risk a new medicine, medical device, diagnostic or other medical product.
You must be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
Apply for funding to establish a UK Obesity Research Institute, undertaking world-leading research into the mechanistic biomedical drivers of obesity and develop targeted interventions to prevent and treat obesity and its health consequences.
Applications must be led by a UK-based research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
Apply for funding to deliver entrepreneurship-focused doctoral training.
Applications can be led by organisations with standard and non-standard eligibility. The non-standard eligibility process will need to be completed before an award is made.
An expression of interest is required by 21 September 2026 4:00pm UK time.