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You must be employed at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
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Search and filter this listApply to the MRC Gap Fund 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 support to become an independent researcher in a medical research field.
Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council’s (MRC) remit to improve human health.
You must:
- be a registered healthcare professional
- have a PhD or equivalent
- show evidence of career development
Apply for funding to reacquire research skills.
Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.
You must:
- be a registered healthcare professional
- be a PhD graduate working outside of research, usually five or more years ago
- show plans to pursue a research career
Apply for funding to undertake a PhD.
Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.
You must:
- be a registered healthcare professional
- be at an appropriate point in your training to undertake a PhD
- show plans to pursue a research career
Apply for up to 150,000 graphics processing unit hours on the Isambard-AI and Dawn supercomputers for artificial intelligence (AI) related research and development projects.
You must be a UK researcher from academia, industry or other organisations.
Apply for MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
Apply for funding to deliver doctoral training in areas within the Medical Research Council (MRC)’s core remit and priorities. This funding opportunity will support the development of a highly skilled workforce equipped to address medical research and innovation challenges across a range of careers.
Apply for fellowship funding to build artificial intelligence (AI) capability.
This funding opportunity is for established researchers from across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit, without a background in core AI research, who want to build domain relevant AI capability.
You may apply only if invited to do so following a successful outline application.
Apply to attend a four-day interactive sandpit to co-develop research projects that develop, validate, and critique novel scientometric indicators for use in research assessment and in future metascience research.
The sandpit will take place in April 2026.