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MRC Population and systems medicine programme grant: Jan 2021

Funding is available from MRC’s Population and Systems Medicine Board to provide large, long-term and renewable programme funding for researchers working in the area of population and systems medicine.

There is no limit to the funding you can request. This funding opportunity runs three times every year.

MRC Neurosciences and mental health partnership grants: Jan 2021

Funding is available from MRC’s Neurosciences and Mental Health Board to support new partnerships between researchers in the area of neurosciences and mental health.

Funding varies widely for partnerships lasting between one and five years. This funding opportunity runs three times every year.

Apply to switch your existing funding to COVID-19 priority areas

UKRI has put in place the following process to allow researchers to repurpose existing UKRI standard grant to address COVID-19 research priorities.

Transition Support Award for current MRC intermediate fellows: Oct 2020

Open to MRC Career Development Awards or Clinician Scientist Fellowships in the final 12-18 months of their fellowship.

Provides short-term support of up to two years, while outputs are achieved, enabling them to meet their full potential or be in a position to secure their next position.

Innovation Scholars: Data Science Training in Health and Bioscience

Innovative training programmes to upskill health and bioscience researchers in data management and analysis.

Providing flexible training for two scenarios:

  • upskilling from different starting levels and career stages
  • enabling researchers to develop skills in new emerging areas of importance.

Neuroimmunology Data Generation Award for Early Career Researchers: Oct 2020

For early career researchers in a multidisciplinary team with at least one researcher with neuroscience or mental health expertise and one with immunology expertise.

Funding for up to 24 months. This funding opportunity is aimed at generating data to provide a strong evidence base and clear rationale for larger programmes of research.

MRC Senior non-clinical fellowships: Sep 2020

If you are a researcher with a track record of leading your own independent research, we can help you become an internationally-recognised leader in your field. We will contribute to your salary and project costs with no limit on the amount you can apply for.

Highlight notice: COVID-19 and minority ethnic groups

Apply for funding to research the reasons for vulnerability to COVID-19 and the differential social, cultural and economic impacts of the pandemic on minority ethnic groups.

Preparing for future clean air challenges: interdisciplinary research and innovation consortia

We invite proposals for interdisciplinary consortia under the second wave of the Strategic Priorities Fund Clean Air Programme. The aim is to:

  • equip the UK to tackle new and emerging air quality challenges
  • investigate changing emissions and exposure patterns and health impacts on high-risk groups.

Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases 2020

The central theme is the quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics.

Applicants welcome from transdisciplinary teams who research the:

  • ecological
  • evolutionary
  • social drivers

which influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases of animals, humans and plants.

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