Apply for funding to support partnerships to enable research that will address global health challenges and inequities.
We will accept proposals of all sizes, including large projects and small to medium-scale applications.
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Apply for funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UKRI’s remit.
You must be an early career researcher or innovator who is either:
- looking to establish or transition to independence
- developing their own original and ambitious plans within a commercial setting
Apply for global health funding to prevent non-communicable diseases in cities through implementation research.
You must:
- be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding
- work in partnership with co-investigators based in low or middle income countries where the work will take place
Your research must:
- have clear implications for reducing the onset or progression of non-communicable diseases in cities
- have clear implications for reducing health inequalities
Up to £5,000,000 is available (subject to quality). We expect to fund several projects.
UKRI and FNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable and support applications between researchers in the UK and Luxembourg. UKRI will fund the UK component and FNR will fund the Luxembourg component of the application.
Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.
Apply for funding to research motor neurone disease (MND).
You can get funding through any:
- grants from MRC research boards or panels
- MRC fellowships
You should apply through the existing funding opportunity that is most relevant to your science area and career stage.
Apply for funding to establish an interdisciplinary research cluster to address an important challenge for population health.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
You can request £4.5 million to £7 million (80% full economic cost) per cluster, over four years.
Apply for funding for a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) focused on the applications and implications of artificial intelligence (AI).
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding and have been successful at the outline stage.
Proposals are welcomed within priority areas addressing UK training needs in novel and existing AI technologies across the remit of UKRI.
Apply for funding to improve the methods used by others in biomedical and health research.
You must:
- focus your project on methods research within MRC or NIHR remit
- be a researcher employed by an eligible research organisation (this includes MRC units and centres)
UKRI and RCN have signed a Money Follows Cooperation agreement to enable collaborative applications between researchers in the UK and Norway. UKRI funding will be provided for co-investigators from Norway in successful applications.
Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.
Apply for funding for up to two years. This includes half of your salary.
The scheme is for current fellows whose research has been affected by several issues.
You can apply if you:
- currently hold an MRC career development award or clinician scientist fellowship
- are in the final 18 months of your fellowship