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Innovate UK SMART grants May 2021

UK-registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable research and development innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.

Foundation industries lab to lab India collaboration

UK research organisations can apply for a share of up to £400,000 to develop virtual networks and explore UK and India capabilities for the foundation industries.

Biomedical catalyst 2021: early and late-stage awards

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £18 million to develop innovative healthcare products, technologies and processes.

Scoping law and social justice research priorities

Apply for funding to identify potential research priorities in law and social justice. Your report will inform the future AHRC approach to the law and legal studies disciplines.

You must be eligible for AHRC funding.

Your project must focus on:

  • governance
  • citizenship and representation
  • transitional justice
  • cultures of exclusion.

Strategic longer and larger grants: frontier bioscience 2021-2022

Apply for funding for frontier bioscience research that addresses significant fundamental questions in bioscience.

You can apply if you are a researcher based at an eligible organisation.

Projects can be up to five years in duration.

MRC clinical research training fellowship: Sep 2021

You can get funding for a research project across any area of MRC’s remit to improve human health. You can apply for:

  • predoctoral fellowships – if you are a clinician wanting to undertake a PhD or other higher research degree
  • postdoctoral fellowships – if you were awarded a PhD some time ago but have not been active in research since, we can help you to reacquire research skills.

We expect you to be undertaking your specialty training. You can apply for a fellowship lasting between two and four years but they usually last for three. Funding will cover your salary and related expenses.

MRC clinician scientist fellowship: Sep 2021

This award can help you become an independent investigator through a programme of research and training lasting up to five years. We will provide your salary plus some support costs.

To apply, you must have:

  • research plans within MRC’s remit which do not overlap with those of your current group leader or proposed sponsor
  • a track record of challenging, original and productive research across past appointments, and an upward trajectory
  • identified opportunities for developing and progressing in your career

You must have a higher research degree in medicine or another clinical area.

MRC molecular and cellular medicine new investigator research grant: Sep 2021

Funding is available from MRC’s Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board to support researchers ready to progress to independence through their first major grant as a principal investigator.

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

MRC molecular and cellular medicine partnership grant: Sep 2021

Funding is available from MRC’s Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board to support new partnerships between researchers in the area of molecular and cellular medicine.

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

MRC molecular and cellular medicine research grant: Sep 2021

An MRC research grant is the main way for UK-based medical researchers to apply for researcher-led project funding. You should apply if your research is on molecular and cellular medicine.

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

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