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Alongside the NIHR, the MRC is the second main route through which the Government funds health-related research in the UK. The MRC focuses on fundamental research that makes a difference to human health, including broad initiatives such as speeding up the development of basic discoveries into new drugs and treatments. A range of grants, calls, highlight notices, studentships and fellowships are available.
MRC Research Grants aim to stimulate collaborative, mutually beneficial research and partnership between industry and academia, and to enhance MRC fellows’ development as research leaders.
There is no financial cap on MRC Fellowship – Partnership Awards; however, they do not anticipate applications exceeding £200,000. (Applications close to or over this amount should be discussed with the MRC prior to submitting an application.)
Applications and advice forms are accepted and assessed on a rolling basis throughout the year. Applications will be reviewed every other month.
The MRC’s Fellowship – Partnership Awards aim to enhance MRC fellows’ development as research leaders. The awards offer both financial and advisory support for existing MRC fellows. They are one of several means offered by the MRC to deliver collaborative research and build sustainable industry-academic partnerships.
Applications and advice forms are accepted and assessed on a rolling basis throughout the year. Applications will be reviewed every other month.
Each year the ESRC offers 50 bursaries of up to £1,000 each to enable social scientists engaged in research, teaching research methods or supervising research to update their research skills. Also open to contract university researchers. Applications can be submitted at any time.
Funds biomedical and medical humanities research to improve human/animal health. Wide variety of funding schemes available, including Investigator Awards, fellowships and Strategic Awards. Areas include biomedical science, technology transfer, international research, public engagement, medical history and humanities and ethics and society.
Offered in partnership between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Health, this translational funding scheme is designed to accelerate the clinical application of projects that are well advanced along the development pathway.