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Apply for funding to set up a research consortium addressing challenges in the manufacture of nucleic acid therapeutics.

This opportunity is open to academic and industrial organisations in the UK and abroad. The lead organisation must be UK-based.

Opportunity status:: Open
Funders:: Medical Research Council (MRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation
Funding type:: Grant
Total fund:: £6,000,000
Maximum award:: £6,000,000
Publication date:: 16 April 2021
Opening date:: N/A
Closing date:: Open - no closing date

Apply for support for cross-disciplinary research between physics and the life sciences.

The research must improve our understanding of biological systems, biomedical systems or both.

You must be a researcher from one of the following:

UK higher education institution
research council institute
UKRI-approved independent research organisation
NHS body with research capacity
public sector research establishment (PSRE) with 10 or more researchers with PhDs.

Opportunity status:: Open
Funders:: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:: UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF) delivered by EPSRC, BBSRC and MRC, and Wellcome
Funding type:: Grant
Total fund:: £18,000,000
Award range:: £1,500,000 - £2,950,000
Publication date:: 7 April 2021
Opening date:: 6 April 2021 06:00 UK time
Closing date:: 2 June 2021 16:00 UK time

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