Medical Research Council (MRC)

MRC funds research at the forefront of science to prevent illness, develop therapies and improve human health.

MRC content

News

22 October 2021

No COVID-19 antibody response in a third of leukaemia patients

15 October 2021

Scientists uncover circadian rhythm in heart cells

7 October 2021

UKRI publishes updated detailed ethnicity data

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Blog

20 October 2021

Why we need an international effort to study fungal infections

MRC blog

6 October 2021

Fellowship application myth-busting

MRC blog

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Funding opportunities

Enhance living and post-mortem human nervous tissue resources

Apply for funding to establish a national human nervous tissue sample resource.

This will be a pilot to enable researchers to access living and post-mortem nervous tissue.

The resource should support neuroscience and mental health research.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
26 October 2021
Opening date:
26 October 2021
Closing date:

Build a network to promote academic engagement with catapults

Apply for funding to build a network that will:

  • encourage engagement between academia and the catapult centres
  • deliver the Researchers in Residence awards.

You must:

  • be a UK resident
  • be based at an eligible research organisation
  • have experience of running large centres or networks.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,350,000
Maximum award:
£2,350,000
Publication date:
11 October 2021
Opening date:
13 October 2021 09:00 UK time
Closing date:

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Changes to MRC's website

Following the move of MRC funding opportunities and news to the UKRI website, this summer we are starting to move more of MRC’s web content to the new integrated site.

Use the content listing above and search the  MRC’s website for other MRC content.

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