Medical Research Council (MRC)

Funding opportunities

Apply for funding to develop or test interventions to reduce the transmission of antibiotic resistance.

UK-based researchers must apply as part of a transnational consortium.

Your project must focus on at least two One Health areas:

Opportunity status:: Open
Funders:: Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Co-funders:: 27 other international funders through the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR)
Funding type:: Grant
Total fund:: £2,500,000
Award range:: £50,000 - £500,000
Publication date:: 14 January 2021
Opening date:: 14 January 2021
Closing date:: 16 March 2021 11:00 UK time

Apply for funding to support short-term time-sensitive collection of data or samples or rapid turn-around research or analysis to either:

This is a rarely awarded emergency route for exceptional circumstances.

Applicants must be based at research organisations eligible for UKRI funding. Business-led proposals are not eligible for this funding.

Opportunity status:: Open
Funders:: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:: Grant
Maximum award:: £80,000
Publication date:: 6 January 2021
Opening date:: 5 January 2021
Closing date:: Open - no closing date

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