Apply for funding to undertake a PhD.
Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.
You must:
be a registered healthcare professional
be at an appropriate point in your training to undertake a PhD
show plans to pursue a research career
Open
Fellowship
8 February 2024
8 February 2024 9:00am UK time
3 April 2024 4:00pm UK time
Apply for support to become an independent researcher in a medical research field.
Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council’s remit to improve human health.
You must:
be a registered healthcare professional
have a PhD or equivalent
show evidence of career development
Open
Fellowship
8 February 2024
8 February 2024 9:00am UK time
3 April 2024 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to reacquire research skills.
Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.
You must:
be a registered healthcare professional
be a PhD graduate working outside of research, usually five or more years ago
show plans to pursue a research career
Open
Fellowship
8 February 2024
8 February 2024 9:00am UK time
3 April 2024 4:00pm UK time
Apply for support to become an internationally recognised research leader.
Your research can focus on any area of MRC’s remit to improve human health.
You must:
be a registered healthcare professional
have a PhD or equivalent
have experience leading research funded by a major funder
be managing your own independent research group
Open
Fellowship
8 February 2024
8 February 2024 9:00am UK time
3 April 2024 4:00pm UK time
Apply for the UK-South Africa health research funding opportunity.
MRC and SAMRC will support research collaborations between South Africa, the UK and African researchers in the area of non-communicable diseases.
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South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
Grant
£3,000,000
£600,000
12 February 2024
12 February 2024
12 April 2024 4:00pm UK time
Apply for the UK–South Africa health research funding opportunity.
MRC and SAMRC will support research collaborations between South Africa, the UK and African researchers in the area of multimorbidity of infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
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South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
Grant
£3,000,000
£600,000
12 February 2024
12 February 2024
15 April 2024 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to work with researchers in Japan in the field of engineering biology for novel therapies and diagnostics research.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
You must submit a parallel joint application to the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development.
Open
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
Grant
15 January 2024
15 January 2024 9:00am UK time
16 April 2024 4:00pm UK time
Apply to become the net zero digital research infrastructure (NZ DRI) coordinator to develop and lead an NZ DRI network.
You will build and maintain community engagement across disciplines and accelerate the path towards NZ DRI.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
Open
Grant
£3,500,000
£3,500,000
27 February 2024
27 February 2024 9:00am UK time
16 April 2024 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to undertake mechanistic studies in humans. Your application must include an intervention to investigate the causes, progression or treatment of human disease.
This is an ongoing funding opportunity. Stage one application rounds close every April and October.
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Grant
£10,000,000
19 December 2023
18 January 2024 9:00am UK time
17 April 2024 4:00pm UK time
An application to lead a transdisciplinary research hub to realise the health co-benefits of the UK transition to net zero.
You must have already submitted an expression of interest and been invited to submit an application. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.
Open
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
Grant
£34,375,000
£6,875,000
16 January 2024
16 January 2024 9:00am UK time
17 April 2024 4:00pm UK time