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Predoctoral clinical research training fellowship

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

Clinician scientist fellowship

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

Postdoctoral clinical research training fellowship

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

Senior clinical fellowship

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

South Africa-UK health research collaboration: non-communicable diseases

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.

South Africa-UK health research collaboration: multimorbidity of infectious diseases and NCDs

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).

UK Japan Engineering Biology for Novel Therapies and Diagnostics Research Collaboration

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.

Net zero digital research infrastructure coordinator and network

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.

Experimental medicine stage one

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.

Realising the health co-benefits of the transition to net zero: invited stage two

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.

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