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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

African Research Leaders

Apply for funding to support exceptional early to mid-career African researchers to conduct excellent global health research across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Researchers should be supported by an enthusiastic local research environment and by a UK-based partner as part of a partnership between the African and UK institutions.

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.

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.

Cancer Immunotherapy Response Research Platform

Apply for funding for a consortium to develop a broad utility, deep genotyping and phenotyping platform capable of generating breakthrough insights into patient response, adverse effects, and resistance to immunotherapy.

You must be a researcher employed at a research organisation eligible to apply for Medical Research Council (MRC) 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.

Tackling obesity

Apply for funding to develop effective strategies to tackle overweight and obesity.

‘Tackling obesity’ is open to applications submitted to the Population and Systems Medicine Board.

You should apply through the existing funding opportunity most relevant to your science area and career stage.

Renewal scheme for current Future Leaders Fellows

Successful applicants to the Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) scheme have the opportunity to extend their four-year fellowship by up to a further three years.

This funding opportunity is available to current FLF award holders only and should be a continuation of the original FLF fellowship.

Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg

UKRI and FNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable and support applications between researchers in the UK and Luxembourg. UKRI will fund the UK component and FNR will fund the Luxembourg component of the application.

Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.

Researching motor neurone disease: highlight notice

Apply for funding to research motor neurone disease (MND).

You can get funding through any:

  • grants from MRC research boards or panels
  • MRC fellowships

You should apply through the existing funding opportunity that is most relevant to your science area and career stage.

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