Apply for MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges. You must be invited to apply for this stage of the funding opportunity.
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
This award is for BBSRC-funded research groups to pump-prime interactions with FAPESP scientists in Brazil. Applications must be made by a project lead who is currently in receipt of BBSRC research funding.
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £15 million for feasibility projects. This funding is from the industry-led Research and Development Partnerships Fund, part of the Farming Innovation Programme.
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Apply for funding to form world-leading partnerships with collaborators in Japan for your research into Advanced Connectivity Technologies. UK applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. Japanese applicants must be eligible for NICT funding.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £20 million for late stage collaborative research and development projects. Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry. DRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a Department for Business and Trade led programme.
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Apply to collaborate with the functional genomics screening laboratory on projects using complex human in vitro models for CRISPR screening to better understand model biology. You must be a researcher eligible for MRC funding. Applications from UK based industry parties may also be considered.
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Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within Medical Research Council (MRC) remit. You must: be a registered healthcare professional have a PhD or equivalent show evidence of career consolidation and productivity show clear plans for establishing your own research niche
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UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) , Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) , Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) , Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , Medical Research Council (MRC) , Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) , Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
An opportunity for UKRI-funded doctoral students to undertake a three-month internship at one of a selected group of influential policy organisations, undertaken as part of the existing doctoral studentship.
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Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease. Your application must include an intervention in humans. You must be a researcher based at a research organisation eligible to apply for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.
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Apply for funding to support exciting and ambitious research within the remit of the Medical Research Council, to transform our understanding of human health and disease You must be employed by an eligible research organisation. You can involve more than one research group or organisation in the project.
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This is a pilot scheme through which the Medical Research Council (MRC) will cover data access costs for eligible researchers who are currently supported by MRC. Data is accessed through Our Future Health and you must apply for access through the ‘Our Future Health’ process.
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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
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Flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas.