MRC: New investigator research grant – molecular and cellular medicine

24/09/2020

12/01/2021

The Medical Research Council invites proposals for its new investigator research grant in molecular and cellular medicine. This supports researchers who are capable of becoming independent principal investigators and who are ready to take the next step towards that goal within the areas of molecular and cellular medicine. Applicants are expected to combine their time with a portfolio of other activities, such as other research grants or clinical duties, teaching, administration duties, or other time spent in faculty. They are expected to spend up to 50 per cent of their contracted working time on the grant. Grants are tenable for three years and are usually given on the basis of 80 per cent of full economic costs of the research to the applicant’s institution.

Cell & Developmental Biology; Cytopathology; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Applicants must be able to clearly demonstrate that their skills and experience at the time of their application match those of the transition to independence career stage. They must hold at least a graduate degree, and are usually expected to have a PhD or an MD. The research may be carried out at the UK institution at which the applicant is based or an eligible UK research organisation to which they wish to move. Applicants may hold a lecturer appointment, a junior fellowship, or be in another research staff position. Those who hold or have held early-career training fellowships are also eligible. Co-investigators are allowed if they bring expertise to the project that is outside of the applicant’s field.