MRC: Population and systems medicine: responsive mode partnership

19/10/2023

10/01/2024

Apply for funding to support new partnerships between diverse groups of researchers in population and systems medicine. You must be a researcher employed by a research organisation eligible to apply for MRC funding. The grant will allow you to: establish new, high-value collaborative activities or capabilities add value to high-quality scientific programmes that are already supported by grants from MRC and other funders Funding is available for between one and five years.

We are looking to fund new partnerships between diverse groups of researchers in population and systems medicine. We want to support new, high-value collaborative activities or capabilities that add value to high-quality research programmes that are already supported by MRC or other funders. We fund partnerships working to transform our understanding of human health. Partnership grants are expected to support research areas in the MRC remit, although research itself is not supported through this route. The population and systems medicine board funds research to unlock the complexity of human health and disease across the life course. Our remit includes population health and the impact of environmental factors including the social environment on health outcomes. Research focused on the physiology and pathophysiology of all the major organs and systems, with the exception of the brain and the immune system, is normally supported through our other research boards.

To be eligible to apply for this funding opportunity you must: be a researcher employed by an eligible research organisation be aiming to create a novel partnership between a diverse group of researchers plan to establish new, high-value collaborative activities or capabilities that add value to high-quality research programmes already supported by MRC or other funders show that you will direct the project and be actively engaged in the work, or contribute to the academic leadership of the partnership focus your application within the science area of population and systems medicine have completed the pre-application stage and been invited to the full application stage For applicants who do not have a contract of employment for the duration of the proposed project, by submitting an application the research organisation is confirming, if it is successful: contracts will be extended beyond the end date of the project all necessary support for the project and the applicants will be provided, including mentorship and career development for early career researchers