MRC: Neurosciences and mental health: responsive mode partnership

19/10/2023

10/01/2024

Apply for funding to support new partnerships between diverse groups of researchers in Neurosciences and mental health. 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 research in areas including, but not limited to: - neurodegeneration - clinical neurology and neuroinflammation - mental health - addictions and substance misuse - behavioural and learning disorders including autism - cognitive and behavioural neuroscience and cognitive systems - sensory neuroscience including vision and hearing - neurobiology and neurophysiology -underpinning support, such as neuroimaging technology, brain banking and neuroinformatics.

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 neurosciences and mental health have completed the pre-application stage and been invited to the full application stage.