MRC: FAPESP and UKRI (MRC) artificial intelligence (AI) for health

11/04/2024

28/06/2024

The aims and objective of this funding opportunity is to deliver significant three-year research funding for internationally competitive and innovative collaborative partnerships between researchers from state of São Paulo and the UK to enable the pursuit of shared research interests. FAPESP and MRC wish to support proposals with the aim of: supporting collaborative, internationally competitive research projects enhancing existing partnerships and developing new partnerships between the UK and the state of São Paulo in the area of AI for biomedical and health applications supporting the mobility and exchange of UK and Brazilian researchers of the state of São Paulo to enhance links between researchers in both countries and state of São Paulo strengthening the strategic relationship between the UK and state of São Paulo. Amount note Projects must have a duration of three years, starting in February 2025 and be completed by the end of January 2028. Please note that the project duration must be the same in both the UK and Brazil.

Scope FAPESP and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) wish to support the development of new research collaborations, as well as providing funding to enhance existing collaborations. Collaborations should leverage the strengths of researchers in both countries to address key areas of biomedical and health research interests, including one or more of the following: using AI to generate new medical research and human health insights that will: - further our understanding of disease and determinants of health including socioeconomic factors - improve disease prediction and diagnosis, thinking beyond incremental optimisation of current systems application of AI that were: - developed for a different purpose to be applied in a health context - developed with a focus on a different nation and could now be applied in a Brazilian context to improve health research and health outcomes in Brazil - management and improvement of health data (including addressing limitations of AI when dealing with incomplete or small health data sets and consideration of ethical issues) - imputation of data and analyses.

Eligibility Note To be eligible to apply to the MRC for this funding opportunity you must: be a researcher employed by a research organisation eligible for MRC funding show that you will direct the project and be actively engaged in the work focus your application on addressing AI for biomedical and health.