Medical Research Council: Programme grants – molecular and cellular medicine

19/05/2022

06/09/2022

The Medical Research Council invites applications for its programme grants in molecular and cellular medicine. These provide large and long-term renewable funding for a coordinated and coherent group of related projects that may be developed to address an interrelated set of questions across a broad scientific area. The expectation is that not all questions will necessarily be answered within the tenure of the award. Parts of the programme may be a continuation of current activity, but other elements should be innovative and ambitious. The MRC funds up to 80 per cent of the full economic costs of the research to the applicant’s institution.

Cytopathology; Cell & Developmental Biology; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Any UK-based researcher who can demonstrate that they will direct the proposed research and be actively engaged in carrying it out may apply. They must hold at least a postgraduate level degree, although a PhD is usually expected. The PI must be based at an eligible UK organisation and should have a substantial record of successfully securing research funding and delivering high quality research. Grants are usually based within an academic institution. Applications may include industry partners. Researchers based at MRC units and the Francis Crick Institute may only apply in exceptional circumstances.