Medical Research Council (MRC)

MRC funds world-leading discovery and translational research to accelerate diagnosis, advance treatment and prevent human illness.

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• Innovation and collaboration
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News

Pinned 15 May 2026

New wound research to tackle pain and cost of chronic wounds

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4 June 2026

How cells fight infection from the inside

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21 May 2026

From MRC discovery research to a one-minute cancer treatment

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Blog

5 May 2026

Men Minds: young men making time for young men

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2 April 2026

From ward rounds to speech sounds: an MRC Clinical Fellow’s story

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Funding opportunities

AIRR compute opportunity: AI open access

Apply for between 50,000 and 1,400,000 graphics processing unit (GPU) hours on the Isambard-AI supercomputer for artificial intelligence (AI) related research and development projects.

Open to UK-based researchers and AI developers from academia, industry, public sector or other organisations.

• Opportunity status: Open
• Funders: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Innovate UK, Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
• Funding type: Other
• Publication date: 4 June 2026
• Opening date: 4 June 2026 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 17 July 2026 4:00pm UK time

Early independence: clinician scientist fellowship

Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within Medical Research Council (MRC) remit.

You must:

• be a registered healthcare professional
• have a PhD or equivalent
• show evidence of career consolidation and productivity
• show clear plans for establishing your own research niche

• Opportunity status: Upcoming
• Funders: Medical Research Council (MRC)
• Funding type: Fellowship
• Publication date: 4 June 2026
• Opening date: 10 June 2026 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 2 September 2026 4:00pm UK time

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Events

MRC ES seminar: embedding sustainability into research

6 July 2026

Online and at University of Oxford, The Life and Mind building (lecture theatre 1), South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3EL

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