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MRC: research grant: applicant-led

Apply for funding to support exciting and ambitious research within the remit of the Medical Research Council, to transform our understanding of human health and disease

You must be employed by an eligible research organisation.

You can involve more than one research group or organisation in the project.

Mid-range equipment for biosciences research: ALERT 2026

Apply for funding to purchase mid-range equipment for research across BBSRC’s scientific remit through ALERT 2026.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. Research technical professionals are eligible as project leads or project co-leads for this funding opportunity.

Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of £2 million for collaborative industrial research and development (R&D) projects with partners from Japan and select Eureka countries.

Capacity building: clinical research training fellowship

Apply for funding to reacquire research skills.

Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC) remit to improve human health.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • be a PhD graduate working outside of research, usually five or more years ago
  • show plans to pursue a clinical academic research career

Manufacturing Scale-up Research and Innovation: Automotive and Aerospace

Apply for funding to address manufacturing scale-up challenges for new technologies and processes, accelerating innovation and driving UK business growth in the automotive and aerospace sectors.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

Expression of interest: First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) builder: programme entry

UK-registered businesses can apply for support worth up to £315,000 to develop a climate tech FOAK project.

Companies successful at this expression of interest stage could be invited to apply for a larger grant through FOAK builder phase two.

Manufacturing Scale-up Network Plus

Opportunity to build a Network Plus to accelerate the scale-up of manufacturing innovation, driving growth across aerospace, automotive and wider UK advanced manufacturing frontier industries.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

Battery Innovation Programme: investor partnerships

UK registered small or medium sized businesses can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.

Experimental medicine: invited stage two application

Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease.

Your application must include an intervention in humans.

You must be based at a research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.

You must be invited to apply for stage two of this funding opportunity.

Experimental medicine stage one

Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease.

Your application must include an intervention in humans.

You must be based at a research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.

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