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MRC: new investigator research grant: applicant-led

Apply for funding to take the next step towards becoming an independent researcher.

Doing exciting and ambitious research within the remit of the Medical Research Council.

You must have the:

• skills and experience to ‘transition to independence’
• support of an eligible host research organisation

• Opportunity status: Open
• Funders: Medical Research Council (MRC)
• Funding type: Grant
• Publication date: 12 October 2026
• Opening date: 12 October 2026 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: Open - no closing date

Invite only: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures R&D

Apply for funding for early-stage research into medical countermeasures, including vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics, for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats.

You must be employed at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding.

• Opportunity status: Upcoming
• Funders: Medical Research Council (MRC)
• Co-funders: Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
• Funding type: Grant
• Publication date: 16 October 2026
• Opening date: 5 November 2026 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 20 January 2027 4:00pm UK time