Research funding opportunities

Provides support for clinical and non-clinical researchers while they are establishing themselves as independent principal investigators. Applicants must hold a PhD, Dphil or an MD with three to 10 years' postdoctoral research experience.

Provides core funds for one to five years to support new partnerships between diverse groupings of researchers and can be used for infrastracture support, platform activities and for bringing together managed consortia or multidisciplinary collaborations.

Provides grants for larger, longer term and renewable programmes. A programme is defined as a coordinated and coherent group of related projects, which may be developed to address an inter-related set of questions across a broad scientific area. Applicant must contact the Programme Manager of the relevant MRC Research Board to confirm whether the application fits the scheme at least six weeks before the submission deadline.

Funding for focussed research projects that may be short or long term in nature.

Supports talented medically and other clinically qualified professionals, with an effective track record of internationally competitive independent research, to make the transition to research leadership.

Supports proven independent researchers with an effective track record of internationally competitive independent research to make the transition to research leadership.

For capacity building in MRC priority areas - devolved funding model in which applicant must apply to their research organisation for funding.

Supports fellowships for a variety of different disease areas, often surrounding understanding of the disease mechanisms, and improve diagnosis, treatment and management of the disease.

To fund research with the ultimate aim of preventing all forms of meningitis and associated disease in the UK.

Supports high quality and innovative research into the prevention, detection and treatment of meningitis and septicaemia.