MRC Programme grants

30 Apr 2009


The MRC Programme grants provide larger, longer term (five years) and renewable programme funding. They aim to help the medical science community to ‘think bigger’. A programme is defined as a coordinated and coherent group of related projects, which may be to answer an inter-related set of questions across a broad scientific area. The expectation is that not all the questions will necessarily be answered within the tenure of the award. The programme may well be a continuation of current activity.

The programme grants are available to any UK-based researcher who can demonstrate that they will direct the proposed research and be actively engaged in carrying it through. The minimum academic qualification required is a graduate degree, although usually a PhD is required. For programme grants the principal investigator should have a substantial record of research.

Under the programme grant scheme you may request support for a period of five years, which can include: The salary of the principal investigator and co-investigators; Support for additional posts – research, technical or other consumables; Equipment; Travel costs; Data preservation, data sharing and dissemination costs. The closing date for the next round of proposals is 30 July 2009; full details can be found at the link below.

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