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MRC: Research Grants
Deadlines:
- Molecular and Cellular Medicine: 20 January 2010, 28 April 2010, and 1 September 2010
- Infections and Immunity: 27 January 2010, 5 May 2010, and 8 September 2010
- Population and Systems Medicine Board: 3 February 2010, 12 May 2010, and 29 September 2010
- Neurosciences and Mental Health: 10 February 2010, 26 May 2010, and 6 October 2010
The research grant is designed to be flexible enough to support a very wide range of research needs. MRC research grants are suitable for focused research projects that may be short- or long-term in nature, and in addition, they can be used to support method development or development and continuation of research facilities and may involve more than one research group or institution.
Eligibility: 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.
Funding:A research grant can be awarded for any period of up to five years, but those of two years or less are for proof of principle or pilot work only. The budget for research grant awards will not typically exceed £1 million, and 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 MRC will usually fund on the basis of 80 per cent of the full economic cost.
Application procedure: completed proposal must be submitted through the MRC’s electronic application and assessment (EAA, details at https://www.eaa.mrc.ac.uk/eaa/default.asp ) system by 4 pm on the relevant research board's deadline date (details at http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Deadlines/index.htm ).
Contact:
· To discuss eligibility for a research grant or other non-scientific queries please email grants@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk .
· With queries about scientific aspects of a proposal please contact the relevant MRC programme manager (details at http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Ourresearch/Boardpanelsgroups/Contact/index.htm ).
Further information:
· Scheme web page at http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Grants/Researchgrant/index.htm
· MRC applicants handbook at http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Utilities/Documentrecord/index.htm%3fd=MRC001873
· Terms and conditions at http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Applicanthandbook/Grantcalls/Termsconditions/