Medical Research Council (MRC)

Open calls

Closing soonest first, then calls with no fixed deadline. Updated November 4, 2026.

• UKRI translation: MRC proof of concept: stage two
  Deadline: November 4, 2026 · Not specified
• Purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip
  Deadline: November 5, 2026 · £200,000 – £1,000,000
• UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards
  Deadline: November 11, 2026 · £50,000 – £300,000
• Longitudinal population studies strategic prioritisation exercise
  Deadline: November 17, 2026 · Not specified
• UKRI Translation: MRC Proof of Concept: stage one
  Deadline: November 18, 2026 · Not specified
• UK Obesity Research Institute: full application
  Deadline: December 3, 2026 · Up to £72,000,000
• Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation
  Deadline: January 12, 2027 · Not specified
• Capacity building: clinical research training fellowship
  Deadline: January 13, 2027 · Not specified
• Early independence: clinician scientist fellowship
  Deadline: January 13, 2027 · Not specified
• Professional doctorate: clinical research training fellowship
  Deadline: January 13, 2027 · Up to £25,000
• Small molecule high throughput screen using AstraZeneca facilities
  Deadline: January 28, 2027 · Up to £270,000
• MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round five: outline application
  Deadline: February 3, 2027 · Up to £26,250,000
• Experimental medicine: invited stage two application
  Deadline: February 24, 2027 · Not specified
• Experimental medicine stage one
  Deadline: April 14, 2027 · Not specified
• Collaborate with the functional genomics screening laboratory
  Rolling: no fixed deadline listedNot specified
• MRC: new investigator research grant: applicant-led
  Rolling: no fixed deadline listedNot specified
• MRC: partnership grant: applicant-led
  Rolling: no fixed deadline listedNot specified
• MRC: research grant: applicant-led
  Rolling: no fixed deadline listedNot specified
• Researching ME/CFS: priority area
  Rolling: no fixed deadline listedNot specified
• Using the ‘Our Future Health’ data resource for research
  Rolling: no fixed deadline listedNot specified