Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Grant. Closes 2027-01-12. Total fund £20 million. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/centres-of-excellence-for-regulatory-science-and-innovation/

Apply for funding to establish a Centre of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) to address strategic regulatory science priorities through sustained programmes of research.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.

CERSIs will be funded for up to five years, your award will initially last for three years, with a further two years dependent on government spending review and budget allocation.

We expect to fund four CERSIs.

What we're looking for Aim

Through this funding opportunity, the MRC, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Office for Life Sciences (OLS), aim to establish four Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSIs) across the UK. Each CERSI will seek to address regulatory science areas of strategic importance to the UK, by bringing together expertise from:

- academia

- regulators

- industry

- healthcare providers

- patients and public partners

- devolved administrations and local regions

CERSIs will play a vital role in the UK regulatory innovation ecosystem by advancing regulatory science. This will help address regulatory challenges and uncertainties, enabling innovative healthcare products and solutions to reach patients safely and more efficiently.

CERSI aims

CERSIs will support the development of the evidence, methods and tools needed for future regulatory decision-making, while supporting their translation into regulatory practice. CERSIs will strengthen the UK’s position as a global leader in regulatory science and support safe, effective and timely patient access to healthcare innovation.

The research programmes delivered through CERSIs should address clear regulatory challenges, evidence gaps or emerging…