Using the ‘Our Future Health’ data resource for research

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Other. Open with no closing date. Total fund £1 million. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/using-the-our-future-health-data-resource-for-research/

This is a pilot scheme through which the Medical Research Council (MRC) will cover data access costs for eligible MRC-funded researchers. Data is accessed through Our Future Health.

Researchers should submit an expression of interest to MRC. Once MRC has confirmed eligibility, researchers must register with Our Future Health and submit their study application. Computation costs will not be covered, but nominal cloud credits are provided by Our Future Health.

What we're looking for Scope

The pilot scheme has a finite amount of funds to allocate. The scheme aims to encourage MRC-supported researchers to discover and test more effective ways to predict, detect and treat major diseases using the Our Future Health dataset, which reflects the diversity of the UK population.

Your proposed research should be within the MRC remit to improve human health.

Duration

We expect studies to be one or two years in duration.

Funding available

MRC will cover the data access costs incurred. Our Future Health computing is hosted on a third-party platform, DNAnexus. Researchers are responsible for covering the cost of compute services and are billed directly. To get up and running, Our Future Health offer a nominal amount in cloud credits to each study accessing the resource until at least 31 August 2027.

Who can apply You must be a researcher supported by MRC funding. This includes individuals based at MRC institutes and units.

We will accept expressions of interest from:

- researchers supported by an MRC grant, with at least six months until the funding ends

- researchers based at an MRC-funded institute or unit

- senior researchers on behalf of MRC-funded students or fellows, where the majority of the student or fellow’s project funding is from MRC, and there is at least six…