Key Details

· Funding Amount: No limit, but typically under £1 million. MRC funds 80% of the full economic cost.

· Duration: Usually 3 years, covering up to 50% of salary. Projects can start 1-6 months after the decision date.

· Application Rounds: Close every January, May, and September.

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Eligibility

· Must have the skills and experience for ‘transition to independence.’

· Requires support from an MRC-eligible host research organisation.

· Open to postdoctoral research assistants, lecturers, junior fellows, and others in similar positions.

· Applicants can be either non-clinical or clinically active researchers.

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Research Focus

Funding is aimed at projects increasing understanding in:

· Molecular and cellular mechanisms

· Cellular environment and development

· Biological system responses to drugs, toxins, and diseases

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Specific Areas Include:

· Cell biology

· Structural biology and biophysics

· Genetics, epigenetics, genomics

· Developmental and stem cell biology

· Regenerative medicine

· Molecular haematology

· Nanotechnology, chemical and synthetic biology

· Medical bioinformatics, biostatistics, computational and systems biology

· Cancer, toxicology, pharmacology

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