Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: No request limit; 80% of full economic cost and 100% of permitted exceptions, for up to five years
Summary: Supports researchers establishing their own research niche, building a small team and transitioning towards independence in human-health research.
Key Information: Clinically active researchers and holders of comparable early-independence fellowships or new investigator awards are ineligible.
Description
The Medical Research Council (MRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, runs this personal fellowship to help researchers take their first step towards independence. It combines protected research time with an ambitious programme of research training and personal career development. Intellectual, methodological and technical leadership are valued equally.
The fellowship supports work across MRC’s remit to improve human health, from basic studies relevant to disease mechanisms to translational and developmental clinical research. Areas include infections and immunity, molecular and cellular medicine, population and systems medicine, neurosciences and mental health, translation, global health, methodology and public health. Applicants should establish research plans distinct from their current leaders or sponsors, begin building a team and explain why fellowship support is appropriate for their long-term career goals.
