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Medical Research Council (MRC) · GB · UKRI

Experimental medicine stage one

This scheme funds research to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease, requiring an experimental intervention or challenge in humans. It is a two-stage opportunity with rolling application rounds closing every April and October. There is no limit on funding amount or project length, and the funder covers 80% of full economic cost.

Deadline 2026-10-07

Data last verified 2026-08-14 · sources & verification

Eligibility

Structured dimensions read from the official page. What do these mean? ↗

Host country

GB

Organization type

University, Research Institute

Evidence: every dimension above is read from this scheme's official page — official page ↗.

Full eligibility text

Applicants must be researchers based at a research organisation eligible to apply for MRC funding. Those taking the next step towards becoming an independent researcher may apply as a 'new investigator'.

Deadline

2026-10-07

Application form effort

2 form file(s) downloaded; 5 writing prompts; 30 fields/sections; moderate — substantial written sections

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Data sources & verification (for research-office review)

Where each item on this page was read from, so every claim can be verified against the original. Several values often come from the same official page — that page is named in the Source column. Anything we could not reach or parse is listed under Not captured / obstacles below.

Curated itemValue in this recordSource
Funding agency Medical Research Council (MRC) www.ukri.org ↗
Country / funding source GB · UKRI same page as above — www.ukri.org ↗
Deadline 2026-10-07 — LLM-checked against the archived official page same page as above — www.ukri.org ↗
Funding amount Not stated on the official page same page as above — www.ukri.org ↗
Eligibility 2 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above same page as above — www.ukri.org ↗

Pages & application forms captured

Not captured / obstacles

Data is collected from official funder pages only. Figures are machine-curated (rule + LLM where noted) and should be re-verified on the linked source before use.