Medical Research Council (MRC) · GB · UKRI

Purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip

This funding opportunity supports the purchase of mid-range capital equipment for biomedical research within the MRC's remit. It aims to build world-class laboratory capability, funding new or replacement equipment. Awards range from £200,000 to £1 million, with MRC funding 100% of the full economic cost. The scheme is open to UK research organisations, with a limit of two applications per organisation.

£200,000–£1,000,000 ~7 months Deadline 2026-11-05

Official page ↗ Application form / how to apply

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

Eligibility

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

Applicant type

Individual

Institution type

University, Research Institute, Nonprofit, Government, Other

Host country

Organization type

University, Research Institute

Employment status

Employed By An Eligible Research Organisation

Applicant role

Pi, Co Pi

Previous funding

We will not accept uninvited resubmission of applications that were submitted after 1 August 2026 to MRC, the rest of UKRI or any other funder.

Domestic restriction

Domestic entities only

Target group

Research Technical Professionals

Consortium

Not required

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

Full eligibility text

Applicants must be researchers or research technical professionals employed by a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding. International researchers can apply as project co-leads (international). MRC Units in The Gambia and Uganda are also eligible.

Deadline

2026-11-05

Application form effort

1 form file(s) downloaded; 8 explicit questions; 7 writing prompts; 53 fields/sections; moderate — substantial written sections

Equality impact assessment (PDF, 173KB) (10 pages)

Sample questions

Who is affected?
What data and consultation have you used?
Are there general impacts on multiple groups?
How will you monitor and review the impact of your activity?
What is the EIA review date?
Will the EIA be published?
Who has this been signed off by?
Action Deadline Owner How will it be monitored? What is the outcome?

Application form preview sample questions, page & word limits from the application form Back to browse

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 item	Value in this record	Source
Funding agency	Medical Research Council (MRC)	www.ukri.org ↗
Country / funding source	GB · UKRI	same page as above — www.ukri.org ↗
Deadline	2026-11-05 — LLM-checked against the archived official page	same page as above — www.ukri.org ↗
Funding amount	£200,000–£1,000,000	same page as above — www.ukri.org ↗
Eligibility	10 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above	same page as above — www.ukri.org ↗

Pages & application forms captured

Official opportunity page ↗
Application form / how to apply — https://www.ukri.org/publications/mrc-guidance-for-applicants/application-and-policy-guide-for-the-ukri-funding-service/#section-who-can-apply-and-how-to-apply- ↗
Application form: Equality impact assessment (PDF, 173KB) — download ↗ (10 pp)

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.