MRC: research grant: applicant-led

[{"label":"Grant Name","value":"MRC: Research Grant (Applicant-Led)"},{"label":"Funding Amount","value":"Usually £400,000 to £3.1 million (100% full economic cost). No strict upper limit if justified."},{"label":"Programme Objective","value":"To support applicant-led research that advances understanding of human health and disease, including discovery and early translational research."},{"label":"Research Scope","value":"Projects aimed at accelerating diagnosis, advancing treatment, and preventing human illness."},{"label":"Eligible Research Areas","value":"Infections and immunity; molecular and cellular medicine; neurosciences and mental health; population and systems medicine."},{"label":"Collaboration Model","value":"Research projects may involve multiple research groups or organisations and encourage interdisciplinary and team-science approaches."},{"label":"Activities Not Funded","value":"Later-phase clinical trials, PhD studentships, infrastructure-only requests, publication costs, and bridge funding between grants."},{"label":"Eligible Costs","value":"Salary contributions for project lead and co-leads, research and technical staff, consumables, equipment, travel, dissemination, estates and indirect costs, and NHS research costs where applicable."},{"label":"International Cost Limit","value":"Up to 30% of total project costs for international co-leads from high-income countries, India and China."},{"label":"Application Submission","value":"The lead research organisation submits the application through the UKRI Funding Service."},{"label":"Core Team Roles","value":"Project lead, project co-lead (UK), project co-lead (international), specialist, grant manager, professional enabling staff, research associate, technician, visiting researcher, researcher co-lead."},{"label":"Key Application Sections","value":"Summary, vision, approach, reproducibility and statistical design, data management plan, applicant and team capability, ethics and RRI, resources and cost justification, project partners, international collaboration."},{"label":"Assessment Frequency","value":"Panels expected to run approximately three times per year."},{"label":"Review Timeline","value":"The assessment process typically takes up to 10 months."},{"label":"Project Partners","value":"Partners may provide cash or in-kind contributions such as equipment, facilities, data, materials, or staff time."},{"label":"Industry Collaboration","value":"Must follow the Industry Collaboration Framework (ICF) if industry partners are involved."},{"label":"Data Management Requirement","value":"Applicants must provide a detailed data management and sharing plan aligned with MRC policies."},{"label":"Ethical Compliance","value":"Applicants must address ethical issues, responsible research and innovation considerations, and regulatory approvals if relevant."},{"label":"Additional Compliance","value":"Trusted Research and Innovation principles and export control considerations may apply."},{"label":"Application Limit","value":"Maximum of two applications as project lead across MRC applicant-led opportunities within a 12-month period."},{"label":"Resubmission Policy","value":"Previously unsuccessful applications cannot be resubmitted within 12 months unless early resubmission is permitted."},{"label":"Renewal Rules","value":"Not explicitly defined; projects are expected to plan sustainability beyond the grant rather than rely on renewal."},{"label":"International Agreements","value":"Applications may be submitted through international agreements with Luxembourg (FNR), Brazil (FAPESP), or Norway (RCN)."}]