Population and systems medicine new investigator

Apply for funding to:You must have:There is no limit to the funding you can apply for, but the typical full economic cost of a project is under £1 million. MRC will usually fund 80% of the full economic cost.This funding usually lasts three years and covers up to 50% of your salary.This is an ongoing scheme. Application rounds close every January, May and September.

This opportunity is one of a number of new investigator research grants. It is aimed at researchers in the field of population and systems medicine who are capable of becoming independent principal investigators and are now ready to take the next step towards that goal.You may apply for funding to carry out research at your current eligible research organisation or any other eligible research organisation you want to move to. You can find details of eligible types of research organisations in section 1.1 of the MRC guidance for applicants.You must:have research organisation supportbe able to show that your skills and experience match those in the ‘transition to independence’ stage of the MRC applicant skills and experience table, such as showing evidence of career progress and clear plans to develop your own research nicheprovide a clear rationale of why this grant will best support your long-term career goals and chosen career routehave at least a postgraduate degree, although we usually expect most applicants have a PhD or medical degreebe the sole intellectual leader of the proposed project, although we will allow co-investigators when they bring expertise to the project which is outside the applicant’s fieldfocus your application within the research area of population and systems medicine.You are still eligible to apply if you:are employed as a postdoctoral research assistant, but this grant cannot start until your current work finisheshold a lecturer appointment, a junior fellowship or another research staff positionhold, or have held, an early career training fellowship such as an MRC skills development fellowshipdo not have a contract with your chosen host institutionare either a non-clinical or clinically active researcher.You do not need any postdoctoral experience to be eligible to apply.You can only have one new investigator research grant or fellowship proposal under consideration by MRC at any one time.Who is not eligible to applyYou are not eligible to apply if you have achieved independence, for example by receiving substantial grant income as a principal investigator.‘Substantial grant income’ is typically defined as grants or fellowships up to three years long, with more than £50,000 direct science costs (excluding the principal investigator’s salary) per year. If you are not sure that you fulfil the suitability criteria, please contact an MRC programme manager to discuss further.You are also not eligible if you have:applied to the scheme twice unsuccessfullyan application for any UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) fellowship under consideration, including the career development award and clinician scientist fellowship.If you have any doubts about your eligibility, you should contact the relevant MRC programme manager to check if you are eligible to apply.If you are still unsure as to whether you are eligible to apply, read our new investigator research grant FAQs for situation-specific eligibility information.