Build on existing COVID-19 infrastructure, partnerships and resources

Apply for funding to build on existing COVID-19 collaborative infrastructure, partnerships and resources.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding.

Proposals must be within remit of MRC’s four research boards.

You can apply for funding for between one and five years.

This funding opportunity is expected to be available for a minimum of 12 months, with future rounds closing for applications in September 2022, January 2023 and May 2023.

The partnership must be led by a principal investigator (PI) based at a research organisation (RO) that is eligible to apply in response mode. Please see section 1 of the MRC guidance for applicants for information on eligibility.

The PI must demonstrate that they will direct the proposed partnership activities and manage the funding on behalf of the MRC to ensure that the objectives are fully delivered. Only researchers who will contribute to the academic leadership of the partnership should be included as a co-investigator (CoI). The proposal should outline other major collaborations important for the research and clearly demonstrate how all of the investigators named in the proposal would work together, as well as identify their respective and complementary contributions.

This scheme is open to PIs based within an MRC unit, but is not open to those within MRC institutes. Members of MRC’s institutes can apply as CoIs on partnership grants.