Published: March 31, 2022
Written by: Veronique Laniel
Expressions of Interest for MRC Equipment funding
Medical Research Council (MRC), are pleased to announce the recent launch of their funding opportunity ‘Expression of interest: purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip – UKRI’.
MRC is inviting Expressions of Interest for an Equipment Funding Opportunity, for items of equipment above £100k. The MRC contribution requested can be up to 100%, at a maximum of £800k per item (the total item cost may be higher, with the remainder being met by institutional or partner contributions).
Applications from all scientific areas within MRC remit are eligible at this Expression of Interest stage, but MRC may need to focus the remit of the full funding opportunity to manage demand and maintain an appropriate success rate. See details here.
It is expected that awards would be made in October 2022. Successful awards might need to complete their spending by 31 March 2023.
It is mandatory to complete the Expression of Interest stage before submission of a full application. There is no limit to the number of Expressions of Interest a research organisation can submit, however MRC may impose a limit on the number that an organisation can advance to the full application stage if demand is high. MRC would encourage organisations to discuss and prioritise their submissions as soon as possible.
Please note, that MRC welcomes applications from eligible facility staff as either principal investigators or co-investigators.
Please find full details of the opportunity here.
The Expression of Interest stage will close at 4pm on the 28th April.
Queries can be sent to: CA@mrc.ukri.org