UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards (Grant)
UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council (UK) · National scheme · 1 eligible country
What this scheme funds
This scheme funds a single, high-risk development step needed to generate key proof-of-concept data that de-risks a new medicine, medical device, diagnostic or other medical product. It's meant to help researchers push promising discoveries closer to real-world application by tackling one critical technical bottleneck.
medical-devices · diagnostics · pharmaceuticals · digital-health
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Who it is for
A researcher based at an MRC-eligible research organisation who needs funding for one focused, high-risk experiment or data-generation step to advance a medical product toward translation.
The scheme in detail
- Agency
- UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council (UK)
- Eligible countries (1)
- United Kingdom
- Funding
- €345k
- Deadline
- 11 Nov 2026
- Applicant type
- Not stated by the agency.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, public body, non-profit, private sector
- Also required
- Applicant must be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding; total scheme budget is £300,000 shared across all recipients, not per applicant.