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Medical Research Council

Research funded by Medical Research Council

Funded awards
13,447
Published funding
£9.1B
Average published award
£838K
Active funded awards
2,285

Amounts are published for 10,836 of 13,447 funded awards.

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Medical Research Council funds most in Infection & Immunity — 1,973 grants (15%). Its largest recipient is University College London, with 1,277 grants.

Funded Awards by Year

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YearFunded awards
2006431
2007519
2008621
2009600
2010507
2011423
2012556
2013616
2014515
2015576
2016842
20171,035
2018920
2019789
2020776
2021686
2022930
2023841
2024752
2025481

Grants

Health Data Research UK - CORE FundsHealth Data Research UKMRC£52.7M2018Completed
UK Biobank (core renewal)UK BiobankMRC£34.7M2017Active
The Mary Lyon Centre, the national MRC facility for mouse geneticsMedical Research CouncilMRC£29.1M2022Active
MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Therapeutic Genomics—MRC£22.4M2025Active
MRC/BHF Centre of Research Excellence in Advanced Cardiac Therapies (REACT)King's College LondonMRC£22.3M2025Active
Triage Radiology Imaging Assessment for Greater Effectiveness (TRIAGE)King's College LondonMRC£4.6M2026Active
ICF Understanding the link between sleep and Alzheimer’sUniversity of BristolMRC£4.3M2025Active
The replisome in brain development and diseaseUniversity of EdinburghMRC£2.6M2026Active
Decoding the intrinsic programme of human embryo developmentUniversity of CambridgeMRC£2.4M2026Active
Mechanisms for population strategies to prevent diet- and activity-related chronic diseaseUniversity of CambridgeMRC£2.4M2026Active
Determining Consequences of Mitotic DNA Entanglements, from Molecules to CellsUniversity of SheffieldMRC£2.3M2026Active
AI-SEED-RCC - using generative AI to Spatially map Evolution, Environment, and Drug responses to Renal Cell CarcinomaUniversity of CambridgeMRC£2.3M2025Active
Efficacy of camel vaccination and behavioural intervention for MERS-CoV prevention in high-risk camel-owning households: a randomised controlled trialRoyal Veterinary CollegeMRC£2.1M2026Active
Investigating Safety and Toxicity of Advanced Therapies (iSTAT)University of SheffieldMRC£2.0M2025Active
Monocytes for Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Phase 1b/2a trial to treat intermittent claudicationKing's College LondonMRC£2.0M2026Active
Novel acid ceramidase inhibitors to treat lysosomal diseaseCardiff UniversityMRC£2.0M2025Active
Collaborative Computational Project for cryo electron microscopy (CCP-EM): expanding the reach of cryoEMScience and Technology Facilities CouncilMRC£1.8M2026Active
Blood- and saliva-based DNA methylation biomarkers of diseaseUniversity of EdinburghMRC£1.4M2026Active
Rehabilitation with embedded mental health and diabetes services to address multiple long-term conditions among people with tuberculosis (RESTORE)London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineMRC£1.4M2026Active
Determining the role of untranslated regions of the genome in diseaseUniversity of ExeterMRC£1.2M2026Active

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