skip to content

An Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Cambridge
 

Featured in our Fortnightly Digest, this is a list of internal and external funding opportunities of interest to infectious diseases researchers. 

EXTERNAL CALLS

UKRI: Applied global health partnership: stage one

  • Apply for funding to support a partnership to enable applied research that will address global health challenges and inequities.
  • We will accept applications of all sizes, including large projects and small to medium-scale applications.
  • We are looking to develop a portfolio of high-quality partnerships, which will be diverse, promote multidisciplinarity and strengthen global health research capacity.
  • Funders: Medical Research Council (MRC) and UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
  • Deadline: 13 June 2024
  • More info here.

UKRI: MRC biomedical data science leadership awards: invited full

  • Apply for 24 months’ funding to support those improving the inclusion, quality, and recognition of data science within biomedical research.
  • Funding is available to understand support for biomedical data science. Awards may evaluate innovations capable of improving career offers, accelerating positive shifts in research culture, or advancing leadership for biomedical data science.
  • Awards will seed engagement, coordination, and evidence that can facilitate shared UK-wide changes to improve biomedical data science.
  • The full economic cost (FEC) can be up to £500,000. Medical Research Council (MRC) will fund 80% of the FEC.
  • Funders: Medical Research Council (MRC) 
  • Deadline: 7 May 2024
  • More info here.