{"id":44052,"date":"2021-11-22T20:21:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta-ukri.msappproxy.net\/?post_type=council&#038;p=44052"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:48:19","slug":"remit-programmes-and-priorities","status":"publish","type":"council","link":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/councils\/mrc\/remit-programmes-and-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Remit, programmes and priorities &#8211; MRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Medical Research Council (MRC) supports ground-breaking research into human health and disease. We fund fundamental discovery science through to the development and testing of new diagnostics, therapeutic interventions and preventive measures.<\/p>\n<p>Our funding opportunities support research in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/what-we-do\/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support\/applied-global-health\/\">global health research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/what-we-do\/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support\/infections-and-immunity\/\">infections and immunity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/what-we-do\/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support\/molecular-and-cellular-medicine\/\">molecular and cellular medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/what-we-do\/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support\/neurosciences-and-mental-health\/\">neurosciences and mental health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/what-we-do\/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support\/population-and-systems-medicine\/\">population and systems medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/what-we-do\/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support\/clinical-and-translational-research\/\">translational research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/what-we-do\/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support\/?category=mrc\">Browse all MRC research areas and programmes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Check if your research is within MRC\u2019s remit<\/h3>\n<p>Before you apply you can contact us to ask if your research in within our remit. It\u2019s a good idea to do this if your research is interdisciplinary or not clearly within MRC\u2019s research areas.<\/p>\n<p>The research councils have a\u202f<a href=\"\/apply-for-funding\/get-support-for-your-project\/if-your-research-spans-different-disciplines\/\">Cross-Council Remit Agreement<\/a>\u202ffor considering applications at the boundaries of their remits.<\/p>\n<p>You might also want to consider how your research contributes to\u202f<a href=\"\/councils\/mrc\/remit-programmes-and-priorities\/our-research-portfolio-and-priorities\/\">MRC\u2019s research portfolio and priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Remit query form<\/h3>\n<p>If you are unsure whether your proposed research falls within the remit of MRC, please\u202fcomplete our <a href=\"https:\/\/engagementhub.ukri.org\/mrc-fundingoperations\/mrc-remit-enquiries\">remit query form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Ask a question about MRC\u2019s remit<\/h3>\n<h4>Research funding policy and delivery team<\/h4>\n<p>Email:\u202f<a href=\"mailto:rfpd@mrc.ukri.org\">rfpd@mrc.ukri.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We aim to respond within five working days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":824,"template":"template-chapter-nav-parent.php","categories":[53],"tags":[],"wf_council_folders":[289,129],"class_list":["post-44052","council","type-council","status-publish","hentry","category-mrc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/44052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/council"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/44052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167059,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/44052\/revisions\/167059"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44052"},{"taxonomy":"wf_council_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_council_folders?post=44052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}