Applied Global Health Partnership: Stage One

28 October 2024

Apply for funding to set up a new research partnership to enable the development and delivery of novel applied research that will address global health challenges and inequities, developing a portfolio of high-quality partnerships, which will be diverse, promote multidisciplinarity and strengthen global health research capacity.

The call encourages applications from project leads based in:

  • low and middle-income countries (LMICs)
  • UK, working in partnership with LMIC researchers

If you are successful with your pre-application, you will be invited to apply through the UKRI Funding Service.

Deadline: 3 December 2024, 4:00pm UK time

Fund: MRC will accept applications of all sizes from £150,000 up to approximately £1 million MRC contribution.

  • The resources you request should be appropriate for the objectives of your application.
  • MRC typically fund 80% of full economic cost (excluding eligible international costs, which are funded as exceptions (100%)).

Duration: Up to 5 years

Research Area: Global Health Challenges and Inequities

Eligibility:

To be eligible to apply for this funding opportunity you must:

  • be based at either an eligible UK research organisation, or based in a:
    • research organisation in a low or middle-income country (LMIC), with degree-awarding powers recognised by the government in which the organisation is based
    • research-focused institute based in an LMIC either funded by the government of the country in which the organisation is based, or by a not-for-profit organisation
    • research-focused not-for-profit organisation based in an LMIC with dedicated research capacity

Note: Before applying for funding, check the Eligibility of your organisation.

Medical Research Council (MRC) particularly encourages applications from:

How to Apply?

Pre application stage

  • You must contact us at international@mrc.ukri.org before you apply to check if your application is suitable. MRC international team will confirm if you are able to apply. You must do this at least six weeks before the deadline.

Stage one application stage

  • You should only start the stage one application if you have been invited by email to do so after the pre-application stage. The start application link will be provided via email.
  • The project lead is responsible for completing the application process on the Funding Service, but we expect all team members and project partners to contribute to the application.
  • Only the lead research organisation can submit an application to UKRI.

Note: If you are based in an LMIC research organisation, you can register your organisation by contacting support@funding-service.ukri.org and provide your organisation name, country and city.

For more details about how to apply, please visit the “How to apply” section in this link: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/applied-global-health-partnership/.

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