Applied Global Health Research

17 June 2022

The Medical Research Council (MRC) partnering with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) launched the call for proposals, “Applied Global Health Research”, to support applied health research for global benefit with a focus on contextual relevance, equitable partnerships and global health impact. This call encourages applications from principal investigators based in low-or-middle income countries (LMICs) and the Global South, as well as researchers based in the UK working in partnership with Global South investigators.

Deadline: 28 July 2022

Funding Agencies: Medical Research Council (MRC), and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

Budget: All sizes of applications, including large applications over £2 million and small to medium scale applications will be accepted.

Duration: 12 – 60 months

Theme: Global Health Challenges and Inequities

Eligibility:

  • You can apply for this opportunity if you are a researcher based at an eligible research organisation. These include:
    • higher education institutions
    • UKRI-approved independent research organisations or NHS bodies
    • government-funded organisations
    • public sector research establishments
    • MRC institutes
    • MRC units and partnership institutes (including those in Gambia and Uganda)
    • institutes and units funded by other research councils
    • universities or higher education institutions based in LMICs with degree-awarding powers recognised by the government in which the organisation is based
    • research focused institutes based in LMICs 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 organisations based in LMICs with dedicated research capacity.
  • The following collaborating organisations are not eligible to lead a proposal but can be named as Co-Investigators:
    • Non-profit organisations based in an LMIC. 
    • Institutions based in High Income Countries (HICs), China or India. 
  • MRC particularly encourages applications from overseas researchers based in LMICs except China and India. However, researchers based in China or India are welcome to apply as a co-investigator, with an eligible research organisation as the lead.
  • You must not be included as principal investigator on more than two proposals at any one time. You may support others as a co-investigator, as long as you have the capacity to do so without detriment to the project you are leading. 

For more information:

Chula GRIP: GRIP.OIA@chula.ac.th or Tel. +66 22183124