Supplementary Funding
All MRC funded students and Clinical Research Training Fellows can apply for additional funding to fund one of the following:
- High cost training (maximum award of £5,000) in areas which could include (but does not exclusively cover):
- advanced in vivo training
- imaging training
- skills priority training
- bioinformatics training
- modelling training
- clinical training
- Exceptional training opportunities, such as overseas fieldwork, time ‘out of programme’ to complete a complementary and beneficial placement, or training in new advanced research skills (maximum award of £1,600 per month for 3 months or the cost of the training course/s)
- Opportunities to provide training with industry or at the interdisciplinary interface (maximum award of £1,600 per month for 3 months or the cost of the training opportunity)
- Transitions from DPhil to first post-doc positions to increase the competitiveness of outstanding candidates (maximum award of 6 months of additional stipend) Note: (1) Candidates nominated for these awards must be in year 3 or the final year of their DPhil; (2) An award may only be started once the candidate has submitted their thesis)
- High cost experimentation (award of £5,000)
Who is eligible?
All MRC-funded students, including:
- MRC DTP funded students
- MRC Industrial Strategy Students
- MRC Industrial CASE and Capacity Building students
- MRC Unit, Centre, Institute or Partnership students
- MRC Clinical Research Training Fellows
How to apply?
MRC-funded students and their supervisors will be invited to apply for funding in May each year with a deadline in June/July and a decision no later than in early September.
Details of the 2025 round will be sent out to all eligible students no earlier than in June 2025.
Deadline for submission of 2025 applications is tbc.
