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Prosperity partnerships: advanced therapies safety and toxicity

Medical Research Council (MRC)

Apply for funding to support emerging or established research partnerships between businesses and academic partners (lead must be UK-based).

Co-developed programmes should focus on the safety and toxicity of advanced therapies, developing tools and resources to assess and mitigate safety risks. The research will integrate discovery and translational science, aiming to propel future advanced therapies into clinics.

Multiple academic and business partners can participate, with MRC funding academic costs of £2 million to £4 million Full Economic Cost (FEC) for up to five years. Equal contribution is expected by the business partner(s).

International applicants

You can include international applicants as programme co-leads (international), where they will make a major intellectual contribution to the design or conduct of the programme. The contribution and added value to the research collaboration should be clearly explained and justified in the application.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all funding applicants. We encourage applications from a diverse range of researchers.

We support people to work in a way that suits their personal circumstances. This includes:

career breaks
support for people with caring responsibilities
flexible working
alternative working patterns

Specialties

Cancer

General Medicine

Oncology

Pharmaceuticals

Clinical Trials

Immunology

Others

Pharmacology

Eligibility Requirements

To apply for this funding opportunity, you must have completed the mandatory expression of interest stage (that closed on 6 November 2024) and have been invited to this full stage of the funding opportunity. See ‘how to apply’ for more information.

Applications must be co-developed and led by an academic lead (project lead in the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Service) and a lead business project partner (the primary business partner in the partnership).

Who is eligible to apply

Research organisations can act as the academic lead if they are eligible to receive UKRI funding.

Businesses can act as the lead project partner if they are:

a UK-based business or have UK-based research activity
a business in the private sector driven by profit, or from an organisation with a commercial arm which generates independent revenue
able to contribute to the UK national prosperity through increasing their investment in research and development activities and subsequent product, service, or technology development in the UK

Businesses may be a contributor to other applications as a project partner. Other businesses can collaborate in the partnership as project partners, but the majority of the matched contribution is expected from the lead business partner.

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

UKRI has introduced new role types for funding opportunities being run on the new Funding Service.

For full details, visit Eligibility as an individual.

A research organisation may lead or partner on more than one application and applications may comprise more than one research organisation.

For applicants who do not have a contract of employment for the duration of the proposed programme, by submitting an application the research organisation is confirming, if it is successful:

contracts will be extended beyond the end date of the programme
all necessary support for the programme and the applicants will be provided, including mentorship and career development for early career researchers

The application must also be codeveloped by a minimum of one ‘business’ lead/ partner. Businesses can act as the lead project partner if they are:

a UK-based business or have UK-based research activity
a business in the private sector driven by profit, or from an organisation with a commercial arm which generates independent revenue
able to contribute to the UK national prosperity through increasing their investment in research and development activities and subsequent product, service, or technology development in the UK

Who is not eligible to apply

You are not eligible to apply for this funding opportunity as a lead if you are based at an international research organisation. This does not include MRC Unit The Gambia or MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine that are eligible to apply as project lead. Before applying for funding, check the Eligibility of your organisation.

Eligible Countries:

United Kingdom

Sponsor Details

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: Medical Research Council (MRC)

Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FL

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