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UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (MRC) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

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Application Deadline: 7 October 2026, 4:00pm

LOCATION: England

Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression, and treatment of human disease.

Your project must:

Focus on a mechanistic hypothesis

Include an experimental intervention or challenge in humans

This is an ongoing funding opportunity. Application rounds close every April and October.

ELIGIBILITY:

This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible.

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

Show that you will direct the project and be actively engaged in the work

Be looking to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease

If you do not have a contract of employment for the duration of the proposed project, by submitting an application, the research organisation is confirming that, if it is successful:

Contracts will be extended beyond the end date of the project

All necessary support for the project and the applicants will be provided, including mentorship and career development for early-career researchers

They welcome applications from early-career researchers. The new investigator award is aimed at researchers who are capable of becoming independent researchers and who are now ready to take the next step towards that goal.

If you are applying for this opportunity as a ‘new investigator,’ you must also:

Have your research organisation support

Be able to demonstrate that your skills and experience at the time of your application match those of the ‘transition to independence’ career stage, as set out in the MRC skills and experience table

Use this grant to support your long-term career goals and chosen career route

Be able to demonstrate you are the sole intellectual leader of the application and the proposed work

International Researchers:

As MRC is the lead funder for this funding opportunity, international researchers can apply as ‘project co-lead (international).’

Project co-leads (international) make a major intellectual contribution to the design or conduct of the project. Their contribution and added value to the research collaboration should be clearly explained and justified in the application, using the appropriate application sections, such as ‘Applicant and team capability to deliver.’

Read UKRI project co-lead (international) eligibility for more details. Please contact us if you are uncertain about eligibility.

You should include all other international collaborators (or UK partners not based at approved organisations) as project partners.

BENEFIT:

There is no limit to the amount of funding you can apply for or the length of your project. They will fund 80% of your project’s full economic cost.

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UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN MARIE CURIE PHD FELLOWSHIP IN STEM CELL BIOLOGY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DRUG DESIGN AND PHARMACOLOGY

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Application Deadline: Sunday, 17 May 2026, 23.59 p.m. CET.

LOCATION: Denmark

The University of Copenhagen is offering a Marie Curie PhD fellowship in stem cell biology commencing September 1st, 2026. The research aims at understanding the role of dysfunctions in lipid homeostasis in the emergence of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. The selected PhD candidate will participate in the EU-funded HORIZON-MSCA-DN-2024-01 project LipAgg. The doctoral candidate will be enrolled at the University of Copenhagen under the supervision of Associate Professor Céline Galvagnion. The project includes a 7-month secondment at Uppsala University under the supervision of Professor Anna Erlandsson, as well as a 1-month secondment in the Danish Parkinson Foundation.

ELIGIBILITY:

The ideal candidate for this position is a highly motivated and talented researcher holding a master’s degree (MSc or equivalent) in a field relevant to the position, e.g. stem cell biology, neuroscience, biochemistry. A solid background or keen interest in stem cell biology is highly desirable. The ideal candidate should be enthusiastic about tackling new scientific challenges and demonstrate strong motivation, persistence, and a results-oriented mindset. The candidate should be able to work effectively both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are essential. Strong organisational and planning abilities are also required.

Qualifications: If you have completed your academic education in Denmark, admission to the PhD programme requires a relevant master’s degree (equivalent to 180 ECTS BSc + 120 ECTS MSc).

If you have an academic education from abroad, you must have a degree equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (120 ECTS MSc).

As part of the assessment of whether you meet the educational requirements, you must also achieve a positive academic evaluation and be assessed as the best qualified for the position.

Applicants will also be required to meet the European Commission’s MSCA Doctoral Network eligibility criteria, notably:

Mobility Rule – Applicants can be of any nationality and must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Denmark for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the start of their employment at UCPH. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not considered.

Doctoral Candidate requirement – the applicant must not be in possession of a doctoral degree on the first day of employment. Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet been awarded the doctoral degree are not eligible.

Doctoral Candidate requirement – the applicant must be, at the date of recruitment, formally admitted to a PhD programme leading to the award of a degree in at least one EU Member State or Horizon Europe-associated country. For that purpose, candidates must meet the national requirements for doctoral enrollment in the host country. Proof of admission must be provided prior to the start of the contract.

Be working exclusively for the action.

BENEFIT:

Salary, pension, and terms of employment are in accordance with the agree­ment between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.
Depending on seniority, the monthly gross salary begins around DKK 31,424 / approx. EUR 4,193 (1 November 2025 level) plus an employer-paid pension contribution.

The average weekly working hours are 37 hours per week.

The position is a fixed-term position limited to a period of 3 years. The start date is September 1st, 2026.

The employment is conditioned upon the applicant’s success­ful enrollment as a PhD student at the Graduate School at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. This requires submission and acceptance of an application for the specific project formulated by the applicant.

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