Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation,, ,, ,, ,
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£4,707,500
Publication date:
10 September 2025
Opening date:
10 September 2025 9:00am UK time
Closing date:
5 November 2025 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding as a real-world research exemplar to use, evaluate and influence emerging capabilities enabling research within and between trusted research environments (TREs).
You must be based at an and you must meet individual eligibility requirements.
You must partner with one or more TREs and provide evidence of commitment to support project by a representation of the TRE.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £594,384. MRC will fund 80% of the FEC.
The projects will have a duration of 12 months from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Who can apply
This funding opportunity supports research teams applying for funding across the remit of any UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) research councils. It will enable teams to partner with TREs to deliver real-world research utilising capabilities introduced through the DARE UK TREvolution programme.
To lead a project, you must be based at an eligible organisation. .
Who is eligible to apply
To be eligible to apply for this funding opportunity you must:
* be employed by an eligible research organisation
* show that you will lead the project and be actively engaged in the work
* have the relevant expertise and experience to lead or contribute to cross domain research utilising capabilities currently being developed through the TREvolution programme
* meet individual eligibility requirements
* partner with appropriate TREs
For applicants who do not have a contract of employment for the duration of the proposed project, by submitting an application the research organisation is confirming, if it is successful:
* contracts will be extended six months beyond the end date of the project
* all necessary support for the project and the applicants will be provided
A research organisation may lead or partner on more than one application and applications may comprise more than one research organisation.
Individuals may be project lead on only one application. However, individuals can act as project co-leads on any number of applications.
Applicants do not need to have previously received funding from MRC to be eligible to apply.
Partner TREs are encouraged to participate as co-leads if. Alternatively, partner TRE(s) may participate as sub-contractors. Partner TRE(s) may participate in any number of applications.
Who is not eligible to apply
You are not eligible to apply for this funding opportunity as a project lead if you are based at an international research organisation. This does not include project leads from MRC Unit The Gambia or MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
International researchers
As MRC is a 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 should be clearly explained and justified in the application, see ‘Applicant and team capability to deliver’.
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