MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round four: invited full application
Medical Research Council
What it funds
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Who can apply
To be eligible to apply for this opportunity you must: be a researcher or technologist employed by an eligible research organisation show that you will direct the project or be actively engaged in the work have the relevant expertise and experience to lead or contribute to an MRC CoRE and its research culture be part of a team that submitted an MRC CoRE round four outline application and, after successful assessment, have been invited to submit a full application to the second stage of this opportunity. Additional team applicants can be included that were not in the outline application be from a single eligible organisation or a partnership of eligible organisations Because of the long duration of MRC CoREs applicants do not require a contract for the full duration of the award. By submitting the application, the research organisation is confirming support for the named applicants, that they are capable of taking part in the MRC CoRE and will accept its relevant terms and conditions.
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