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LifeArc

Supports life science translation in the United Kingdom through grants and partnerships focused on rare disease clinical trials.

United Kingdom
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Programs8
Active grants0
Total grants8
About

LifeArc is a UK medical research charity built to move discoveries toward patients in rare disease and global health. Founded in 2000 as MRC Technology and independent since its 2019 rebrand, it is funded through an investment endowment rather than fundraising, and that endowment was £1.255 billion in December 2024.

Its grantmaking is organized around five Translational Challenges: Motor Neuron D…

Programs & grants under this funder
Translational Innovation Hub Network for Lung Health and Infection in Cystic Fibrosis

Funds UK research institutions to build up to three Innovation Hubs that translate new lung health and infection treatments for people with cystic fibrosis.

1 grant
Translational Innovation Hub Network for Lung Health and Infection in Cystic Fibrosis
Closed
£15M pool
LifeArc and Action Medical Research Fund

Co-funds UK translational research turning rare-disease science into treatments.

1 grant
LifeArc and Action Medical Research Fund
Closed
£1M pool
Drug Repurposing Call to Treat Chronic Respiratory Infection

Funds UK-led consortia repurposing drugs for bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis.

1 grant
Drug Repurposing Call to Treat Chronic Respiratory Infection
Closed
£10M pool
LifeArc Early Ventures

Funds Seed and Series A equity investment in early-stage life science companies.

1 grant
LifeArc Early Ventures
Between cycles
- pool
LifeArc Gene Therapy Innovation Fund

Supports academic-led gene therapy projects in rare disease through manufacturing partnerships.

1 grant
LifeArc Gene Therapy Innovation Fund
Closed
£5M pool
LifeArc Knowledge Transfer Innovation Fellowship

Provides career development fellowship for early-career European life scientists entering technology transfer.

1 grant
LifeArc KT Innovation Fellowship
Closed
- pool
LifeArc Philanthropic Fund

Provides Translational grants for United academic rare disease researchers with IP and a route to patient.

1 grant
LifeArc Philanthropic Fund
Closed
- pool
LifeArc Rare Disease Clinical Trials Programme

Provides grants for clinical-stage rare disease trial projects at academic institutions and small and enterprises worldwide.

1 grant
LifeArc Rare Disease Clinical Trials Programme
Between cycles
- pool
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