MRC CoRE Round 4 — Full
Supports cross-disciplinary medical research initiatives translating discoveries into applied health solutions and services.
The MRC Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) Round 4 is the Medical Research Council's largest single funding vehicle, with a total pool of £50,000,000 co-funded with the UK Ministry of Defence. The programme establishes multi-disciplinary research centres tackling major biomedical and health challenges over a potential duration of fourteen years: an initial seven-year award subject to a year-six …
Multi-disciplinary research centres addressing major biomedical and health challenges over up to 14 years, including a Ministry of Defence co-funded highlight on Blood Products Innovation.
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