Recent awards and proposal success rates
Information on the success of the different grant schemes and research organisations who submit proposals to the MRC is detailed below.
- Grant application success rates
- Fellowship application success rates
- Research organisation success rates
Grant application success rates
The following tables show the number of applications, the number of awards and the percentage success rates for each grant scheme for the last two years.
Award rate of grant applications with the final decision date in the financial year 2011-12 | |||
Agreement type |
Number of Applications |
Number of Awards |
Success rate |
Centre Grants* |
3 |
2 |
67% |
New Investigator Research Grants |
94 |
26 |
28% |
Programme Grants** |
46 |
19 |
41% |
Research Grants |
1095 |
280 |
26% |
Total |
1238 |
327 |
26% |
Award rate of grant applications with the final decision date in the financial year 2010-2011 | |||
Agreement type |
Number of Applications |
Number of Awards |
Success rate |
Centre Grants* |
3 |
3 |
100% |
New Investigator Research Grants |
123 |
15 |
12% |
Programme Grants** |
83 |
47 |
57% |
Research Grants |
1168 |
177 |
15% |
Total |
1377 |
242 |
18% |
* Renewals and invited full proposals only
** Full proposals after outline stage
Fellowship application success rates
The following tables show the number of applications, the number of awards and the percentage success rates for each fellowship scheme for the last two years.
Financial Year 2011/12 | |||
Number of applications |
Number of awards |
Success rate | |
Clinical fellowships |
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Senior Clinical Fellowship |
15 |
2 |
13% |
Clinician Scientist Fellowship |
58 |
8 |
14% |
Clinical Research Training Fellowship |
196 |
44 |
22% |
Non-Clinical Fellowships |
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Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship |
21 |
4 |
19% |
Career Development Award |
133 |
14 |
11% |
Career Development Award in Biostatistics |
15 |
5 |
33% |
Specialist Schemes |
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Population Health Scientist |
32 |
8 |
25% |
Methodology Research Fellowships |
9 |
1 |
23% |
ESRC/MRC/NIHR Health Economics |
7 |
0 |
0% |
Special Training Fellowship in Biomedical Informatics |
23 |
6 |
26% |
Total |
509 |
92 |
18% |
Financial Year 2010/11 | |||
Number of applications |
Number of awards |
Success rate | |
Clinical fellowships |
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Senior Clinical Fellowship |
8 |
2 |
25% |
Clinician Scientist Fellowship |
43 |
8 |
19% |
Clinical Research Training Fellowship |
198 |
48 |
24% |
Non-Clinical Fellowships |
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Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship |
31 |
4 |
13% |
Career Development Award |
101 |
10 |
10% |
Career Development Award in Biostatistics |
4 |
1 |
25% |
Specialist Schemes |
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Population Health Scientist |
51 |
8 |
16% |
Methodology Research Fellowships |
15 |
5 |
23% |
ESRC/MRC/NIHR Health Economics |
16 |
3 |
19% |
People Exchange Fellowship |
13 |
5 |
38% |
Special Training Fellowship in Biomedical Informatics |
23 |
4 |
17% |
Total |
502 |
97 |
19% |
Research organisation success rates
The links below show the success rates of research organisations (for example UK higher education institutions, NHS Trusts, Research Institutes) in applying for MRC grants and fellowships.
Grant and fellowship award rates for proposals assessed and awarded by financial year:
- Quantity of grant and fellowship applications assessed in 2011/12
- Quantity of grant and fellowship applications assessed in 2010/11
- Quality of grant applications assessed in 2011/12
- Quality of grant application assessed in 2010/11