Research initiatives
The MRC focuses its funding on research areas which make a difference to human health, on behalf of the taxpayer. Here is an overview of the different research areas we fund, including broad research initiatives such as speeding the development of basic discoveries into new drugs and treatments.
- Addiction research strategy
- The MRC is leading a strategy for addiction research involving discussions with stakeholders about areas of priority need and calls for grant applications
- Autism
- Our work with scientists, professional groups and families to increase understanding of the causes and epidemiology of autism
- CFS/ME
- Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a complex and debilitating condition with a wide range of symptoms
- E-Health Informatics Research
- An initiative with leading UK research funders to ensure the UK is secured as a world leader in health informatics research and in particular in E-health records linkage
- Experimental Medicine
- The MRC is the lead public sector organisation for Experimental Medicine and co-ordinates activities on behalf of UK Clinical Research Collaboration partners
- Lifelong Health and Wellbeing (LLHW)
- Multi-disciplinary research addressing factors across the life course that influence healthy ageing and wellbeing in later life
- Methodology Research Programme
- Supports development of methodological tools and theories to underpin health research
- National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI)
- A national initiative to encourage and support research into chronic disease prevention
- Stem cell research: MRC-China Collaboration
- MRC is partnering the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) to promote collaborative research in preclinical stem cell research
- Translational research
- Aims to increase the scale and speed of progress from scientific discovery to clinical benefit
