Spending & accountability

High-level spending figures on funding research and supporting scientists.

Our transparency page has details on staff numbers and grades, names and salaries of senior staff, pay scales for junior staff, and details of major expenditure.

Details of our activities and achievements in research, partnerships, training and career development, knowledge transfer, and public engagement, plus financial information.

Research councils publish delivery plans as a final product of a Government Spending Review (SR). The delivery plan sets out a council’s priorities for spending funds and outlines the activities it intends to undertake over the SR period.

As the UK’s leading publicly funded medical research organisation the MRC frequently submits evidence relating to consultations and inquiries. Written submissions to Parliamentary Select Committees, Government and other organisations are available in this section.

Monitors the translational research activity funded by government and explores the role it could play in enhancing the funders’ existing contributions to economic growth through the life science sector.