Additional career support

We encourage researchers to use our career support resources:

• Find fellows at your institution (XLSX, 28KB)
• Flexible working policies
• Interactive career framework
• How MRC supports skills and careers (slide set) (PPTX file, 9.60MB)
• 12 top tips for writing a grant application
• Animation of the MRC peer review process
• ​Observing a funding board meeting

• Research staff development

Early career researchers can also consider other MRC support mechanisms: 

• New Investigator Research Grant
  Provides support for clinical and non-clinical researchers while they are establishing themselves as independent principal investigators.
• Researcher co-investigator
  Enables researchers who have significantly contributed to the grant writing and design but who are otherwise unable to be a PI or Co-I to be recognised for their contribution
• Institutes, centres and units
  Our institutes, centres and units attract and develop students and early career researchers, offering excellent training opportunities.