Invite only: Precision prevention: biological mechanisms of response variation
Ref: GRT-NLS7XUSS
Funding Available
Up to £5,000,000
UK Wide
Life Sciences & Health
5 November 2026
Grants & Funding
About This Grant
Apply for funding to investigate why biomedical prevention interventions work differently across people. Projects must generate mechanistic evidence in humans by testing biomedical experimental interventions or challenges in pre-disease or early disease states, providing insight into how to improve the targeting and effectiveness of precision prevention strategies.
What Can It Fund?
- Research
- Experimental interventions
- Precision prevention strategies
Eligible Costs
- -Full economic cost of project (80% funded)
Funding Source
Medical Research Council (MRC)
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