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Medicine funding

October 2026

Research funding

MRFF 2026 Primary Health Care Research Grant Opportunity (GO8477)

Medical Research Future Fund; administered by NHMRC

Closes today

Amount
Up to A$3,000,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
Australia
How to apply
Institution applies

Approved MRFF Eligible Organisations only; co-designed primary health care equity research meeting the selected stream’s geographic conditions and the GO8477 guidelines.

Public Health
Research funding

Experimental medicine stage one

Medical Research Council, UK Research and Innovation

Closes today

Career stage
Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
Hosted in
United Kingdom
How to apply
Institution applies

Applicants at organisations eligible for MRC funding; established and new investigators; international co-leads subject to UKRI policy.

Clinical PharmacologyClinical ImmunologyMolecular Pathology
Research funding

Start Package Grants - for faculty recruitment Q4 2026

Novo Nordisk Foundation

Closes tomorrow

Amount
Up to DKK 10,000,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
Denmark
How to apply
Institution applies

The appointment authority of a Danish university, hospital or nonprofit research institution applies for an assessed candidate and qualifying faculty offer. Mobility to a new institution is required: normally no more than 12 of the previous 36 months at the host. Internal recruitment is excluded; domestic moves normally require career progression.

Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningBiology+1 more
Research funding

RHAE IA — Researcher in the Company, CNPq Call 29/2026

CNPq

Closes in 2 days

Amount
Up to R$300,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
Brazil
How to apply
Institution applies

Brazilian private, for-profit micro/small companies and qualifying startups, headquartered and managed in Brazil. The coordinator needs a formal company link declared in an updated Lattes CV; the company must be registered with CNPq. Neither the coordinator nor existing company employees may receive these fellowships.

Artificial Intelligence
Fellowship

Nelson Mandela University Postdoctoral and Research Fellowships 2027

Nelson Mandela University

Closes in 2 days

Career stage
PhD · Postdoc · Early independent researcher
Hosted in
South Africa
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

Postdoctoral applicants need a PhD from the past five years, or a documented thesis submission planned by December 2026; the degree must be completed before starting. Research fellows need a PhD over five but at most ten years old and two years of post-PhD research. Prior NRF A/B/C ratings, continuing 2027 awards and third postdoctoral funding cycles are excluded.

Mathematics
Scholarship or studentship

SAPPHGenE Funded PhD Training in Public Health Genomic Epidemiology 2026

SAPPHGenE — NICD, University of the Witwatersrand and University of Pittsburgh

Closes in 3 days

Career stage
Master’s
Hosted in
South Africa, United States
How to apply
Apply directly

South African citizens with a completed MSc, an interest in genomic epidemiology or bioinformatics, and commitment to research in South Africa.

Bio-InformaticsGenomicsEpidemiology
Research funding

NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence 2027

NHMRC

Closes in 7 days

Amount
Up to A$3,000,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
Australia
How to apply
Institution applies

NHMRC-approved Administering Institutions only; research teams must satisfy the 2027 CRE guidelines and select the appropriate application stream.

Public Health
Research funding

McKnight Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award — 2027

McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

Closes

Amount
$300,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
United States
How to apply
Apply directly

Independent investigators at US nonprofit research institutions with at least three years in tenured or tenure-track faculty roles (by September 2023); every co-PI must qualify. Research-track, adjunct, visiting and instructor titles are excluded. Institutions without professorial titles need a senior official’s independence confirmation. After two unsuccessful consecutive applications, wait one year. Applicants cannot apply to both McKnight schemes in one cycle or repeat the same award; earlier recipients of another scheme must finish that funding first.

NeurosciencePathology
Amount
Up to $275,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Institution applies

Eligible domestic and foreign organizations include higher education institutions, nonprofits, businesses and the government/community entity categories listed in the notice. PIs must have the skills, resources and knowledge to perform the work and apply with an eligible organization.

Neuroscience
Fellowship

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Neuro, McGill University

Closes

Amount
CA$40,000 – CA$50,000
Career stage
Postdoc
Hosted in
Canada
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

MD and/or PhD from 2023 onward, subject to documented interruption or clinical-training exceptions; obtain a Neuro supervisor’s agreement and support letter plus two sponsor assessments. Award-specific conditions apply.

NeuroscienceCognitionBiomedical Engineering+1 more
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
United States
How to apply
Institution applies

Eligible US higher-education, nonprofit, for-profit and other organisations listed in the NOFO apply through their institution. Non-US organisations and non-US components of US organisations cannot apply. Required institutional registrations apply. Foreign components are allowed, but foreign subawards or subcontracts are not allowed under this NOFO.

NeuroscienceBiologyClinical Chemistry+1 more
Research funding

Part the Cloud: Enable the Molecule for AI-Discovered Programs — 2027 Funding

Alzheimer’s Association

Closes

Amount
Up to $1,000,000
Career stage
Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Institution applies

Full-time investigators at Assistant Professor level or equivalent and above; students and postdocs cannot be lead applicants. Eligible international institutions may apply, subject to programme and sanctions rules. Only one proposal per applicant across the current competition; reporting and institutional exclusions apply.

NeuroscienceBiologyPharmacology+2 more
Research funding

Part the Cloud: Combination Therapies Program — 2027 Funding

Alzheimer’s Association

Closes

Amount
Up to $3,000,000
Career stage
Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Institution applies

Full-time investigators at Assistant Professor level or equivalent and above; students and postdocs cannot be lead applicants. Eligible international institutions may apply, subject to programme and sanctions rules. Only one proposal per applicant across the current competition; reporting and institutional exclusions apply. Government-appropriated laboratories cannot be applicant institutions.

NeuroscienceBiologyClinical Neurology+1 more
Research funding

Part the Cloud: Phase 1 and Phase 2 Clinical Studies — 2027 Funding

Alzheimer’s Association

Closes

Amount
Up to $1,000,000
Career stage
Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Institution applies

Full-time investigators at Assistant Professor level or equivalent and above; students and postdocs cannot be lead applicants. Eligible international institutions may apply, subject to programme and sanctions rules. Only one proposal per applicant across the current competition; reporting and institutional exclusions apply.

NeuroscienceBiologyClinical Neurology+1 more
Amount
Up to £4,000,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
United Kingdom
How to apply
Institution applies

UK-based research organisations with standard MRC eligibility. One lead application per person. International organisations cannot be project leads, co-leads or partners; eligible UK businesses and non-research charities may participate as partners under the call rules.

PharmacologyPublic HealthToxicology
Fellowship

SOFAR Postdoctoral Fellowship — Zimbabwe 2026

SOuthern aFrica research cApacity netwoRk (SOFAR)

Closes

Career stage
Postdoc
Hosted in
Zimbabwe
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

Applicants must have received a PhD or submitted their thesis at application, demonstrate academic excellence and provide support letters from two mentors.

Public Health
Research funding

Novo Nordisk Foundation Laureate Research Grants

Novo Nordisk Foundation

Closes

Amount
Up to DKK 60,000,000
Career stage
Established researcher
Hosted in
Denmark
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

Principal investigators who have led an independent research programme for at least seven years; at least 75% on-site commitment to a Danish host and the principal group established there within two years. NNF review-panel members and Novo Group employees are excluded; overlapping NNF investigator-grant rules apply.

BiologyMolecular BiologyBiochemistry
Fellowship

CanNRT–Brain Canada Fellowship (2027)

CanNRT and Brain Canada Foundation

Closes

Amount
CA$20,000 – CA$50,000
Career stage
Master’s · PhD · Postdoc
Hosted in
Canada
How to apply
Apply directly

CanNRT members enrolled at a Canadian university as master’s or doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers or clinical fellows when funding begins; research must concern neurodevelopment or associated conditions.

NeuroscienceDevelopmental Neuroscience

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