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Pre-announcement: Experimental medicine to define mechanisms of gambling disorder

🇬🇧 United Kingdom·Medical Research Council (MRC)(Government)
Funding
up to £3M
≈ ₩5.3B (FX as of 2026-07-01)
Deadline
2027.04.14
D-201

Overview

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Funding type: Grant · Funders: Medical Research Council (MRC) , Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) , Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , UK Research and Innovation

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Category
R&D
Industry
Bio & Healthcare
Technology
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Target stage
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Project duration
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Estimated preparation
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Funding

Award size and how it is paid

Award range
up to £3M
Currency
GBP
Total programme budget
£10M
Support type
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Co-funding
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Matching fund
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Disbursement
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Note
Maximum award: £3,000,000 / Total fund: £10,000,000

Eligibility

Can we actually apply?

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This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible . Who is eligible to apply To be eligible to apply for this funding opportunity you must: • show that you will direct the project and be actively engaged in the work • be looking to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease If you do not have a contract of employment for the duration of the proposed project, by submitting an application the research organisation is confirming that, if it is successful: • contracts will be extended beyond the end date of the project • all necessary support for you and the project will be provided, including mentorship and career development for early career researchers New investigator applicants We welcome applications from early career researchers. The new investigator award is aimed at researchers who are capable of becoming independent researchers and who are now ready to take the next step towards that goal. If you are applying for this funding opportunity as a ‘new investigator’, you must also: • have your research organisation support • be able to demonstrate that your skills and experience at the time of your application match those of the ‘transition to independence’ career stage, as set out in the MRC skills and experience table • use this grant to support your long-term career goals and chosen career route • be able to demonstrate you are the sole intellectual leader of the application and the proposed work If you meet the eligibility criteria, you can also apply as a new investigator, if you: • are employed as a postdoctoral research assistant, although this grant cannot start until your current work finishes • hold a lecturer appointment, a junior fellowship or another research staff position • hold, or have held, an early career training fellowship such as a MRC skills development fellowship • do not have a contract with your chosen host organisation • are not currently based at the eligible research organisation that has agreed to host your new investigator award • are either a non-clinical or clinically active researcher • have any number of years of experience Who is not eligible to apply as a new investigator You are not eligible to apply if you have already achieved independence. New investigator awards support individuals who have not previously led a research team or been awarded a substantial grant as fellow or project lead (formally known as principal investigator). A su

Company age
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Employees
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Revenue limits
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Consortium
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Location Requirements

Geography and legal-entity conditions

Primary country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Also eligible
None
Foreign companies
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Local entity
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Location condition
영국 소재 기관·기업(또는 영국 파트너와의 협업)이 일반적으로 요구됩니다(원문 확인 필요).

Required Documents

Required/optional · issuer · difficulty · validity · cautions

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Application Process

How you apply

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Evaluation

Review process and criteria

Evaluation process not captured.

Timeline

Announcement → intake → review → agreement → execution

Process steps were not captured.

Equity & Financial Terms

Equity, loans and contract conditions

Equity required
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Loan
Non-dilutive grant
Duplicate funding
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IP ownership
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Deliverable ownership
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Exclusivity
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Right of first refusal
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Audit & settlement
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Risk Intelligence

Should we apply at all? — five dimensions plus an overall score (lower is safer)

Overall: Not assessable (insufficient data)
Eligibility risk33

Chance of failing eligibility, location or legal-entity rules

Financial risk20

Co-funding, matching funds, reimbursement and loan exposure

Execution risk22

Paperwork load, timeline pressure, reporting and audit duties

Contract risk27

Exclusivity, right of first refusal, duplicate-funding limits

IP & idea exposure riskNeeds verification

How much technical detail you must hand over, and who owns it

Key risk factors
  • 10
    Required documents not collected· evidence needs verification

    The list of required documents was not collected.

  • 8
    Local-entity requirement not stated· evidence needs verification

    The announcement does not say whether a local entity is required.

  • 8
    Payment timing not stated· evidence needs verification

    Advance versus reimbursement makes a large difference to cash flow.

  • 7
    Overseas eligibility not stated· evidence needs verification

    Whether an overseas company may take part has to be confirmed.

  • 7
    Exclusivity not stated· evidence needs verification

    Any exclusivity clause has to be checked.

  • 6
    Right of first refusal not stated· evidence needs verification

    Any right-of-first-refusal clause has to be checked.

  • 6
    Duplicate-support rule not stated· evidence needs verification

    Whether parallel support is allowed has to be confirmed.

14 item(s) need verification
  • · The list of required documents was not collected — check the announcement for what technical material must be submitted.
  • · Whether an NDA can be signed is not stated (needs verification).
  • · IP ownership terms are not stated (needs verification).
  • · Ownership of the deliverables is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Data-rights terms are not stated (needs verification).
  • · How submitted material may be reused is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether an exclusivity clause applies is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether a right of first refusal applies is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether a local entity is required is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether an overseas company may apply is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether a matching fund is required is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether payment is in advance or in arrears is not stated (needs verification).
  • · The level of settlement and audit obligation is not stated (needs verification).
  • · The duplicate-support rule is not stated (needs verification).

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IP / Idea Protection

How much of your technology and idea you must disclose

Required documents unknown

The announcement does not say what has to be submitted, so the disclosure exposure cannot be judged. the scope of the material requested is not stated. The awarding body is Medical Research Council (MRC). 8 fields could not be read and must be checked in the announcement and the grant agreement.

NDA
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IP ownership
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Deliverable ownership
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Data rights
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Disclosure depth
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File patent first?
Not applicable
Reuse of submissions
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Publicity obligation
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Exposure score
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Safe to disclose
  • · The problem your product solves, and the market definition
  • · Your value proposition and quantified results (improvement rates, throughput)
  • · Anything already public: granted patents, papers, press coverage
  • · Team composition, capabilities and a summary of past delivery
  • · Architecture-level diagrams at module granularity, without internal implementation
Keep to a minimum
  • · Core algorithms: formulae, hyper-parameters and pre-processing rules
  • · Raw training data and the details of your collection pipeline
  • · Full source code and build or deployment scripts
  • · Cost structure and unit-price formulae
  • · Named customers, contract terms and pricing
  • · How an unfiled invention is actually implemented
Recommended actions
  • MEDIUMRequest an NDA

    Ask in writing for a mutual NDA before submitting detailed technical material; if it is refused, keep what you submit at summary level.

4 evidence item(s) from the source
  • UNKNOWN

    No document list was collected, so the exposure of technical material cannot be judged.

    Source link
  • UNKNOWN

    No NDA clause could be found.

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  • UNKNOWN

    IP ownership terms could not be found.

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  • UNKNOWN

    Ownership of the deliverables terms could not be found.

    Source link
Needs verification (8)
  • · The list of required documents was not collected — check the announcement for what technical material must be submitted.
  • · Whether an NDA can be signed is not stated (needs verification).
  • · IP ownership terms are not stated (needs verification).
  • · Ownership of the deliverables is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Data-rights terms are not stated (needs verification).
  • · How submitted material may be reused is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether an exclusivity clause applies is not stated (needs verification).
  • · Whether a right of first refusal applies is not stated (needs verification).

This assessment is derived from the stored announcement, document and contract fields. Anything the source does not state is marked "needs verification" — it never asserts that your idea will be taken. Generated by local:rules-v1 · 1d ago

AI Analysis

Pros · cons · difficulty · competition · attractiveness

Preparation difficultyNeeds verification

From paperwork and review stages

Competition (estimate)61

Heuristic from award size and type

Attractiveness72

Amount, terms and IP combined

Overall riskNeeds verification

Weighted average of five dimensions

Pros
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Cons
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Cautions
  • ! 해외기업 지원 가능 여부가 공고에서 확인되지 않았습니다 (확인 필요).
  • ! IP 귀속 조항이 확인되지 않았습니다 (확인 필요).
  • ! 중복 수혜 제한 규정을 사전에 확인하십시오.

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Last fetched
2026.08.25
Human review
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First seen
2026.08.20
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AI enrichment
local:rules-v1 · 2026.08.20
Snapshot history
  • · 2026.08.20 — 최초 수집 (04b780f3)