Medical Research Council

The Medical Research Council is a United Kingdom public research organization that funds and conducts research in biomedical and related sciences.

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology: A Cambridge research institute founded by the Medical Research Council, known for foundational work in molecular biology. It exemplifies the Council's role in establishing and supporting long-running research institutes.
UK Research and Innovation: A UK public body that funds research and innovation across disciplines and includes seven research councils. The Medical Research Council became part of this wider organization in 2018.
Medical Research Committee: The body established in 1913 to administer the UK's National Insurance research fund, predecessor of the Medical Research Council. The Council developed from this committee as public medical research funding took institutional form.
Francis Crick: A British molecular biologist who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering DNA's structure. Crick's work at the Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology helped transform molecular biology.
MRC Clinical Trials Unit: A UK research unit that designs and conducts clinical trials and other studies to improve health. It shows how Council-supported research tests interventions in human populations.
Research grant: Funding awarded to support a defined research project or program. Grants are a central way the Council supports research conducted outside its own institutes.
National Insurance Act 1911: A British law establishing health insurance for some workers and creating funding that supported medical research. Its research provisions supplied the initial funding behind the Council's predecessor.
Max Perutz: An Austrian-born British molecular biologist who determined the structure of hemoglobin and shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His research at the Council's laboratory demonstrates the reach of its institute-based science.
UK Biobank: A large UK research resource containing health and genetic data from about half a million participants. The Council is one of the public funders behind this resource for population health research.
Peer review: Evaluation of scholarly work by experts in the relevant field. Expert assessment helps the Council evaluate research proposals and award funding.

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