Medical Research Council

The Medical Research Council (MRC) is one of nine councils of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The MRC is responsible for funding medical research in the United Kingdom and supports world-leading discovery and translational research to accelerate diagnosis, advance treatment and prevent human disease.
Research supported by the MRC has contributed to major scientific advances including the development of penicillin and the discovery of the structure of DNA. Scientists supported by the MRC have received numerous Nobel Prize.