MRC Doctoral Training Grant Competition

Medical Research Council

Doctoral Training Grants (DTGs) were introduced by the MRC in 2004 in order to provide research organisations with maximum flexibility in managing their postgraduate studentship population. DTGs are awarded as cash sums to research organisations, based on their MRC grant and fellowship income and can be used solely or in combination with other funds to support research studentships with varied stipends, durations and other costs.

The MRC is not able to provide studentships on a large scale to meet all needs. Our aim is to develop research leaders of the future and to help meet UK strategic skills needs. The MRC expects these priorities to be reflected in a selective approach by the individual research organisations using the MRC DTG.