Apply! Merck Research Grants

Applications are invited for the Merck Research Grants which offers a series of research grants to stimulate innovative research in challenging areas of future importance.

The aim of the Research Grant is to create new sustainable partnerships with leading global science and technology players to work on breakthrough science and to generate valuable seeds for future business.

Deadline
15 August 2018

Funding
Merck will provide research grants of up to EUR 350,000 per year for 3 years in various research areas with the option of extension or expansion. The award may fund all or part of the proposed project and for all or part of the requested time period. Grants may be awarded on the basis of conditional milestones as contained in the Research Grant Agreement.

Areas of Interest
Merck intends to offer research grants in the following 4 research areas:
-Healthy Lives/Drug Discovery: What is the next game-changing molecule or technology to help cure cancer or autoimmune disease?
-Life Reimagined/Synthetic Biology: What is the next generation production technology for biologics? -Can you revolutionize microbiome research?
-Materials & Solutions: Can you develop a new generation of intelligent materials?
-Digitalization/Computing: How can in-silico research benefit from deep learning or quantum computing?

Eligibility
Researchers from around the world may apply for the grants.

Application
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