MRC College of Experts Recruitment Survey 2026

Overview

Thank you for taking the time to apply to be a member of the MRC College of Experts.

In the survey we will ask you to provide the following information. Check that you have this information to hand before you begin:

• your areas and levels of research expertise
• details of your review experience, including funding panel membership
• details of your research experience, including funding you have applied for and been awarded
• if applicable, your open researcher and contributor ID (ORCID) number
• a short paragraph (approximately 250 words) about your motivation for applying
• examples of how you have contributed to the wider research community (approximately 250 words)

If you have any queries on the application process, contact: MRC.EventsandCommitteesTeam@mrc.ukri.org.

This survey has been created using an accessible theme and survey checklist. An accessible survey is designed so that people with varying hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive abilities can complete it. However, if you require the application in a different format contact MRC.EventsandCommiteesTeam@mrc.ukri.org.

Deadline

11:59pm British Summer Time (BST) Sunday 13 September 2026

Data Protection

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will use the personal data you give us to:

• manage recruitment to membership vacancies
• help us identify potential members for other panels
• to publish membership details on the UKRI website: www.ukri.org/about-us/mrc/board-and-panel-membership/

We will store your data securely and handle it in line with UK data protection legislation.

If you would like to know more, including how to exercise your protection rights, see the UKRI privacy notice www.ukri.org/who-we-are/privacy-notice/.

For individuals that opt in to have their application retained the information provided may be retained for up to five years. For all others, the information provided will be retained for up to one year.

For appointed individuals, the information is retained in accordance with the UKRI retention schedule. For more details, refer to the UKRI Privacy Notice.

For information on how Citizen Space uses your data, refer to their Privacy Policy.

What happens next

Outcomes for this recruitment round will be sent mid-December 2026.

If you opted into the MRC college talent pool the data collected in this survey may be stored for up to five years. This will allow us to consider your application until the recruitment round taking place in 2029. If you wish to  remove your application before it is automatically removed after five years you must email mrc.eventsandcommitteesteam@mrc.ukri.org.

If you opted out of the MRC panel talent pool your application will automatically be removed after one year.