Merck Grants Now Open
Merck offer a series of research grants to stimulate innovative research in challenging areas of future importance.
The company are looking for innovative research proposals from scientists worldwide from the following areas:
1. Healthy Lives/Drug Discovery
- Next game-changing molecule or technology to cure cancer or autoimmune disease
2. Life Reimagined/Synthetic Biology
- Next generation production technology for biologics and revolutionizing microbiome research
3. Digitalization/Computing
- Application of deep learning or quantum computing for in-silico research
4. Materials & Solutions
- Next generation of intelligent materials or advances in the field of surface chemistry or atomic layer processes
Grants are avaialble of up to 350,000 Euros per year for three years with the option of extension or expansion.
Top submitters will be invited to a Deep Dive workshop to further advance the proposals together with Merck scientists.
The deep dive workshop will include decision on grant recipients. Merck will then enter into bilateral collaboration agreements with the winning recipients to enable pay-out of the research grant and project start in 2019.
Detailed description of the challenges, the application process and timing of the Deep Dive workshops is available at: 350researchgrants.merckgroup.com
Online application deadline: August 15th, 2018
