This funding opportunity supports establishing up to four Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSIs) in the UK. Centres will conduct sustained research programmes addressing regulatory science challenges, developing evidence, methods, and tools to inform regulatory policy and practice. The initiative fosters collaboration among academia, regulators, industry, healthcare providers, and patients, aiming to strengthen the UK’s global leadership in regulatory science and accelerate safe healthcare innovation.
Eligible applicants are UK-based research organisations or partnerships with relevant expertise to lead or contribute to a CERSI. Project leads must be based at eligible UK organisations; international researchers can participate as co-leads. Charities approved as UKRI independent research organisat
