Contact us
- Head office
- Shared Service Centre
- Personal email addresses
- General enquiries
- Press Office
- Medical advice
- The Chief Executive’s office
- Customer service
- MRC Research organisations
- Freedom of Information requests
- Pensions
Head office
Medical Research Council
20 Park Crescent
London
W1B 1AL
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7636 5422
Fax: +44 (0)20 7436 6179
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Shared Service Centre
Provides procurement, finance and HR back office services to MRC head office, research units and institutes.
MRC Shared Services Centre
“D” Block, 2nd Floor
North Star House
North Star Avenue
Swindon SN2 1FF
Telephone: +44 (0)1793 301000
RCUK SSC Ltd
“D” Block, 2nd Floor
North Star House
North Star Avenue
Swindon SN2 1FF
Email: grants@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1793 867000
Personal email addresses
Addresses for personnel at head office are in the format of
firstname.lastname@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
General enquiries
General
corporate@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
MRC grant schemes
grants@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Electronic Application and Assessment (EAA)
admin.eaa@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7670 5207
Fellowship
fellows@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Studentship
students@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
MRC website
websupport@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Recruitment
recruitment@ssc.mrc.ac.uk
Invoice payments from MRC
accountspayable@ssc.mrc.ac.uk
Invoice payments to MRC
salesledger@ssc.mrc.ac.uk
Press Office
The Press Office is available 24 hours a day to answer questions from journalists about recent MRC news or issues relating to medical research.
Email: press.office@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Direct line: +44 (0) 20 7637 6011
Out of office hours: +44 (0) 7818 428297
Medical advice
Please note that we are not able to offer medical advice. If you need advice about an illness or injury, please visit the NHS Direct website, or call them on 0845 4647.
The Chief Executive’s office
Linda Willmott
Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive
Email: Linda.Willmott@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7670 5155
Fax: +44 (0)20 7580 4369
Customer service
For find out more about our standards of service or if you wish to make a complaint, please visit the customer service page.
MRC Research organisations
The MRC funds a number of research organisations. Please visit the Research Organisations section for descriptions, names and contact details.
Freedom of Information requests
If you would like to request information from the MRC under the Freedom of Information Act, please visit the Freedom of Information page.
Pensions
The MRC pension scheme is now administered by MNPA:
MNPA
Leatherhead House
Station Road
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 7ET
Email: mrc.pensions@mnpa.co.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1372 200275
9.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday.


