SARS-CoV 2 imaging study award to the UK Biobank

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has agreed to provide a COVID-19 Support Fund award to UK Biobank to help underpin short-term stability and to avoid deterioration of strategic, national scientific capability as a result of impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Purpose By accepting this award, the organisation agrees to use the MRC COVID-19 Support Fund to help ensure MRC objectives continue to be met, the value of MRC investments continue to be realised, and to sustain the research skills and capability within their organisation that will be needed to underpin the post-pandemic national recovery. The award is specifically to maximise the number of participants within the core imaging programme.