Research
The primary aim of ME Research UK is to fund biomedical research into ME/CFS: to find its cause, to develop effective treatments and ultimately to discover a cure.
Following the lead of the report by the Working Party to the Chief Medical Officer of England in 2002, our priority is to support novel clinical and biomedical studies investigating the following the cause of ME and how the illness progresses, the effectiveness of potential treatments, the prevalence of ME and the prognosis for patients, and what characterises the different subgroups of ME.
We fund the work of a growing number of scientists in the UK and worldwide, whose research covers several different areas of interest. We hope to make their findings intelligible to the lay reader, and present them in the wider context of ME/CFS research.
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Ongoing projects
Ongoing research funded by ME Research UK and conducted by independent scientists.
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Completed projects
The results of completed research, with comments by ME Research UK and links to published reports.
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Reviews and surveys
Reviews of the scientific literature and analyses of important topics, undertaken by ME Research UK in-house.
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Research funding
See what kinds of project we support, download application forms and apply for funding.
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Policy and procedures
ME Research UK’s formal policies and procedures governing research funding.
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Grant-making trusts
How donations from trusts help fund the work of ME Research UK.
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Funding strategy
Our research targets.
