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Posted on 16 December 2016

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Association of Medical Research Charities has accepted TA as a member.

Tourettes Action are delighted to announce their recent membership of the AMRC (Association of Medical Research Charities. AMRC membership is the hallmark of quality research funding. This is a network of over 130 medical and health research charities, supporting medical research in the UK.  AMRC membership is a hallmark of quality and offers real financial benefits to members.

This ‘quality standard’ mark will help us to attract future high quality researchers to apply for our grants.

In order to become a member, we had to undergo a rigorous audit process (which we passed with flying colours!) and had to ensure we met the following criteria:
• We must be registered as a charity in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
• One our principal activities or charitable objects must be funding medical research in the UK.
• That we follow AMRC’s standards in peer review.
• We must have a published research strategy.
• We must have a formal written policy on conflicts of interest.
• We must endorse the AMRC’s position statements on supporting research in universities and the use of animals in research.

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