Medical Research
Join us in revolutionising ME/CFS research
For over 40 years, the ME Association has invested in medical research that has helped increase our understanding of the disease and how best to manage it.
We issue grants to promising projects that explore the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of ME/CFS and Long Covid, and which assist in the delivery of good quality healthcare.
This commitment is made possible by the generosity of supporters and reflects the charity's belief that for hope to become reality we need sustained investment in bigger and better studies and infrastructure projects led by renowned scientists from across the world.
We know that to drive meaningful change in this field, we must champion bigger, better, and more collaborative research.
ME/CFS and Long Covid
Ramsay Research Grants
Over 404,000
people are living with ME/CFS in the UK
Source: DecodeME Research from Professor Chris Ponting and Gemma Samms
Over £3m
invested in research since 1988
£127,000
average annual investment in research
£904,000
already committed in 2026
A bold step forward in scaling up support for impactful science
Research News
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The UK ME/CFS Biobank is looking for healthy control volunteers for a study looking at virus reactivation in ME/CFS/LC
Call for people to participate in ME/CFS research: ME Association's Clinical Assessment Toolkit (MEA-CAT) Project
Preprint: Perioperative outcomes in ME/CFS undergoing general anesthesia
Annals of Internal Medicine: Randomised Trial Assesses Treatments for Fatigue in Long COVID, Showing Mixed Results
Research: University of Oxford: Participants required: What causes fatigue?
Research: Does ME/CFS involve low level inflammation in the brain and nervous system?
Vagus nerve stimulation trial: update
Rosetta Stone Study – Summary: Three month update
News Medical: Study identifies antiviral protein IFN-γ as a potential biomarker for Long COVID fatigue
BBC Radio 4: Is the tide turning on ME research?
UK ME/CFS Biobank HHV-6 Study: Recruitment in its Final Phase
Update: UK ME/CFS Biobank Steering Group
NIHR/MRC Post-Infection Conditions Research Showcase Report
New MEA‑Funded Study: Searching for Biological Markers in ME/CFS and Long Covid
Medical Xpress: Study shows impaired energy metabolism in the brains of people with post-COVID
New research finds choroid plexus alterations in people with Long Covid
Nature: Population-scale sequencing resolves determinants of persistent EBV DNA
ME Research UK fund Prof Chris Ponting in a new study
Research Square: Preprint: ME/CFS and LC Demonstrate Bioenergetic Impairment and Recovery Failure on Two-Day CPET
Long Covid treatment should learn from historical chronic illnesses, researchers say
