BBSRC: Standard follow-on funding

25/01/2024

27/03/2024

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) FoF is designed to enable researchers, with a sound understanding of the market opportunity of their intellectual assets, to execute a defined programme of work that has clear objectives. Projects considered through this programme must: draw upon current or previous BBSRC supported research, or other type of BBSRC research investment, or both enable research outputs to be further developed into practical application to deliver benefit and impact BBSRC supports both early-stage projects aimed at de-risking innovative ideas and later-stage projects that encompass significant technical milestones. The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £800,000. BBSRC will fund 80% of the FEC. FoF awards support defined programmes of work for up to two years.

BBSRC remit: Agriculture, Veterinary & Food Science; Biological Sciences; Environmental Engineering

Eligibility Note In order to be eligible for FoF funding: applications must have a direct link to current or previous Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-supported funding the project lead must be: based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding, which will be responsible for submitting the grant application to UKRI resident in the UK for at least 183 days in a tax year hold a lecturer or lecturer-equivalent position at a UK higher education institution, research council institute or a UKRI-approved independent research organisation employed at the submitting research organisation at lecturer level, or equivalent, or due to move to the organisation before the start date of the grant employed or if not, have an agreement that the research will be conducted at the submitting research organisation, as if you were an employee at lecturer level or equivalent co-applicants must be employed at an eligible organisation and meet the same employment criteria.