Funder

BBSRC: Responsive mode - standard research grants

Added date

02/11/2023

Closing date

17/01/2024

Call summary

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council invites applications for its responsive mode standard research grants. These support biotechnology or biological research in plants, microbes, animals and humans, and tools and technology underpinning biological research. Investigations within and across scales are supported, from molecules and cells, to tissues, whole organisms, populations and landscapes. Multidisciplinary proposals that cross into other research council areas are welcome but the primary focus of the work should to fall within BBSRC's remit. Project grants cover 80 per cent of eligible costs and are worth up to £2 million for up to five years. Funding covers research projects, including technology development projects, equipment or use of existing facilities, new facilities or infrastructure, research networks and coordination, and summer schools.

Scientific scope

Agriculture, Veterinary & Food Science; Biological Sciences; Environmental Engineering

PI eligibility

Career stages Early Career and Emerging in Field; Mid-Career to Established in Field Eligibility Note Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. Resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to UKRI or any other funder are not accepted.