BBSRC: Standard follow-on funding

10/08/2023

04/10/2023

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council invites proposals for its standard follow-on funding call. This supports a defined programme of work and aims to bridge the gap between early-stage bioscience research and innovation and achieving wider commercial, economic and societal benefit. Projects considered through this programme must: draw on 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 We support 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. We will fund 80% of the FEC. FoF awards support defined programmes of work up to two years.

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

Eligibility Note Who is eligible to apply Projects considered through this programme must have a direct link to current or previous BBSRC-supported funding. A project lead is the individual who takes responsibility for the intellectual leadership of the translation project and its project management. They will be our main contact for the proposal and must be: based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding, which will be responsible for submitting the grant application to UK Research and Innovation (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 if not employed, you must 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.