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BBSRC: Responsive mode – industrial partnership awards

Added date

27/04/2023

Closing date

27/09/2023

Call summary

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council invites applications for its responsive mode industrial partnership awards. These support academic-led research projects in collaboration with industry, where industrial partners contribute in cash funding. BBSRC covers 80 per cent of the full project costs. The industry partners must contribute in cash at least equivalent to 10 per cent of the full project costs minus the industry contribution.

Scientific scope

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

PI eligibility

The PI must be resident in the UK and an academic employee at the lecturer or equivalent level at an eligible organisation, which may be a HEI, a research council institute or an approved independent research organisation. Company partners should be registered in the UK or have a UK research and development or manufacturing site. Where a suitable company cannot be found in the UK, an overseas company may be considered.