Funder
BBSRC: Standard follow-on funding
Added date
25/08/2022
Closing date
05/10/2022
Call summary
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. Awards are worth between £76,000 and £250,000 full economic cost for up to two years’ work.
Scientific scope
Biological Sciences; Environmental Engineering; Agriculture, Veterinary & Food Science
PI eligibility
Principal applicants must be in the UK for at least 183 days in a tax year. They must also hold a lecturer or lecturer-equivalent position at a UK higher education institution, research council institute or a UKRI-approved independent research organisation. PIs must be 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, applicants must have an agreement that the research will be conducted at the submitting research organisation as if they were an employee at lecturer level, or equivalent. Co-applicants must be employed at an eligible organisation and meet the same employment criteria.