Deadline: 5-Oct-22
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Follow-on Fund and super Follow-on Fund Round Two is now open for applications to help bridge gaps between early stage bioscience research and innovation with achieving wider commercial, economic and societal benefit.
Aims
- BBSRC FoF and super FoFs specifically aim to:
- Increase and accelerate the uptake and practical application of past bioscience research outputs to deliver benefit and impact
- Enable researchers to further develop their understanding of potential routes to impact, including identifying opportunities and markets, and engaging directly with key stakeholders, customers, enablers and users
- Support translation activities, including collaborative projects with industry, the third sector and other users
- Enable rese archers to develop their enterprise and entrepreneurial skills and capabilities .
Funding Information
- Both awards aim to take ideas through to a stage where the route to application is clear:
- Standard FoF awards: minimum £76,000, maximum £250,000 full economic cost for up to two years’ work. Applications are assessed by an independent panel
- Super FoF awards: minimum £251,000, maximum £800,000 full economic cost for up to two years’ work. Applications are reviewed by independent experts (some may be peers) prior to panel.
- Applications can involve more than one eligible organization but must be led by the principal investor’s organization.
What they’re looking for
- One of the ways BBSRC ensures its research investments deliver impact is by supporting knowledge exchange and commercialization.
- BBSRC has a responsibility to ensure the widest benefit to society and the economy through the effective application of the excellent research and capabilities in which it invests. This may lead to direct financial impact through commercialization or the progression of research outcomes t hat deliver benefits across a range of different areas of society and the economy. In either case, the process they follow to achieve success is known as Follow-on Funding (FoF).
Eligibility Criteria
- The principal investigator should be the individual who takes responsibility for the intellectual leadership of the translation project and its project management. They will be the council’s main contact for the proposal and must be from and based at a UK research organization eligible for BBSRC funding. That organization will be responsible for submitting the grant application to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
- You can apply if you are a resident in the UK for at least 183 days in a tax year and hold a lecturer or lecturer-equivalent position at a:
- UK higher education institution
- research council institute
- UKRI-approved independent research organization.
- Principal investigators must be employed at the submitting research organization at lecturer level, or equivalent, or due to move to the organization 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 organization and meet the same employment criteria.
For more information, visit https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/bbsrc-follow-on-fund-and-super-follow-on-fund-round-two/
