Deadline: 10 April 2018
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in the UK and the National Research Fund (NRF) in Kenya are pleased to announce a joint call for collaborative research under the Newton-Utafiti Fund programme. This call will focus on tackling challenges relevant to ruminant livestock production in Kenya.
Priority Areas
- Animal physiology and nutrition
- Investigating the bioavailability of key nutrients in animal feed and feed conversion efficiency
- Understanding how nutrition improves resilience to disease and reduction of disease risk, including the effect of the microbiome
- Investigating challenges to livestock fertility, reproduction, including conditions which affect these
- Understanding how animals in arid and semi-arid environments are able to adapt to climatic challenges
- Vector borne animal disease and epidemiology
- Understanding pest/ disease pathogenesis in ruminants and camelids, including vector-borne disease
- Understanding the genetic basis of host resistance in ruminants and camelids
- Understanding transmission mechanisms between host species including transmission dynamics and biological factors affecting transmission
Funding Information
- The call will support short term projects of up to 12 months in duration starting on 1 October 2018, awarded to a maximum of £100,000 (80% FEC) in the UK and up to £50,000 (KES 6,903,288.54) in Kenya.
- The funds for successful projects must be spent between October 2018 and September 2019.
Eligibility Criteria
- Collaborative applications are invited from UK and Kenya-based researchers eligible to receive funding as Principal Investigator from BBSRC and NRF respectively. For this Newton Fund call, BBSRC will support the project costs for successful UK applicants, whilst NRF will support the project costs for successful Kenya-based applicants.
- UK applicants – All UK applicants must be eligible to receive research funding from BBSRC as Principal/Co-Investigator.
- NRF applicants – Institutions of higher learning and Kenyan National Research organizations are eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Countries: UK and Kenya
For more information, please visit BBSRC-NRF.