Deadline: 29-Nov-22
Apply for funding for mid-range equipment for research across Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council’s (BBSRC) scientific areas.
Scope
Advanced research equipment and the development of capability in this area is a key component in maintaining the competitiveness of the UK research base.
BBSRC recognises that new technologies, tools and approaches, often spanning several disciplines, are revolutionising biology. They are providing unprecedented opportunities to:
- Advance understanding of the complex, dynamic processes that govern life.
- Apply that knowledge for the benefit of society and the economy.
To support this approach, this funding opportunity, like previous opportunities of this nature, encourages you to apply for:
- Equipment that is widely used and underpins capability across all scientific areas within BBSRC remit (relevance to the priority areas in BBSRC’s delivery plan is particularly encouraged)
- The use of emerging advanced research technology or utilisation of equipment in new ways of working, specifically “lab-to-field” equipment which enables the translation (or applied use) of laboratory scale experiments to real-world settings or environments
- Equipment that promotes collaboration and increased access to users within industry, public sector and other institutes, for example equipment-sharing and access to equipment
The maximum duration of grants is 12 months and grants must start by 1 August 2023 at the very latest.
Funding Information
- Total fund: £20,000,000.
- Award range: £200,000 – £1,500,000.
- The full economic cost of your equipment can be up to £1.5 million.
- UKRI will fund 100% of the full economic cost.
Equipment Requests
Only one piece of capital equipment may be funded, although this can include equipment that requires assembly or involves several components (not necessarily physically linked) provided they constitute one of the following:
- A pipeline: an end-to-end experimental process made up of several components that may require assembly
- A platform: a single piece of experimental equipment that may be constituted from multiple parts
If you plan to request several components that could constitute one of the above, it is important that you approach BBSRC for permission before submission. You must provide a short description (maximum of 500 words) outlining how your proposal enables novel research that would not otherwise be possible.
In a large multi-component application that is otherwise in scope, one or more small components costing under £10,000 can be supported. These must be from the same supplier and form a single invoice. If they cannot be sourced from the same supplier, your research organisation will need to fund the sub £10,000 component themselves.
All equipment must be on the market at the time of the opportunity closing date to be considered for funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- You must be a researcher or a research technical professional from an eligible UK research organisation to apply for funding.
- The ALERT 2022 opportunity is open to institutions, researchers and research technical professionals normally eligible to apply to BBSRC.
- As an individual you can only lead on one submitted application.
- As principal investigator on one proposal you can still be a member of a consortium on a different application, as long as you do not take a leading role as principal investigator. However, as such applications will be in direct competition this is not recommended unless the applications are in very different areas.
- Building on the Technician Commitment UKRI Action Plan, BBSRC especially encourages applications from research technical professionals as either principal investigators or co-investigators.
For more information, visit BBSRC.
For more information, visit https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/purchase-mid-range-equipment-for-biosciences-research-alert-2022/
