Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

BBSRC invests to push back the frontiers of biology and deliver a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future.

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News

16 November 2021

Researchers join forces with the public to investigate food safety

11 November 2021

BBSRC announces funding awards for four new biology projects

7 October 2021

UKRI publishes updated detailed ethnicity data

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Blog

26 November 2021

BBSRC’s Big Ideas Pipeline: what makes an idea compelling?

BBSRC blog

25 November 2021

UKRI’s commercialisation plan: from ambition to action

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Funding opportunities

Pre-announcement: international collaboration to address antimicrobial resistance

Apply for funding to develop or improve drugs or plant protection agents to help:

  • treat bacterial or fungal infections
  • reduce the spread of resistance to drugs.

You should:

  • be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding
  • apply as part of a consortium of transnational partners.

Your project should involve either:

  • licensed antibiotics or antifungals
  • interventions in pre-clinical or early clinical development.
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
Funders from 17 Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) member countries
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,500,000
Maximum award:
£250,000
Publication date:
18 November 2021
Opening date:
11 January 2022
Closing date:

Early ideas to improve the delivery of nucleic acid therapeutics

Apply for funding to improve the delivery of nucleic acid therapeutics.

We expect to fund one consortium. We will fund:

  • small or medium-sized enterprises
  • academic organisations
  • public sector organisations.

The principal investigator must be UK based.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Maximum award:
£6,000,000
Publication date:
8 November 2021
Opening date:
8 November 2021
Closing date:

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Address

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Polaris House,
North Star Avenue,
Swindon,
SN2 1UH

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