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International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciences

Apply for funding to visit international partners to initiate collaborations, prepare joint funding proposals, visit overseas facilities or attend European consortia-building events. Stays may be of up to one month in duration.

You must be a current BBSRC-supported researcher to apply for funding.

Data for metascience sandpit 2027

Apply to attend a five-day interactive sandpit to develop novel projects that can address multi-faceted metascience questions related to research and development policy and funding.

You will complete an expression of interest form to apply for the sandpit.

We expect to fund up to £2 million at 80% full economic cost (FEC).

Advancing solutions for critical mineral production and recycling

Apply for funding for pump-priming research to explore, test and validate disruptive and transformative solutions for critical mineral extraction, processing, recovery, reprocessing, recycling or re-mining.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

Mid-range equipment for biosciences research: ALERT 2026

Apply for funding to purchase mid-range equipment for research across BBSRC’s scientific remit through ALERT 2026.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. Research technical professionals are eligible as project leads or project co-leads for this funding opportunity.

Experimental medicine to define mechanisms of gambling disorder: stage one

Apply for funding for academically led experimental medicine studies in humans that deepen understanding of the causal biological and psychosocial mechanisms underlying the effects of gambling activities, products and interventions on gambling disorder.

Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (26BBR)

Apply for funding to implement, improve or consolidate bioinformatics or biological resources in support of UK bioscience, helping to drive forwards progress in bioscience research and innovation.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA)

This award is for BBSRC-funded research groups to pump-prime interactions with FAPESP scientists in Brazil. Applications must be made by a project lead who is currently in receipt of BBSRC research funding.

Connecting Culture Fund

Apply for funding to enhance research culture at your BBSRC strategically funded institute. This is an invitation-only funding opportunity and one or more of our institutes must lead or co-lead the application, but other eligible UK based research organisations are encouraged to be involved as project partners.

Daphne Jackson Trust fellowship

UKRI invest in Daphne Jackson Trust fellowships. These fellowships are for researchers and research technical professionals looking to return to a research career after a break of two or more years for family, health or caring reasons.

BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode

Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

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