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Partner with researchers in Switzerland

Apply for funding to develop new and existing partnerships with researchers in Switzerland.

You must:

  • be currently in receipt of an active UKRI grant for the materials, synthetic biology, or life and physical sciences interface themes
  • have been a UKRI grant holder for the languages theme (within the last five years of the closing date).
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
Part of a collaboration with the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Maximum award:
£25,000
Publication date:
14 January 2022
Opening date:
14 January 2022 09:00 UK time
Closing date:

Molecules to landscapes: building interdisciplinary capabilities

Apply for funding to improve capability across molecular, data, agricultural and environmental sciences.

You must be based at an organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

Your application should outline innovative activities that:

  • build collaborations that lead to the creation of interdisciplinary research communities
  • has the capacity to impact a challenge with ‘real world’ implications.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Award range:
£100,000 - £200,000
Publication date:
6 January 2022
Opening date:
7 January 2022
Closing date:

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:
Open
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 11:00 UK time
Closing date:

Develop basic technologies in sensing and imaging

Apply for funding to develop early-stage technologies in sensing and imaging.

You must be based at an eligible UK organisation. You must collaborate with organisations from other disciplines.

Your project must have two co-principal investigators. They must be from different research areas.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Maximum award:
£225,000
Publication date:
2 November 2021
Opening date:
1 November 2021
Closing date:

Build a network to research sustainable agri-food for net zero

Apply for funding to develop a research network that will focus on improving the sustainability of the agri-food system.

You must be:

  • based at an eligible UK-based organisation
  • working in a science discipline.

Co-investigators can be from any discipline.

Your network is expected to:

  • focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions
  • build interdisciplinary partnerships
  • involve stakeholders
  • develop future research plans.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK Research and Innovation
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
21 September 2021
Opening date:
20 September 2021
Closing date:

UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity

The UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity allows UK and US-based researchers to submit a collaborative proposal that will go through a single review process. Grants are funded through existing funding programmes at the relevant lead agency.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK Research and Innovation
Co-funders:
US National Science Foundation’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (NSF/SBE)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£1,000,000
Publication date:
20 September 2020
Opening date:
N/A
Closing date:
Open - no closing date

BBSRC standard research grant

You can apply for research grants at any time in any area within the remit of BBSRC. BBSRC funds research in plants, microbes, animals (including humans), and the tools and technology underpinning biological research from the level of molecules and cells, to tissues, whole organisms, populations and landscapes.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
20 September 2020
Opening date:
N/A
Closing date:
Open - no closing date

Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses to partner with an academic organisation, research organisation or a Catapult, to employ a graduate with the skills and knowledge that can help the business to innovate and grow.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Co-funders:
Government departments and devolved governments
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
20 September 2020
Opening date:
N/A
Closing date:
Open - no closing date

BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award

You can apply for up to £35,000 over two years to pump-prime collaborations between scientists in the UK and São Paolo state in Brazil. The awards support the development of future applications within our remit under the UK Research and Innovation-São Paulo Research Foundation lead agency agreement.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£35,000
Publication date:
20 September 2020
Opening date:
N/A
Closing date:
Open - no closing date

BBSRC international travel award scheme

You can apply for up to £3,000 to cover travel and subsistence when travelling outside the UK in support of your BBSRC-funded research.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£3,000
Publication date:
20 September 2020
Opening date:
N/A
Closing date:
Open - no closing date

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