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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.

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.

Daphne Jackson fellowship

These fellowships are for those looking to return to a research career after a break. Fellowships combine a personalised retraining programme with a challenging research project. They are flexible, usually lasting two years at 0.5 full-time equivalent, although some UKRI funders may award longer.

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.

Collaborate with researchers in Brazil

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and FAPESP’s lead agency agreement allows UKRI to assess joint applications from eligible UK and Brazil-based researchers from the state of São Paulo on behalf of both organisations.

UKRI and FAPESP will co-fund applications submitted to responsive mode funding opportunities via selected funding opportunities.

Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg

UKRI and FNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable and support applications between researchers in the UK and Luxembourg. UKRI will fund the UK component and FNR will fund the Luxembourg component of the application.

Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.

Work with US researchers: BBSRC-NSF/BIO lead agency 2024

Collaborate with US researchers on a single joint proposal in the following areas:

  • biological informatics
  • understanding host-microbe interactions
  • synthetic cells and cellular systems
  • synthetic microbial communities

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

International partnership: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases

Apply for research funding to understand ecological, evolutionary, and social drivers that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases of animals, humans and plants.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for funding from UKRI or Defra.

UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme: round two outline stage

Apply for funding for breakthrough or disruptive interdisciplinary ideas that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines that are not routinely funded through existing UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) responsive mode schemes.

Project leads must be based at an organisation eligible for UKRI research council funding.

2024 Transformative Research Technologies (24TRT)

Apply for funding to pursue early-stage development of cutting-edge research technologies with transformative potential in the biosciences.

You must be a researcher or research technical professional based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

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