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2024-25 strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa) grants: stage 1

Apply for funding to undertake large team-based fundamental bioscience research projects which push the frontiers of human knowledge.

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

Enhancing equality, diversity and inclusion in BBSRC-funded networks

Apply for funding to increase participation of, and engagement with, members of your network who identify as being part of an under-represented or minoritised group.

You must be part of an established research network currently in receipt of BBSRC funding.

UKRI Digital Research Technical Professional Skills NetworkPlus

Apply for funding for a Digital Research Technical Professional (RTP) Skills NetworkPlus which brings together disciplines, sectors and domains to address cross-cutting challenges related to digital RTP skills and careers.

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

Expression of interest: UK Gut-Immunology-Brain Axis Network+: Stage 1, leadership team

Apply to lead or co-lead an interdisciplinary gut-immunology-brain axis research and innovation network+.

You must:

  • be based at a research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding
  • meet individual eligibility requirements

Funding of up to £5 million across four years will support one network.

BBSRC New investigator award: 2024 round three: responsive mode

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

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

BBSRC Standard research grant: 2024 round 3: responsive mode

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

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

UKRI Metascience research grants

The Metascience Grants Programme funds cutting-edge research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting Research and Development (R&D).

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

BBSRC Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) Explore

Apply for funding to ‘get out of the lab’ and test your technology in the market to uncover its commercial potential.

BBSRC ICURe Explore is open to research teams in all:

  • UK universities
  • BBSRC-funded institutes
  • approved public sector research enterprises

This specific cohort is a pilot collaboration between BBSRC, Kidney Research UK and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

BBSRC Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) Discover

Apply for funding to discover more about the potential market of your bioscience-based idea, increase market awareness and gain deeper understanding of potential technology applications.

BBSRC ICURe Discover is open to bioscience researchers (including PhD students, technicians, postdoctoral research associates, fellowship and group leader positions) in all UK universities, BBSRC-funded institutes and approved public sector research enterprises.

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