BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode
Funding for investigator-led biotechnology and biological research.
This scheme supports excellent investigator-led research across the breadth of the BBSRC scientific remit.
Funding is available for research projects, including data intensive and technology development projects; equipment or use of existing facilities; community resources, new facilities, or infrastructure; research networks and coordination; and summer schools.
You can apply to undertake biote…
Funding is available for research projects, including data intensive and technology development projects; equipment or use of existing facilities; community resources, new facilities, or infrastructure; research networks and coordination; and summer schools. You can apply to undertake biotechnology or biological research in plants, microbes, animals and humans, and tools and technology underpinning biological research. Multidisciplinary proposals that cross into other research council areas are welcome, but the primary focus of the work is expected to fall within BBSRC’s remit.
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