BBSRC Stand-alone LINK — Always Open
Supports United Kingdom university and industry teams through LINK grants that share innovation ownership and risk.
BBSRC Stand-alone LINK is a co-funding designation within the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's Responsive Mode that supports pre-competitive academic-industry research collaborations. The scheme funds bioscience research across the full BBSRC remit — including agri-food, synthetic biology, biomanufacturing, and biomedical sciences — that would not be undertaken in its propo…
Pre-competitive academic-industry bioscience research collaborations within the full BBSRC remit that would not proceed without joint public-private support and at least 50% industry contribution.
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