BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode
BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode supports researchers with funding for curiosity-led bioscience, technology and research resources to advance understanding and generate new knowledge.
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Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates: Rolling (no closing date) | May 1, 2026, 9:00am UK time (opened)
Funding Amounts: Up to £2 million full economic cost; BBSRC funds 80% (£1.6 million), for up to five years
Summary: Supports investigator-led bioscience research, technology development, research resources and infrastructure across BBSRC’s scientific remit.
Key Information: Project leads must be based at an eligible UK research organisation and meet BBSRC’s residency and employment requirements.
Description
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, supports excellent investigator-led research across its scientific remit. The scheme prioritises curiosity-led bioscience that advances understanding or generates new knowledge, thinking or discovery, with potential impacts on research, society, the economy or the environment.
Supported work includes biotechnology and biological research in plants, microbes, animals and humans, and the tools and technologies underpinning biological research. Investigations may span molecules, cells, tissues, organisms, populations and landscapes. Funding covers research projects, data-intensive work, technology development, equipment, existing facilities, community resources, new infrastructure, research networks, coordination and summer schools. Multidisciplinary proposals are welcome, provided their primary focus remains within BBSRC’s remit.
