BBSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode (Grant)
UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
What it funds
Apply for funding to support excellent new investigator-led research across the breadth of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) scientific remit.You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.This scheme is designed to assist newly employed university lecturers, researchers (at a level equivalent to lecturer) in research council institutes, and fellows (at a level equivalent to lecturer) to secure their first major element of research sup
Who can apply
This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible.Who is eligible to applyResearchers who have been project co-leads (previously co-investigators) on successful grant applications are eligible to apply for a new investigator award.You must not have received, or currently be in receipt of, competitively obtained research or support funding from any source as a project lead (previously principal investigator) where such funding includes or included research and innovation associate (previously postdoctoral research assistant) staff support costs. This includes grants associated with fellowships. If, however, research and innovation associate support has been provided by an institution as part of an internal support agreement or as part of the applicants start up package, this must be declared but would not render the applicant ineligible.Other grant funding requests where the results are not known at the time of submission, but which are subsequently successful, will also come under this category and therefore details of such requests must be given in the application and their outcome notified to BBSRC immediately they become
How to apply
Click here to start an application on the UKRI Funding Service: https://funding-service.ukri.org/OPP1273/apply/1304 We are running this funding opportunity on the new UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Service so please ensure that your organisation is registered. You cannot apply on the Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) system.The project lead is responsible for completing the application process on the Funding Service, but we expect all team members and project partners to contribute to the application.Only the lead research organisation can submit an application to UKRI.To applySelect ‘Start application’ near the beginning of this Funding finder page.Confirm you are the project lead.Sign in or create a Funding Service account. To create an account, select your organisation, verify your email address, and set a password. Answer questions directly in the text boxes. You can sav
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