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BBSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode (Grant)
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UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK) · National scheme · 1 eligible country
€2.3M
Published funding
29 Apr 2027
Deadline
What this scheme funds
This grant funds early-career researchers to run their own biological or biotechnology research project in the UK. There's no fixed limit on how much you can request. It's aimed at giving new investigators the chance to lead their first independent research grant.
biotechnology · research-excellence
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Who it is for
An early-career researcher based at a UK research organisation who wants to lead their first independent research project in biotechnology or biological sciences.
The scheme in detail
- Agency
- UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK)
- Eligible countries (1)
- United Kingdom
- Funding
- €2.3M
- Deadline
- 29 Apr 2027
- Applicant type
- Not stated by the agency.
- Eligible applicants
- public body, non-profit, private sector
- Also required
- Applicant must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
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