Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
25 September 2025
Opening date:
25 September 2025 9:00am UK time
Closing date:
14 January 2026 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to support excellent investigator-led research across the breadth of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) scientific remit.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. Standard research grants are available for researchers at eligible research organisations.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2 million. Funding is available for up to five years. BBSRC will fund 80% of the FEC.
Who can apply
To lead a project, you must be based at an eligible organisation. .
Check if you are. Individuals based at an international organisation are not eligible to be a member of the core team as they are not. International collaborators can be added as project partners on an application, please see for more information.
Resubmissions
We will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) or any other funder.