Early independence: BBSRC fellowships (apply by 22 April)
Apply for a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) fellowship to further your career through an early independence research fellowship.
You must:
- be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding
- meet the individual eligibility criteria
- hold a PhD qualification or have relevant research experience combined with clear evidence of leadership potential
There is no limit on the value of the grant. BBSRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost.
Your fellowship will last three years. You can work full time or part time (pro rata).
he BBSRC fellowship will provide support for researchers wishing to undertake independent research and gain leadership skills. The scheme will support the transition of early-stage researchers to fully independent research leaders. As such, BBSRC fellows represent part of our commitment to the supply of highly skilled professional scientists to the UK.
Through our Fellowship Scheme, we will invest in researchers who are seeking to conduct their own independent research within a host laboratory.
You must provide strong evidence of working towards this goal, demonstrating an upward trajectory to pursuing independent work within a host organisation. You must show high potential to become future research leaders.
This scheme supports excellent investigator-led research across the breadth of our scientific remit.
You can apply to undertake biotechnology or biological research in:
- plants
- microbes
- animals and humans
- developing tools and technology relevant to biological research
We also support non-hypothesis driven applications, including:
- data-driven, discovery led projects
- technology development projects
Where a project is not guided by an explicit hypothesis, there should be clearly articulated goals, justification, and potential outcomes of the project.
Investigations within and across scales are supported from molecules and cells to tissues, whole organisms, populations, and landscapes.
We welcome multidisciplinary applications that cross into other research council areas but expect the primary focus of your work to fall within BBSRC’s remit.