STANDARD RESEARCH GRANT WELFARE OF MANAGED ANIMALS- FUNDING – FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

1. Title: STANDARD RESEARCH GRANT WELFARE OF MANAGED ANIMALS- FUNDING – FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT2. Awarding Authority: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), GB. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: Apply for funding to support research into the welfare of managed animals.This is an annual focus within the awarding authority standard research grants and is for researchers at eligible organisations that include:higher education institutionsresearch council institutesapproved independent research organisations.We will award 80% of the full economic costs of your research, and your organisation must agree to find the balance.Projects can range in size up to £2 million and last up to five years. Funding can support a range of activities from research projects to technology development, new infrastructure and equipment, use of equipment and facilities, networks, and summer schools.5. CPV Code(s): 73110000, 73100000, 730000006. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK147. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: South West (England), Gloucestershire, Wiltshire And Bristol/Bath Area, Swindon.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Total fund: £42,000,000Maximum award: £2,000,00010. Closing date: 13.1.2021 (16:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: Opportunity status: OpenFunding type: GrantWho can applyYou can apply if you are resident in the UK for at least 183 days in a tax year and hold a lecturer or lecturer-equivalent position at a UK higher education institution, research council institute or a UKRI-approved independent research organisation.Principal applicants must be employed at the submitting research organisation at lecturer level, or equivalent, or due to move to the organisation before the start date of the grant. Or if not employed, applicants must have an agreement that the research will be conducted at the submitting research organisation as if they were an employee at lecturer level, or equivalent.Co-applicants must be employed at an eligible organisation and meet the same employment criteria.Early career researchersIf you are an early career researcher who has:held a lecturer or equivalent-level position for no more than three years full timenot obtained funding from any source as a principal investigator, including postdoctoral research assistant staff support costs.You can secure your first major element of research funding through the new investigator scheme.You will be assessed following the same procedure as other applications, however research potential rather than track record will be taken into account.Industrial partnersIndustrial partners are encouraged on all research grant applications. There are, however, two formal ways to seek support for your research if you are working with an industrial partner:industrial partnership awards: academic-led research with significant industrial involvement and where an industry partner contributes in cash at least equivalent to 10% of the full economic costs of the projectstand-alone LINK: collaborative research with at least one company where at least 50% of the full project cost comes from industry either in cash or in-kind.We do not fund the work of your industrial partners. Industrial partners must agree ownership and exploitation of the intellectual property at the outset and clearly define the proposed scientific and commercial results in a management framework.# funding opportunity