EBNet has a variety of flexible funding opportunities over the 5-year* lifetime of the Network. These include
- Proof of Concept (PoC) awards up to £100K,
- Business Interaction Vouchers (BIV) up to £20K,
- Placement awards up to £3,000 for knowledge exchange, allocated competitively by quarterly call
- ECR conference travel bursaries up to £1,500 allocated competitively by call for pre-selected conferences only
- Working groups to carry out activities related to their specific field of interest within the EBNet remit
- Grant preparation workshops/meetings – funding to support grant preparation. Contact us.
Details of all BIV’s and POC’s funded can be found on our Outcomes page.
* Note that, even with a 1 year extension, EBNet will cease in early March 2025. Therefore we cannot accept applications for financial support for any activities beyond early February 2025 at the latest. Kindly do not apply for support if your Placement or Conference extends beyond this timeframe!
Application documents, timings and further information on all of the above can be found by following the links above or by contacting us.
Other Funding
| Supergen Bioenergy: Extraordinary flexible funding call on bio-based chemicals and materials – The information webinar about the funding call is on Wednesday 20 November 2024 at 15.00 GMT. The call deadline is 8 December 2024. This extraordinary flexible funding call aims to provide a specific capability and activity within the Supergen…Read more. |
| BBSRC: Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award 2024/25 – Webinar: 19 November 2024 11:00am. Notification of intent deadline: 17 December 2024. Closing date: 18 February 2025. Apply for funding to deliver an industrial doctoral landscape award (IDLA) in the biosciences. Applications should be…Read more. |
| Spring Accelerator 4: Call for Innovation. Now open. – Deadline: 25 November 2024 The Spring Accelerator aims to identify innovative solutions that help address a significant need in the UK and Ireland water sector. The current programme, Spring Accelerator 4, is looking for innovations to answer…Read more. |
| Are you an innovator working in EB? Apply now for a place on the GBIP (Global Business Innovation Programme) to the USA – Key Dates: Application Deadline 13 March, 9 am. Visit to the US 5-11 May 2024 This is relevant to innovators focusing on:• Synthetic biology, engineering biology, or other innovative and sustainable approaches by ‘design’• Bio-manufacturing of…Read more. |
| IBioIC Funding Available – The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre is pleased to announce funding available for innovative projects within any sector of industrial biotechnology. Project proposals must align to Scotland’s National Plan for Industrial…Read more. |
Funding Roundup
Our monthly newsletters feature a round-up of all the latest funding, excerpted below:
| October 2023: Funding Roundup – The Carbon Recycling Network: Proof of Concept Awards - 16 October 2023The Royal Society: International Collaboration Awards – International Science Partnerships Fund - 19 October 2023DEFRA: Farming Innovation Programme Small…Read more. |
| SEPTEMBER 23: Funding Roundup – The Royal Society: International Exchanges - 27 September 2023BBSRC: follow-on fund - 4 October 2023NERC: Independent Research Fellowship - 8 November 2023 NERC: Large grant to tackle big environmental science questions - 16 November 2023Innovate…Read more. |
| AUGUST 23: Funding Roundup – EPSRC: Network Pluses in Energy to form next generation Supergen Hubs - 21 August 2023FCDO-UKRI Senior Research Fellowships 2023 - 29 August 2023Innovate UK: Improving observation capabilities of biodiversity in UK waters phase…Read more. |