The Environmental Biotechnology Network Business Interaction Voucher (BIV) call opens on 6 Jan 2020 and will close on 28 Feb 2020, with successful applicants notified on a date to be confirmed. Application form and guidance is on our funding web page.
BIVs enable industry partners to ‘buy’ an academic’s time and expertise to look at a clearly defined and specific industry problem. Work must be relevant to the aims of EBNet. Priority will be given to proposals that foster industry/academic links by supporting the implementation of new technology through troubleshooting and problem-solving research. It is hoped that projects will unlock the potential of academia to provide novel expertise, solutions and resources which would otherwise be unavailable to the industry partner.
Awards are up to £20k match funded by industry. These are 80% awards so, for a £20k award, industry would have to find 80% (£16k), of which a minimum of 50% (£8k) must be in cash and 50% (£8k) in kind. Full details are given in the guidance.