Funding

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.

Note that the majority of our events are free to attend and that suggestions from our members for events/workshops and other activities are also welcome.

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

IBioIC Funding – IBioIC are offering a range of funding, some ongoing and some with April closing dates. See details below. Funding Body Name Funding Amount Closing Dates Scope Eligibility IBioIC Innovation Fund Project…Read more.

WRAP: Value from food waste small scale grant – Deadline: 26 March 2020. The aim is to identify new viable options that can be brought to operation to minimise food waste and release the value of this food rather than it being disposed of. This small-scale grant will fund projects between…Read more.

Funding Roundup

Our monthly newsletters feature a round-up of all the latest funding, excerpted below:

JULY 20 Funding Roundup – NERC NERC Discovery Science Standard Grant Deadline: now 28 July 2020 Innovate UKThe £191m Sustainable Innovation Fund is a fund to help all sectors of the UK recover, grow and create new opportunities from the aftermath of…Read more.

JUNE 20 Funding Roundup – Leverhulme International Professorships 19 June 2020 BBSRC: Strategic Longer and Larger grants: Frontier bioscience 2020/21 30 July 2020 KTN/UK Seafood Innovation Fund 26 June 2020 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - July-Oct 2020 7 October…Read more.

MAY 20 Funding Roundup – Royal Geographical SocietyVarious grants and dates – incl. up to 3 annual awards of £15,000 for early career researchers Algae-UK: Secondment Bursaries: 29 May 2020Conference and Training support: apply no less than 6 weeks before…Read more.