Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology

Research opportunities for industry

Dr Olena DoranInstitute Research Coordinator

olena.doran@uwe.ac.uk

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UK funding

International funding

Research Councils Charities/Societies/Other

BBSRC EPSRC MRCWellcome Trust

Royal SocietyNERC

Genesis Faraday

British Council

EUDirect contacts

NIHR

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BBSRC Industry interchange programme

• Supports the flow of researchers between the science base and industry.

• Value: up to £50, 000

• Contribution from the industrial/academic partner is required

• Application deadline: 13 October 2009

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/people_information/industry_interchange.html

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BBSRC Industrial partnership award

• Supports science-led responsive mode grants

• 10% industrial contribution is required (in cash)

• Application deadline: any time

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/collaborative_research/industrial_partnership_awards.html

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BBSRC Strategical Partnership and Technology Clubs

• Supports research that underpins the needs of industry

• Bring together academic and industrial communities with an interest in a specific area

• Joint funds from Industry and the Research Council

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/collaborative_research/industry_clubs/

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BBSRC LINK

• Collaborative research with at least one company and one science-base partner

• Projects with SMEs are particularly favoured

• Government support: up to 50% of total costs

• Benefits for company:

- Financial support for the project

- Closer relationship with the science base

- Possibility of recruiting appropriately trained staff at the end of the project

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/collaborative_research/link/

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Genesis Faraday Partnership

• Supports interaction between the research community and industry in the area of animal health and animal breeding

• CASE studentships (two rounds per year). Includes BBSRC CASE.

• SPARK awards (two rounds per year)

http://www.genesis-faraday.org/faraday-partnerships.asp

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EPSRC opportunities

Funding for:

• collaborative research projects

• commercialising research

• training and secondments

• strategic partnerships

• knowledge transfer

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/

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EPSRC Follow-on Fund

• Supports the very early stage of turning research outputs into a commercial proposition

• Duration: up to 12 months

• Deadlines: 27 August (two rounds per year)

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ResearchFunding/Opportunities/KT/FollowOnFund.htm

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EPSRC Industrial CASE

• Led by Industrial Partner

• Can be allocated to KTN and regional development agencies

• Duration: 3.5 years (includes 3 months industrial placement)

• Values: £22,000

• Deadlines: annually (usually in May)

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining/IndustrialCASE/

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NERC: Partnership Research Grants

• Support collaborative research activities between academic researchers and public or private sector partners

• 25% partner’s contribution is required

• Values: minimum £25 K

• Duration: up to 3 years

• Deadlines: two rounds per year (1 July and 1 December)

http://www.nerc.ac.uk/using/schemes/partnershipgrants.asp

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Industry Fellowship Scheme

• Funded by the Royal Society, BBSRC, EPSRC, NERC, Rolls-Royce plc and Astra Zeneca

• Duration: up to 2 years

• Value: salary cost + £2,000 consumables per year

• Deadline: two rounds per year (October and March)

http://royalsociety.org/funding.asp?id=1125

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MRC: Industry collaboration

• Small exchange award: up to 6 months (£50k)

• Joint fellowship: up to 3 years (1 salary)

• Research project or network: 1-3 years (£60-500k; 50% contribution from Industry is expected)

http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Grants/MICA/

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Wellcome Trust: Technology Transfer Funding

Translation Awards

• Response-mode funding designed to bridge the funding gap in the commercialisation of new technologies in the biomedical area

• Includes: salaries, equipment, material, travel

• Deadline: 14 August 2009

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Technology-transfer/

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Wellcome Trust:Technology Transfer Funding

Seeding Drug Discovery

• Five-year, £91 million initiative

• Aim: to develop drug-like, small molecules that will be the springboard for further research and development by the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry in areas of unmet medical need

• Deadline: 9 Nov. 2009, 21 May 2010

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International Collaboration

• MSc/PhD students placement

• EU schemes (research projects and exchange)

• Direct collaboration with overseas Industry and Academy

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EU loans for SMEs

• fewer than 250 employees

• a turnover of less than €50m and/or

• a balance sheet total of less than €43m

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sme/funding_en.htm

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Your Europe – Business portal

• information and access to online government services for companies looking to do business in another EU country

• includes rights, obligations and administrative procedures related to business life events

http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/

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British Council

• International Research Projects with Industry

• International Networking

• International Workshops

• International Researchers/students exchange (including industrial placement

http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/