The BBSRC’s flagship impact scheme relaunches after a makeover
Top tips
- Eligibility has widened to include applications that build on any Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council-funded work
- Projects can aim towards non-commercial impact but should clear their idea with the BBSRC first
- Pay attention to the guidance in each section of the application form
- Consider breaking a Follow-on Fund project idea into constituent parts and applying for smaller sequential grants
One of the mainstays of the UK’s impact-oriented funding landscape, the BBSRC’s Follow-on Fund, has had a minor makeover for its first round of the year (a second will open in the summer).