Various research funding opportunities

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/index.html

The BBSRC is the UK's leading funding agency for academic
research and training in the non-clinical life sciences.

Its mission is to promote and support, by any means, high-quality basic, strategic and applied research and related postgraduate training relating to the understanding and exploitation of biological systems.

It also aims to advance knowledge and technology (including the promotion and support of the exploitation of research outcomes), and provide trained scientists and engineers, which meet the needs of users and beneficiaries (including the agriculture, bioprocessing, chemical, food, healthcare, pharmaceutical and other biotechnological related industries), thereby contributing to the economic competitiveness of the United Kingdom and the quality of life.

A wide range of funding opportunities are available details of which can be found on the Council's website.