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grant OPP1113
BBSRC Pioneer Awards 2025 to 26: bioscience discovery research
Overview
- Supports early-stage, high-risk, transformative discovery research in fundamental bioscience under BBSRC’s “Understanding the Rules of Life” theme.
- Designed to lower peer-review barriers for novel ideas by tolerating risk and reducing expectations for preliminary data.
What they’re looking for
- Projects that open new research directions …
Aim This funding opportunity aims to support excellent, original, and potentially transformative discovery research that is at an early stage of development.
To achieve this, the scheme seeks to lower perceived barriers from peer review in exploring novel avenues, by encouraging greater t…
Funding Source
Agency: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Awards & funding
Total Funding: $5M
Award Ceiling: $350,000
Award Amount: $350,000
Dates
Publication Date: September 17, 2025
Opening Date: September 24, 2025
Closing Date: November 19, 2025
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