Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK Research and Innovation

International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciences

Travel and subsistence funding of up to £3,000 for current BBSRC-funded researchers to visit international partners: to start collaborations, prepare joint funding proposals, use overseas facilities or attend European consortia-building events. Visits last up to one month. It is open all year until 19 October 2028, and applications must go in at least eight weeks before travel.

Apply on the funder’s site

You could get: £1 – £3,000; no fixed round
Deadline: Rolling; apply any time
Effort: Moderate; full application with documents

Who can apply

Holders of a current BBSRC research grant, or BBSRC-supported researchers employed at BBSRC institutes, at a research organisation eligible for UKRI funding
The application is made by the project lead on the existing BBSRC grant, though someone else in the team can be the one travelling
The BBSRC grant must already have started, with at least six months left from the start of the travel award
Students cannot apply

What it funds

Travel and subsistence costs of up to £3,000 (100% of full economic cost) for:

Short-term travel for initial contact with international partners to discuss or prepare proposals for international programmes
Visits of up to one month to specific facilities not available in the UK, to undertake a piece of work, or to gain access to techniques or materials of benefit to your BBSRC research project or team
Attendance at European consortia-building events to discuss a future role in them

What it will not fund

Salary costs
Consumables
Equipment
Research costs
Visits longer than one month
Applications from students
Uninvited resubmissions

How to apply

Check your organisation is registered on the UKRI Funding Service (the Je-S system cannot be used)
Start the application from the Funding Finder page and sign in or create a Funding Service account as project lead
Answer the questions: summary, core team, purpose (why the travel is needed), resources and cost justification, ethics and RRI, and the animal, GM and human-participation checks
Add project partners and upload their letters or emails of support as a single PDF, if there are any
Paste in a statement of support written by your head of department
Send the application to your research office, which checks and submits it to UKRI at least eight weeks before you travel

the opportunity closes at 4pm on 19 October 2028. Experts within BBSRC review applications.

Have ready

Letters or emails of support from each project partner, one A4 side each, as a single PDF (if there are partners)
A statement of support from the head of department of the host organisation, pasted into the form

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