BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA)

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Grant. Open with no closing date. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/bbsrc-brazil-pump-priming-award-fappa/

Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA) supported by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) are for BBSRC-supported researchers and consortia of academics. Applications must be made by a project lead who is currently in receipt of relevant BBSRC research funding.

Funding of up to £35,000 at 100% full economic costing (FEC) is available over two years. Brazilian counterparts should apply for equivalent funding directly from FAPESP

You should apply at least 12 weeks before the start of your project.

What we're looking for Scope

This award is for Biotechnology and BBSRC-funded research groups to pump-prime interactions with FAPESP scientists in Brazil.

Duration

The duration of this award is a maximum of two years.

You should apply at least 12 weeks before the start of your project.

Funding available

Funding of up to £35,000 is available.

FEC at 100% is applied to this funding. Please include a breakdown of these requested costs that are to be made at 100% FEC under ‘exceptions’, in the justification of resources on the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Service. Brazilian counterparts should apply for equivalent funding directly from FAPESP.

For all costs, applicants should ask for the full value of the activities that they wish to undertake and the BBSRC allocation will be calculated automatically.

What we will fund

Funding of up to £35,000 is available for travel and subsistence and other collaborative activities, such as workshops or exchanges.

Funding may be used to support a modest level of direct research costs, including consumables and access to specialist equipment to support research to gather preliminary data to support new applications under the FAPESP agreement with UKRI. These direct research costs may not account…