Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (26BBR)

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Grant. Closes 2026-11-19. Total fund £7 million. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/bioinformatics-and-biological-resources-fund-26bbr/

Apply for funding to implement, improve or consolidate bioinformatics or biological resources in support of UK bioscience, helping to drive forwards progress in bioscience research and innovation.

Your project must focus on the delivery of a community resource that addresses a significant demand or supports an established user base in the biosciences.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2 million. BBSRC will fund 80% of the FEC, that is, up to £1.6 million.

Projects can be up to five years in duration.

What we're looking for Scope

Bioinformatics and biological resources are an essential component of the UK’s bioscience infrastructure, helping drive forwards progress in bioscience research and innovation.

Sustainable provision of high-quality FAIR biological data and cutting-edge bioinformatics software are critical enablers of data-driven discoveries in the 21st century. The availability of nationally and internationally important bioscience data assets is key to ensuring the UK’s future international competitiveness, particularly for application of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies that promise to transform our understanding of living systems and accelerate the bioeconomy.

Similarly, provision of comprehensive, cutting-edge biological materials is vital to enabling efficient use of resources across research communities, unlocking new opportunities for research across diverse and distributed teams in the UK, and to enhance the reproducibility of research findings by ensuring consistent biological standards within the field.

The Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (BBR) aims to help address this need by providing a sustainable route to support…