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Food security and living with environmental change

BBSRC and Scottish Government co-funding collaboration

The Scottish Government deadline: 29 August 2012
BBSRC deadline: 26 September 2012

Summary

BBSRC and the Scottish Government are collaborating to co-fund research into food security and living with environmental change.

It is open to Scottish Government research institutes who do not have Higher Education Institute (HEI) status, namely:

• The James Hutton Institute
• Moredun Research Institute
• Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland Research Institute (BioSS)

Scientific objectives

The fund promotes applications for research within 2 areas of our remit:

• Food security
• Living with environmental change

Eligibility

The aforementioned Scottish Government's research institutes can apply alone or collaborate with BBSRC institutes and the HEI sector to submit a joint application. It is only these research institutes that must follow this process.

Our standard research grant terms and conditions apply. The eligibility criteria are the same as those for BBSRC institute staff - see section 3 of the grants guide (see related links).

How to apply

1. By 29 August 2012, Principal Investigators (PIs) must submit a project outline and total cost to the Scottish Government contact below.
2. The Scottish Government will check your application falls within the Food Security or Living with Environmental Change programmes, and aligns with Scottish Government policies.
3. The Scottish Government will notify PIs and BBSRC within 2 weeks of submission.
4. Once you have the Scottish Government approval, submit your full application through our Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) system by our next 'responsive mode' deadline (26 September 2012).

Joint applications can be submitted to the Scottish Government as one project outline and total cost, but must then be submitted to the Je-S system on separate forms, and not combined.

You may apply to our New Investigator, Industrial Partnership Award and Strategic Longer and Larger Award (LoLa) schemes.

If applying for a LoLa you must submit your project outline and total cost to the Scottish Government at least 3 weeks before the next LoLa deadline (see related links for information on LoLas).

Round	RESAS project outline deadline	BBSRC responsive mode deadline
Autumn 2010	21 May	23 June
Winter 2010	3 September	6 October
Spring 2011	17 December	11 January
Summer 2011	22 April	25 May
Winter 2011	2 September	4 October
Spring 2012	9 December 2011	11 January 2012
Summer 2012	26 March 2012	24 April 2012
Autumn 2012	29 August 2012	26 September 2012

Please note we will not accept applications without the Scottish Government approval.

Assessment criteria

Applications will be assessed in the normal way: our Research Committees will assess and rank-order all applications.

Additional information

Scottish Government research institutes who do not have HEI status are also eligible for the Crop Improvement Club. For further information contact us using the Crop Improvement Club details below.

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