BBSRC Follow-on Fund: 2026 round one

The BBSRC Follow-on Fund helps bridge the gap between bioscience research and real-world benefits. You can get up to £3 million to develop your research into something that helps society or the economy. You must be based at a UK research organisation that can receive BBSRC funding. Your application must build on current or previous BBSRC research funding you have received. This is round one of the 2026 funding cycle. The deadline is not specified, so applications may be accepted on a rolling basis. You can use the money to develop your bioscience research further towards practical applications.

This fund is for researchers at UK universities and research institutes who have received BBSRC funding before. You need to show how your bioscience research can create economic or social benefits. It is not for new researchers or those without previous BBSRC funding connections.

Apply to Follow-on Fund (FoF) to bridge the gap between bioscience research and achieving economic and societal benefit.FoF applications must draw substantially on current or prior BBSRC funding.You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.