Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (26BBR)

The Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (BBR) provides funding to implement, improve or consolidate bioinformatics resources, biological materials and community-focused data/software resources that support UK bioscience. Projects must deliver community resources addressing significant demand or established user bases, supporting FAIR principles and AI/ML readiness. Awards support project establishment, maturation, development, maintenance or integration of resources.

Up to 80% of full economic costs funded (up to £1.6 million per project), project funding for up to five years, support for development/maintenance/integration of community bioinformatics and biological resources.

Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. international researchers may be included as project partners but are not eligible to apply as lead applicants.

Applications are submitted by eligible UK research organisations via the UKRI/BBSRC funding service application portal.