Excellence with impact awards
The call for applications is closed
Next application deadline: TBC
Summary
The Excellence with Impact competition aims to recognise institutions that can develop and successfully deliver a vision for maximising impact, alongside a relevant institution-wide culture change.
This competition aims to:
- encourage research organisations (ROs) to develop a vision that supports a wide range of impacts arising from their research
- encourage ROs to drive forward a strategy that maximises impacts that could arise from their research
- support ROs in embedding their agenda to deliver impact from their research
- stimulate and enhance relationships between BBSRC and participating ROs
- showcase to users of our research and other strategic partners those ROs that are actively encouraging impact arising from their excellent research
- recognise and reward efforts by all members of a RO to maximise the social and economic impact of BBSRC-funded bioscience research
"These awards recognise the impact of bioscience both on the economy and society, through driving innovation, training highly-skilled people, improving businesses and public services and attracting foreign investment."
The winning organisation will receive an award of £0.5M and there will be a further £0.5M available to be awarded at judges' discretion to highly commended runners up.
Eligibility
The competition is open to:
- research organisations whose total value of BBSRC grants live on 1 April 2012 exceeded £5M (see eligible institutions download below)
- all BBSRC strategically funded institutes
How to apply
There is a two-stage application process. See the call text and guidance below for full information about how to enter.
- Institutions should initially submit the Expression of Interest form, followed by a detailed Excellence with Impact Vision form (see below)
- Submit your entry via e-mail to impact.awards@bbsrc.ac.uk by the corresponding deadline
Application downloads
- Call text (PDF 84KB)
- Guidance notes (PDF 222KB)
- Expression of interest form (DOCX 158KB)
- Vision form (DOCX 164KB)
- Frequently asked questions (PDF 85KB)
- Additional FAQs (revised 8 May 2013) (PDF 271KB)
- Eligible institutions (PDF 90KB)
- Terms and conditions (PDF 92KB)
Application timeline
| Expression of interest deadline | 31 January 2013 |
| Vision deadline | 31 May 2013 |
| Mid-term review | 1 December 2014 TBC |
| Final report | 1 December 2015 TBC |
| Panel meeting | 2016 TBC |
| Excellence with Impact award event | March 2016 TBC |
Previous participants and departments (2008-2011)
The first Excellence with Impact competition had a different format and ran from 2008-2011.
- School of Biosciences - University of Birmingham (PDF 1.20MB)
- School of Biosciences - Cardiff University (PDF 569KB)
- College of Life Sciences - University of Dundee (PDF 373KB)
- School of Biosciences - University of Exeter (PDF 623KB)
- IBERS - Aberystwyth University (PDF 512KB)
- School of Biomedical and Health Sciences - King's College London (PDF 626KB)
- Africa College - University of Leeds (PDF 540KB)
- School of Biological Sciences - University of Liverpool (PDF 1022KB)
- Faculty of Life Sciences - The University of Manchester (PDF 440KB)
- Faculty of Medicine - University of Southampton (PDF 561KB)
- Institute for Ageing and Health - Newcastle University (PDF 509KB)
- School of Biosciences - The University of Nottingham (PDF 579KB)
- Royal Veterinary College (PDF 598KB)
- Department of Biomedical Science - The University of Sheffield (PDF 535KB)
- Neuroscience Group - University of Southampton (PDF 868KB)
- Institute of Aquaculture - University of Stirling (PDF 796KB)
- Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences - University of Strathclyde (PDF 670KB)
- School of Biological Sciences - University of East Anglia (PDF 604KB)
- Department of Biological Sciences - The University of Warwick (PDF 583KB)
- Department of Biology - The University of York (PDF 579KB)
Contact
Anuj Bhatt
impact.awards@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01793 413390
fax: 01793 414674