Grants guide

Including information on eligibility, terms and conditions of grants, and details of our funding schemes.

List of recent changes

Paragraphs 1.12, the Terms and Conditions of Research Council fEC Grants have been revised to incorporate changes to the Grant Conditions as listed below
Paragraph 4.39, amended to further clarify for which PDRA posts additional pages of support are permitted
Paragraph 5.13, amended to better reflect guidance given in J-eS help text

The changes to the Terms and Conditions of Research Council fEC grants are as follows:

GC 1 - the Concordat paragraph has been updated
GC2 - first paragraph, last line amended to “research” integrity
GC3 - expanded to state ”Grant funds include a provision for inflation based on the GDP Deflators published by HM Government. The value of the grant may be varied by the Research Council during the lifetime of the grant in accordance with the deflators or to take into account any other Government decisions affecting the funding available to the Research Councils.” and “Grant funds cannot be used to meet the costs of any item where the activity falls outside the period of the grant, e.g. when travel falls outside the grant period, the costs cannot be charged to the grant even if the tickets, etc. can be purchased in advance.”
GC5 - expanded to state the circumstances where the full value of Estates, Indirect Costs and Infrastructure Technicians should not be claimed following changes in staffing levels
GC6 - expanded to state that funds can only be transferred and used to meet the cost of activity or activities that meet the agreed aims and objectives of the project, and to state that Research Councils reserve the right to query any expenditure outlined in the Final Expenditure Statement, which has not been incurred in line with the Grant Terms and Conditions
GC7 - expanded to include extended jury service
GC24 - amended to state changes to payment profiles may affect the overall value of the grant

The Research Councils will apply these terms and conditions to grants (including fellowships) announced from 1 October 2009.

The full Terms and Conditions are at Section 7 of the Research Grants Guide.

Paragraphs 1.21 and 4.37, link to impact section on the BBSRC website added
Paragraph 2.8 , name of BBSRC LINK contact added
Paragraph 2.37, extended to refer organisations involved in sub-contracting arrangements to the section in The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers (external link) which covers the support and career development of researchers
Paragraph 2.61 amended to include reference to The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC)
Paragraph 3.14 amended to clarify at what point the opportunity to apply under the New Investigator scheme expires
Paragraph 4.18 extended to cover information for those intending to use Rhesus Macaques in their research projects
Paragraph 4.24 extended to indicate that all and any documentation in connection with collaborations and project partners must be submitted with the Je-S application form
Paragraphs 4.39 and 4.40 amended to indicate that applicants must not use URLs to web links to extend any part of their applications

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