Bioinformatics and biological resources fund

Co-funded

NERC
MRC

Funding total

£6.71M

Number of projects funded

List of awards for this call up to the last call in 2009.

Purpose

Our Delivery Plan 2005-2008 recognised an increasing role for bioinformatics and biological resources (BBR) to enable cutting edge bioscience with a need to provide "proper support for resources such as databases, genetic resources and culture collections which require long term maintenance and curation".

Key aims

To support the establishment, maintenance and enhancement of community resources required by bioscientists
To support high quality bioinformatics and biological resources that:

underpin our Council-wide research and policy strategic priorities
will underpin international quality UK bioscience within our remit

Assessment panel

This Panel met to consider full applications;

Professor A Dell (Chair) - Imperial College London
Professor A Archibald - The University of Edinburgh
Professor RA Baldock - MRC Human Genetics Unit
Dr DG Brown - Pfizer Ltd UK
Dr M Csukai - Syngenta Ltd
Dr G Elgar - MRC National Inst for Medical Research
Professor A Greenland - National Inst of Agricultural Botany
Professor TC Hodgman - The University of Nottingham
Dr AM Kierzek - University of Surrey
Dr HJ Ougham - Aberystwyth University
Professor BA Wallace - Birkbeck College London
Professor A Wipat - Newcastle University

Contact

Michael Ball
michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01793 413282
fax: 01793 413234