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Strategic Plan

2010-2015

• Introduction and overview

  • The age of bioscience

    BBSRC's Vision is to lead world-class 21st century bioscience, promoting innovation and realising benefits for society within and beyond the UK

  • Overview - Strategic Plan 2010-2015

    Working with stakeholders, BBSRC has identified leading priorities and themes that are essential to keep the UK at the cutting edge of bioscience

  • World-class bioscience

    Maintaining the UK's position as a global leader

• Strategic research priorities

  • Strategic research priority 1 - Food security

    Bioscience for a sustainable supply of sufficient, affordable, nutritious and safe food, adapting to a rapidly changing world

  • Strategic research priority 2 - Bioenergy and industrial biotechnology

    Energy and industrial materials from novel biological sources, reducing dependency on petrochemicals and helping the UK to become a low carbon economy

  • Strategic research priority 3 - Basic bioscience underpinning health

    Driving advances in fundamental bioscience for better health and improved quality of life across the lifecourse, reducing the need for medical and social intervention

• Enabling themes

  • Enabling theme 1 - Knowledge exchange, innovation and skills

    Maximising the impact of our science and skilled people in boosting the UK economy, informing policy and improving quality of life

  • Enabling theme 2 - Exploiting new ways of working

    Enabling innovative working practices in an era of rapid technological advancement, the next generation internet, and quantitative and computational approaches to bioscience

  • Enabling theme 3 - Partnerships

    Working with our many stakeholders and other funders, nationally and internationally, to deliver our exciting vision for UK bioscience

• Monitoring, measuring and efficiency

  • Monitoring progress, measuring success

    We will monitor performance and progress with this Strategic Plan through our existing Performance Management System

  • Efficiency and effectiveness

    BBSRC is committed to utilising resources effectively and responsibly to maximise funding for science