Funding
The main pathways to creating a collaborative research project with the researchers in the MIB are:
- CASE studentships - each year the Faculty of Life Sciences has a number CASE PhD studentship awards (for each award the Faculty is required to have an industrial partner). CASE awards are a relatively inexpensive way to set up a collaborative research project. Use our Principal investigators search tool to identify an academic partner with whom you would like to collaborate and contact the academic directly to discuss your interest.
- Industrial CASE awards - in addition to the Faculty's CASE awards, businesses can apply to the funding councils directly for an Industrial CASE award. Once the company has received the award it can select any academic partner for the project.
- LINK scheme - projects that fit the criteria for the LINK scheme can receive 50% of the funding for the costs of the project from the government.
- Industrial Partnership Awards - projects that are at least 10% funded by industry can qualify for an Industrial Partnership Award, which would then normally be funded in preference to other projects of similar merit.
- Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - these collaborative partnerships serve as a mechanism to transfer knowledge and to develop graduate and postgraduate personnel for industrial careers. Applications are encouraged from biotechnology small- and medium-sized enterprises.
- Industry Fellowships - these awards provide funding for either an academic scientist to carry out applied research OR industrial scientists to carry out academic research.
In addition to the wide-ranging opportunities above, all of which are restricted in some way by the various criteria of the awards, businesses interested in collaborative research can also choose to directly fund a project.
If you would like to discuss any of the options further, please do not hesitate to contact us.