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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is a UK Research Council and NDPB and is the largest UK public funder of non-medical bioscience. It predominantly funds scientific research institutes and university research departments in the UK.
Receiving its funding through the science budget of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), BBSRC's mission is to "promote and support, by any means, high-quality basic, strategic and applied research and related postgraduate training relating to the understanding and exploitation of biological systems".[1]
BBSRC's head office is at Polaris House [2] in Swindon - the same building as the other Research Councils, AHRC EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, and STFC, as well as RCUK and the UKSA. Funded by Government, BBSRC invested over £484M in world-class bioscience in 2013-14. BBSRC also manages the joint Research Councils' Office in Brussels - the UK Research Office (UKRO).
BBSRC was created in 1994, merging the former Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC) and taking over the biological science activities of the former Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC).[3]
Chairs
Chief Executives
BBSRC is managed by the BBSRC Council consisting of a chairman (from 1 July 2009, Professor Sir Tom Blundell), a chief executive (Professor Jackie Hunter) and from ten to eighteen representatives from UK universities, government and industry. The Council approves policies, strategy, budgets and major funding. On 4 June 2013, the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, announced the appointment of Dr Jackie Hunter CBE as Chief Executive.[4] Dr Hunter was previously CEO of OI Pharma Partners.
A Research Panel provides expert advice which BBSRC Council draws upon in making decisions. The purpose of the Research Panel is to advise on:
In addition to the Council and the Research Panel, BBSRC has a series of other internal bodies for specific purposes.
The Council strategically funds eight research institutes in the UK, and a number of centres (BBSRC: Institutes and centres).
The Institutes are tasked with delivering innovative, world class bioscience research and training, leading to wealth and job creation, generating high returns for the UK economy. They have strong links with business, industry and the wider community, and support policy development.
The institutes' research underpins key sectors of the UK economy such as agriculture, bioenergy, biotechnology, food and drink and pharmaceuticals. In addition, the institutes maintain unique research facilities of national importance.
Other research institutes have merged with each other or with local universities. Previous BBSRC (or AFRC) sponsored institutes include:
Isle of Man, India, Canada, European Union, British Overseas Territories
United Kingdom, Intellectual property, Ordnance Survey, Departments of the United Kingdom Government, England
Medicine, Statistics, Logic, Mathematics, Physics
Wiltshire, Bristol, The Times, Great Western Railway, United Kingdom
United Kingdom, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Stonehenge, Arts, Humanities
GlaxoSmithKline, Psychology, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Bedford College (London), Order of the British Empire
University of Oxford, Order of the British Empire, Systems biology, University of Manchester, Royal Society of Chemistry
United Kingdom, Computer science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Swindon, Arts and Humanities Research Council
Semantic Web, University of Manchester, Order of the British Empire, E-Science, Computer Science