Date: 12 June 2018
This is a call for expressions of interest to join the BBSRC Pool of Experts, Research Committee E and Follow-on Fund Committee:
BBSRC, as part of UK Research and Innovation, plays a crucial role in the health and vibrancy of UK bioscience. Our aim is to sustain the excellence of, and maximise impact from, the UK bioscience community by furthering scientific knowledge, promoting economic growth, wealth and job creation, and improving the quality of life in the UK and beyond.
Every year we invest more than £450 million on behalf of the UK public in research, innovation, training and capabilities. We support around 1,600 scientists and 2,000 research students in universities and institutes across. the UK.
Through our research and the people we fund we enable the advancement of bioscience and biotechnology knowledge discovery. We support three challenge-led strategic priorities, in agriculture and food security, industrial biotechnology and bioenergy, and bioscience for health and three enabling themes in enabling innovation, exploiting new ways of working, and partnerships. Our research investments support frontier bioscience to creatively address challenges and advance our understanding, often in unexpected ways. Across our research portfolio interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinary partnership is growing in depth and breadth.
Call for expressions of interest
Peer review is a vital part of the decision making process that supports our investment in bioscience. Members of our assessment Research Committees and the Pool of Experts provide expert knowledge and insight to ensure that we invest in high-quality research, innovation and training in the biosciences.
In this call, we are inviting expressions of interest to join our:
- Research Committee E - Fellowships and other personal awards
- Follow-on Fund Committee
- Pool of Experts in -
- Animal welfare
- Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and deep learning
- Biology-physics interface
- Immunology
- Microbiome research
- Plant system biology
- Virology.
We are seeking expressions of interest from people who have expertise to provide credible opinion of the merit of proposals for funding submitted to BBSRC, as described in the selection criteria. Appointments will be made our Appointments Board on the basis of individual knowledge and experience, and the need for expertise in particular research areas. As part of this programme we also aspire to better reflect the diversity and experience of the bioscience community.
For more information and the person specification, visit the BBSRC website.
