Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), in partnership with NERC, seeks to fund a community-led network to facilitate high-quality research relevant to the sustainable intensification (SI) of agriculture, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches.
The purpose of the network is to build a cohesive interdisciplinary community by bringing together diverse expertise and capabilities. It is intended to stimulate the identification of new research questions relevant to SI, and to facilitate high-quality research to address them, by developing underpinning research capacity at the interfaces between disciplines in the biological and environmental (and social) sciences. It should take account of other related activities, particularly relevant aspects of a number of other existing networks and, where appropriate, form links with them.
For the purpose of this network, the aim of SI is defined as the combination of enhanced yields with more efficient use of resources and better environmental (and social and economic) outcomes, while balancing production with long-term maintenance of the natural capital on which it and other ecosystem services depend (not just 'growing more with less').
Funding of up to £80k per annum is available for up to three years. For a community network of this kind, we would not expect to receive more than one application.
Closing date for proposal: 16:00 on 12 November 2015. To find out more information on the programme and details on how to apply, please visit the BBSRC website.
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