BBSRC 2025 Transformative Research Technologies (25TRT) (Grant)

The BBSRC 2025 Transformative Research Technologies (25TRT) funding opportunity supports early-stage development of cutting-edge research technologies with transformative potential in the biosciences. This award aims to enable the next generation of novel techniques and technologies that have the potential to deliver transformative step changes in research capability. Applicants must be researchers or research technical professionals based at UK research organisations eligible for BBSRC funding. The scheme targets small, short early-stage pilot studies directed towards developing new technologies with transformative potential, where little to no preliminary data exists. Transformative technologies go beyond being just innovative - they fundamentally change how we approach bioscience by revolutionising fields, solving longstanding challenges, democratising research, and boosting research productivity. Applications may focus on transformative technology development, capitalising on new advances in non-biological research, innovation delivering step changes in technological capabilities, bioinformatics tools, or computational methods including AI and statistical techniques. The funding opportunity particularly encourages applications from research technical professionals and research software engineers as project leads or co-leads.