Business Interaction Vouchers – application form

Applicant (Academic Partner) Details
Name: / Position:
Career Stage[1]: ☐ <5yrs Post-Doc☐ >5yrs Post-Doc
Organisation Address:
Email: / Telephone:
☐ Please confirm that you are a member of FoodWasteNet[2].
Industrial Partner Details
Name: / Position:
Organisation Address:
Email: / Telephone:
☐ Please confirm that you are a member of FoodWasteNet.
Project Details
Is this project proposal the result of a new collaboration? Yes / No
Project Title:
Proposed start date: / Proposed end date:
Briefly outline the details of your proposed work (max 200 words)
Include a brief description of the problem being addressed, the background to the project, and its aim
worth 20% overall
Please give a short project plan of the work to be undertaken (max 200 words)
worth 25% overall
List the key project milestones/deliverables (max 200 words)
worth 10% overall
Outline the value of project to the industrial partner (max 200 words)
Include the key benefits the project will bring to the industrial partner and an indication of the commercial potential for this project
worth 25% overall
Outline the project’s benefits to the longer term partnership (max 200 words)
Include how the project will lead to a longer term relationship with the partner and how the project fits in with their overall R&D strategy
worth 10% overall
Provide a brief public summary of the project that can be used by FoodWasteNet and the BBSRC, if the voucher is awarded (max 200 words).
N.B.You must make the IB/bioprocessing element of your project very clear in this section.
This element is not graded in the project review but is used to promote the work of the network both publically and with BBSRC
Relevance to the aims of FoodWasteNet (max 200 words)
State the relevance of your project to the aims of FoodWasteNet
This element measures compliance with our remit and is pass/fail.
Relevance to IBBE (max 100 words)
Provide a short statement to indicate how this proposal fits within the BBSRC’s remit of Industrial Biotechnology (see BIV guidelines)
This element measures compliance with our remit and is pass/fail.
Project Finance
Please provide a summary breakdown of project costs under each of the funding headings below
worth 10% overall
Summary Fund Heading / Fund Heading(remove e.g. text before submitting) / Amount £
Directly Incurred / Staff
e.g. 1.0 FTE Internship – experimental etc. / £1500
Travel & Subsistence
e.g. Return travel for PI to Industrial partner including accommodation x2 etc. / £300
Other Costs
e.g. Consumables
Reagents
Glassware etc. / £500
£500
£100
Directly Allocated / Investigator
e.g. PI at 5% FTE etc. / £1500
Other Directly Allocated
e.g. Infrastructure and estates / £1500
Total project costs
Amount requested (at 100% FEC) from FoodWasteNet (maximum £10, 000)
Please outline the contribution from industrial partner – this must be at least equal in value to the amount requested from FoodWasteNet
Cash contribution from Industrial partner
Provide details of in-kind contribution from Industrial partner – e.g. materials supplied, staff time, equipment time. (max 200 words)
Signatures
Applicant (Academic Partner) Signature / Date
Industrial Partner Signature / Date
Support from Applicant’s Head of Department/Finance Officer
I confirm that the university will undertake to administer the Voucher. I understand that the voucher will be paid in arrears on provision of a project completion form and a statement of expenditure. Receipts will not be required but the university will keep proper financial records should an audit be required.
Head of Department/Finance Officer Signature / Date
Head of Department/Finance Officer Name

Submit this application as a word document to . Closing date: 30 April 2018.

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[1] Applicant career stage will not affect the success of the application and is being used only for monitoring purposes

[2]To be eligible for funding all applicants must be registered in order for applications to be reviewed. Please sign up for your free FoodWasteNet membership now: