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BBSRC and the Age of Bioscience: The Impact of Biology and Biologists on the Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
Dr David McAllister
Head of Skills & Careers
Structure
• Public Funding of Research in the UK, RCUK and
BBSRC
• Impact of Biology
• BBSRC’s approach to Doctoral Training
• Expanding Your Horizons
Structure
• Public Funding of Research in the UK, RCUK and
BBSRC
• Impact of Biology
• BBSRC’s approach to Doctoral Training
• Expanding Your Horizons
Guide to BIS 2011-2012
UK Government (Treasury)
Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills (BIS)
Research Councils UK
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
BBSRC allocates over £400M p.a. (2010/11) to:
• Fund innovative, internationally competitive
bioscience research
• Train bioscientists
• Support knowledge exchange and encourage
economic and social impact
• Engage with the public
Bioenergy and Industrial Biotechnology
Food Security Basic bioscience underpinning health
Exploiting new ways of working
Three crucial underpinning themes
Knowledge exchange, innovation and skills
Partnerships
Strategic Plan 2010-2015
Underpinning the UK economy
Food & Drink:
£78Bn turnover in 2008Total exports £12Bn
Chemicals:
Sales over £60Bn paExports worth £46Bn in 2009
Agriculture:
Worth £8Bn in 2008
Pharmaceuticals:
• £21Bn exports in 2009• Trade surplus of £7Bn
Food & Agriculture:
• 14% of UK workforce in 2008
Structure
• Public Funding of Research in the UK, RCUK and
BBSRC
• Impact of Biology
• BBSRC’s approach to Doctoral Training
• Expanding Your Horizons
Maximising Impact
Beneforté ‘super broccoli’ case study
2011: UK launch in Marks & Spencer stores 4 October of high glucosinolate ‘super broccoli’, which has health benefits
Result of a collaboration between the John Innes Centre and Institute of Food Research, both of which receive long-term strategic funding from BBSRC, and Plant Bioscience Limited (PBL)
Steps towards better coccidiosis vaccines
• Coccidiosis is the most important parasite of poultry, estimated to cost over £1billion globally each year.
• Researchers from RVC, Imperial, Oxford and IAH have been working with funding from BBSRC, among others, to develop a new type of vaccine against coccidiosis.
• They have uncovered the proteins that allow the coccidiosis-causing-parasite, Eimeria, to attach-to and invade cells in a chicken's gut.
• The scientists found that when purified and used to inoculate chickens, one of these proteins provided the birds with some protection against coccidiosis and so shows promise as the basis of a new vaccine.
Second generation schizont of Eimeria tenella parasites growing in the caecum of the chicken. Copyright: Professor DJP Ferguson, University of Oxford
A vaccine of this type could be produced on a larger scale than is currently possible so could be used to provide much more
widespread protection to chicken flocks.
Structure
• Public Funding of Research in the UK, RCUK and
BBSRC
• Impact of Biology
• BBSRC’s approach to Doctoral Training
• Expanding Your Horizons
Doctoral Training
Partnerships, 220
Targeted Priority
Studentships, 30
Industrial CASE, 90
Ind CASE Partnership, 75
2013/14
Quota DTG, 337
Targeted Priority
Studentships, 89
Industrial CASE, 67
Ind CASE Partnership, 75
Masters, 110
2010/11
BBSRC studentships
•Strategic Alignment• Ensuring that BBSRC’s strategic priorities are addressed alongside the flexibility to attract the best students into world-class bioscience to ensure the flow of high-calibre students within and beyond academia
•Excellence of Training• Ensuring that students are provided with broad based scientific and professional development within excellent research environments
•Leverage• Not just funding (e.g. new investment in bioscience research & training), but commitment to highest standards of training
•Partnership• Working with institutions to help them understand and meet BBSRC’s expectations
•Concentration• Focusing funding on max.15-20 Partnerships which are willing to work with us on meeting our strategic aims
VISION: Excellent postgraduate training supporting BBSRC’s strategic mission for the biosciences, delivered through a balanced and manageable number of key training partnerships, and enhanced by engagement with BBSRC
£67M investment in bioscience skills & training"This... is excellent news for students, research organisations, industry and the UK as a whole. The brightest and best students will be finding solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing us all, from food security through to renewable energy.
"The partnership approach means that many institutions are combining their strengths to provide students with improved training and relevant work experience. This will better equip them for future careers, be it in research, industry, or elsewhere."
Rt. Hon. David Willetts MPMinister for Universities & Science24 January 2012
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BBSRC support for enhancing employability
Postdocs / PIs
Flexible
Interchange
Programme
Biotechnology
YES
Enterprise
Fellowships
Postgraduates
Industrial
CASE
Studentships
Policy
Placements
Research
Experience
PlacementsAdvanced
Training
Partnerships
Undergraduates
Professional
Internships for
PhD Students
Policy
Placements
Professional
Internships for
PhD Students
Only Policy Placements and PIPS provide opportunities
for substantial experience of non-research work
KTP
Professional Internships for PhD Students
• A mechanism to provide BBSRC funded PhD students with the
opportunity to carry out a non-academic work experience
placement during their PhD
• A three month placement not directly related to the PhD project
– e.g to provide experience of teaching, policy-making, media or
industry
• They are not intended to replace other generic or core skills training
• They should be taken by all PhD students funded through a DTP
– Including those set on an academic career
– Encouraged, but not compulsory, for CASE students
• They can be taken at any time during the four-year PhD
Anticipated outcomes of PIPS
• Increased promotion of movement across sectors – maximises
impact from research and brings great benefit to the UK economy
• Development of an early understanding of potential impact of
research and training on wider economy and society
• Personal and professional development – fulfilling career
• A placements scheme will complement a range of people
exchange schemes available to researchers
• Help identify potential careers paths – only a minority of PhD
students go on to a career in academia
• Benefits to students, research institutions and host organisations
• Flexibility and student choice are vital
Policy Placements
• A 3-month placement for BBSRC-funded PhD
students to gain experience of working in
science policy
• Examples of activities:
– Producing a POSTnote or similar briefing
document
– Contributing to a longer report
– Assisting a select committee in a current
inquiry
– Organising and running a policy workshop
• The scheme is due to open in July with a closing
date in Oct (tbc)
• Details will be available at:
www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/people-information/policy-
placements
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Government Office for Science
National Assembly for Wales Research Service
Royal Society Science Policy Centre
Scottish Parliament Information Centre
Society of Biology
British Library
Centre for Science and Policy
Structure
• Public Funding of Research in the UK, RCUK and
BBSRC
• Impact of Biology
• BBSRC’s approach to Doctoral Training
• Expanding Your Horizons
Source: The
Scientific
Century:
securing our
future prosperity
(The Royal
Society, 2010)
Careers for researchers are variable and complex
Destinations of BBSRC funded PhD students
First destinations of BBSRC funded PhD students qualifying or completing their courses between 1 August 2007 - 31 July 2008 (source: HESA DHLE data)
44%
3%
1%
6%
2%
13%
4%
2%
12%
1% 8%
4%HE - research
HE - academic / other
Public sector - research
Public sector - other
Industry - research
Industry - other
Further study
Teaching
Other research
Self employed / voluntary
Not employed
Not known / other
• in 17th year and jointly organised by BBSRC / UNIEI (other sponsors: MRC, NERC, Industry)
• delivers commercialisation awareness training to almost 500 bioscientists
• regional workshops for teams of 5 PhD/Postdocs
• prepare presentation business plan, with help from expert mentors, based on imaginary biotechnology ideas
• Final (for £1000) in December
• very positive independent 2010 review
www.biotechnologyYES.co.uk
Biotechnology YES
“A fragrant win”Winning early-career researchers excel in
entrepreneurship
Metachem Solutions
(University of Oxford)
using yeast to produce high value fragrance components
Biotechnology YES 2011 winners
“The product that the PhD student creates is not the thesis… the product of their study is the development of themselves”Professor Sir Gareth Roberts FRS FREng
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Thank you for listening!
Any Questions?