The June 2025 RIPEN Hub funding call is now closed. We will announce the awarded projects in July.

Scroll down to see which of the three award streams may best apply to you for future funding calls - it is never too soon to start preparing an application!

The deadline is now closed.

In order to be able to apply for funding, you must be a member of the RIPEN Hub. Click the button below to join for free.

Funding Streams

The RIPEN Hub will receive £250,000 per annum from the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) - Diet and Health Open Innovation Research Club to fund research across three streams. The three streams are:

  • Feasibility Award, (a maximum value of £100,000 with matched funding from an industrial partner)

All projects being funded through the RIPEN Hub are eligible for BBSRC follow-on funding,  link: https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support/biotechnology-and-biological-sciences-research-council-follow-on-fund/