There are many UK Government Departments that BU can submit funding applications to. Given below are the links to the most common:
- UKOnline – Search for Government Departments
- Defence, Science & Technology Laboratory
- Department for International Development
- Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department of Health
- Department for Transport
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Innovate UK
- Environment Agency
- Government Office for Science
- Forestry Commission
- Ministry of Defence
The RKE Development Framework offers pathways on pre-award funding at BU, which offers all of the starting information required by Academics and Researchers at BU to undertake research bidding. It also offers a pathway on sharing research beyond academia, which provides information on KTPs, Innovate UK, IP and networking.











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