Advance your research

Bring your big research idea to BecA

Tell us the challenge you want to solve, the results you are aiming for, and the scientific support you need. The BecA programmes team will review your concept and contact you after your email address is verified.

Before you begin: prepare a concise concept note and any supporting documents. Required fields are validated before submission.

1. About you

Title

First name

Last name

Email address

We will send a verification link to this address.

Telephone

Institution or organisation

Institution type

Role or position

Country

2. Your research idea

Working title of the research idea

Primary research area

Challenge or opportunity

Describe the problem, evidence of need, and why it matters.

Research concept

Summarise the proposed approach, core research questions, methods, and what is distinctive about the idea.

Target results and intended impact

State the expected outputs, outcomes, products, evidence, or decisions this work should enable.

Primary beneficiaries

Geographic focus

3. Support required from BecA

Detailed requirements

Describe samples, equipment, assays, datasets, specialist expertise, training, collaboration, or other resources needed. Include approximate quantities where known.

4. Readiness and delivery

Current stage

Preferred start date

Estimated duration (months)

Funding status

Estimated budget

Currency

Collaborators and partners

List confirmed or proposed collaborators and their anticipated roles.

The work may require ethics approval

The work may require biosafety or regulatory approval

Data, intellectual property, or confidentiality considerations

5. Documents

Research concept note

Required. Allowed: pdf doc docx ppt pptx xls xlsx txt csv zip. Maximum 15 MB.

Supporting documents

Optional supporting proposal, budget, approvals, diagrams, or evidence.

6. Declaration and submission

Submitting a concept does not guarantee funding, laboratory access, collaboration, or approval. Separate scientific, financial, contractual, ethics, biosafety, regulatory, and data-governance reviews may be required.

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