School Regional ChampionsSchool Regional Champions
School Regional Champions (SRCs) support our funded researchers in the UK with public engagement activities for secondary schools and young people aged between 11–19.
A network of SRCs develop and share best practice, tools and activities to aid the support for these researchers.
SRCs receive £800 p.a for public engagement activities and can also apply for additional project funding and travel expenses to attend the annual meeting.
Aims
To support our funded researchers in their public engagement around our strategic priorities of food security, industrial biotechnology and bioenergy, and health and wellbeing.
Objectives
- To enable and encourage researchers to engage with young people aged 11–19
- To promote access to researchers by young people, teachers and education professionals
- To inspire and enthuse young people about bioscience research, its applications and the research funded by BBSRC
- To enable researchers to communicate their research and discuss it with a new audience
- To share activities and tools developed by individual champions
Regional contacts
East England
Dr Adélia de Paula adelia.depaula@bbsrc.ac.uk
Rothamsted Research - Food security/basic bioscience underpinning health.
Dr Anja Drozd anja.drozd@bbsrc.ac.uk
Babraham Institute - Basic bioscience underpinning health.
Dr Emily Angiolini emilyj.angiolini@bbsrc.ac.uk
The Genome Analysis Centre - Food security.
Mr Ian Pettitt ian.pettitt@bbsrc.ac.uk
Rothamsted Research, Broom's Barn - Food security.
Mr Mark Fernandes mark.fernandes@bbsrc.ac.uk
The Institute of Food Research - Food security/basic bioscience underpinning health.
Dr Philip Smith phil.smith@bbsrc.ac.uk
John Innes Centre - Food Security/bioenergy and industrial biotechnology/basic bioscience underpinning health.
East Scotland
Dr Neil Mabbott neil.mabbott@roslin.ed.ac.uk
Roslin Institute - Food security/basic bioscience underpinning health.
North West
Dr Mark Travis mark.travis-2@manchester.ac.uk
University of Manchester - Basic bioscience underpinning health.
Dr Amanda Bamford amanda.bamford@manchester.ac.uk
University of Manchester - Food security.
South West
Mrs Patricia Butler patricia.butler@bbsrc.ac.uk
Rothamsted Research, North Wyke - Food security.
Wales
Dr Joanne Hamilton jvh@aber.ac.uk and Dr Elaine Jensen fft@aber.ac.uk
IBERS, Aberystwyth University - Food security/bioenergy and industrial biotechnology/basic bioscience underpinning health.
West Midlands
Dr Jeremy Pritchard j.pritchard@bham.ac.uk
University of Birmingham - Food security/basic bioscience underpinning health.
Yorkshire and the Humber
Dr Sean Sweeney sean.sweeney@york.ac.uk
University of York - Bioenergy and industrial biotechnology/basic bioscience underpinning health.
Contact
Tristan Bunn, Inspiring Young Scientists Co-ordinator, Norwich Research Park
schools@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01603 255017
fax: 01603 255168