Join the IBIC
The IBIC is open to any researchers, organisations, and policy or civic authorities in the north-west, or industry that work or are partnered with organisations and institutions in the north-west.
The IBIC offers unique opportunities for each group that are designed to support your understanding of and transition into the bioeconomy.
Benefits of joining the IBIC
For researchers
- Apply for funding to commercialise your research.
- Network with other researchers and higher education institutions.
- Make business connections for industrial collaboration.
- Learn new skills through a range of engaging events.
- Take up secondments in industry or civic organisations and see where your research can be applied.
For businesses
- Access to the talent pipeline to enable your company to grow and adapt to suit the new bioeconomy.
- Access to the latest, sustainable industrial biotechnology innovations and technologies to make your business more efficient and help you divest from petrochemicals.
- Opportunities to learn from the latest research and apply this knowledge in your business.
- Opportunities for collaborative funding to support adoption of new technologies, upskilling or secondments.
- Opportunities to network and make connections with researchers, other businesses and policymakers from across the region to learn from and influence the north-west’s bioeconomy.
For policymakers
- Work with the brightest minds across the north-west to get first-hand evidence of the needs of the north-west industrial biotechnology sector.
- Access the latest research to inform policy decisions that will impact the north-west’s bioeconomy.
- A chance to showcase the north-west as a model ecosystem for industrial scale-up and industry x academia collaboration.
- Opportunities to network with other policymakers, businesses and academics from across the north-west.
For higher education
- Learn how to equip your graduates with the right skills and training to support them into the workforce.
- Access events and training that will enhance academic and researchers’ skills in commercial environments.
- Benefit from knowledge exchange opportunities and funding to create impact with your research.
- Access samples, technical equipment and expertise that you may not have in-house when written into an IBIC-funded project.