PS22045 An Evaluation of the socioeconomic impact arising from BBSRC's investment in wheat research and innovation

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Friday, 01 April 2022 at 11.00.

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Brief Description of Requirement

In 2013, recognising the importance of wheat research, BBSRC developed a five-year wheat strategy under the chairmanship of Sir David Baulcombe. The strategy highlighted the importance of consolidating and building upon BBSRC's and the UK's track record in wheat research and noted that BBSRC has a major international leadership role to play. In 2015, a BBSRC Council Wheat Sub-group was set up to discuss the strategic role BBSRC should play in UK wheat research. The group was chaired by Professor Helen Sang and also included Sir David Baulcombe to provide continuity from the strategy development work. BBSRC Council subsequently endorsed a vision for wheat research and a series of recommendations to maintain and build on the UK's strategic wheat research capability. It is also important to recognise the international benefits of research undertaken in the UK. Much knowledge generated from UK research, especially at the more fundamental level, has global relevance, and research results generated in one country can be used in another.

Over the past ten years, BBSRC has invested c. £210m in innovative wheat research, often in collaboration with other UK and international organisations. Much of this pioneering research is led by teams at institutes strategically supported by BBSRC, who are helping to create higher yielding and more resilient wheat crops to provide global food security in the face of a growing population and a changing climate.

BBSRC's investments are supporting the UK's ambition to be a world leader in the research necessary to underpin sustainable wheat production. The wheat research portfolio will underpin the development of future generations of wheat crops, agronomic systems and industrial processes that will allow wheat to be grown and used more sustainably, whilst maintaining or improving yields and quality traits.

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