Schedule OBJECTS OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

to promote and support, by any means, high quality basic, strategic and applied research and related post-graduate training relating to the understanding and exploitation of biological systems;

to advance knowledge and technology, and provide trained scientists and engineers, which meet the needs of users and beneficiaries (including the agriculture, bioprocessing, chemical, food, health—care, pharmaceutical and other biotechnological—related industries), thereby contributing to the economic competitiveness of Our United Kingdom and the quality of life;

to provide advice, disseminate knowledge, and promote public understanding in the fields of biotechnology and the biological sciences.