Applying for research funding

The Agency uses an electronic tendering system for procurement. ‘Calls for Tender’ are submitted through the system and automatically loaded onto tender advertising portals such as the Official Journal of the European Union and Tenders Electronic Daily.

To receive email notifications about procurement opportunities you can register as a supplier at the link at the bottom of the page.

All information on procurement opportunities, existing contracts and our financial transactions are made publically available, and can be accessed through our website via the Contracts and tenders page at the link below. We do not publish commercially sensitive information or information that may be used to obtain an unfair competitive advantage.

Please note that the introduction of the system supersedes our current practice of publishing notices within our internet site.

The Food Standards Agency, together with Defra, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), has developed a Code of Practice to will help to ensure that research commissioned by the Agency is of a high and reliable quality.