b'Our AchievementsSINCE 20172017 DECEMBER 2017, NATIONAL BIOFILMSDECEMBER 2020, NBIC LAUNCH THEIR INNOVATION CENTRE ESTABLISHED RESEARCHFISH PLATFORMSTART OF THE JOURNEY 26m investment from BBSRC, Innovate UK and the Hartree Centre withDECEMBER 2020, SKIN MICROBIOMEThe Researchsh plartform allows NBIC grant holders and additional funding from industry and the support of 4 core partnerAND BIOFILMS WEBINAR funded researchers, to upload outcome data about research to universities: Edinburgh, Liverpool, Nottingham and Southampton.Together with Cosmetics Cluster UK (CCUK) NBIC held a joint webinar,multiple funders easily and quickly, in order to capture the 2018 The science behind the skin microbiome and biolmsevidence andoutcomes of NBIC funded research.claims. Skin microbiome claims are becoming a trend in many categories FEBRUARY 2018, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERyet the science is in its relative infancy. This webinar included NETWORK BIOFILM WORKSHOP presentations and discussions covering the market, research and NBIC attended and launched at a Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)MAY 2018, PARTNER MEETING &innovation, and addressed questions like, can pro/prebiotics be used in workshop on identifying and prioritising industrial challenges and1ST WAVE ACCESSION cosmetics? and how can claims be credible and relevant to theDECEMBER 2020, FOURTH PROOF OFsolutions in controlling and exploiting biolms. Partner meeting in York brought together representativesconsumers?. CONCEPT CALL LAUNCHEDfrom research institutions interested in joining NBIC. Fourth call for projects tackling and exploiting biolms launched in the UK - 12 new research institutions join the NBIC consortium,open to all members of the NBIC consortium and industry collaborators.bringing us to a total of 16.OCTOBER 2020, MARINE JUNE 2018, FIRST PROOF OF CONCEPTBIOFOULING WEBINARSCALL LAUNCHED In conjunction with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the Singapore Call for projects tackling biolms launched in the UK - open to allNational Biolm Consortium NBIC held a series of webinars on marineAUGUST 2020, LAUNCH OF members of the NBIC consortium and industry collaborators. AUGUST 2018, 2NDbiofouling. This webinar series was designed to inform cross sector#BIOFILMAWARE CAMPAIGN WAVE ACCESSION participants of the current challenges in producing ecacious antifoulingNBIC announced the launch of their biolm awareness campaign. Welcomed 15 new research institutions to the NBIC consortium, takingcoatings under the current regulatory framework, but also to investigateThrough a blend of content, events and outreach activities #BiolmAware our total to 31 institutions. the novel antifouling technology development opportunities thisworks to raise awareness of NBIC and its research, and the many societal legislative pressure is stimulating. and economic impacts of biolms.SEPTEMBER 2018, FIRST NBIC WORKSHOP & THEORY OF CHANGE MODEL ESTABLISHEDFirst cross-sectorial workshop on one of NBICs 4 key strategic themes,OCTOBER 2018, FUNDING OF 25 NEW PROJECTS Detect, was held in Birmingham, with 70 delegates from academia and& GOING INTERNATIONAL JUNE 2020, FIRST ONLINE industry coming together to discuss unmet needs. NBIC invested 1.4m, averaging 50k per project, to 25 new projects fromENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING COHORTOur aims for the next 5 years were established in a comprehensivethe rst POC call. The total project value, with company investment,Run in collaboration with Alderley Park, NBIC members participated in aJUNE 2020, LAUNCH OF BITE Theory of Change model, with the ultimate long-term goal of growing theamounting to approximately 2.1m. 2day pre-accelerator programme to explore how to take their idea orDOCTORAL COLLEGE TRAINING UK economy. NBIC launched at the American Society for Microbiology in Washington,early business forward with the chance to be funded by NBIC in a furtherThe NBIC Doctoral Training Centre in Biolms Innovation, Technology and and visited the Center for Biolm Engineering (CBE) at Montana Statementored 8-week full accelerator programme. Engineering (BITE) is launched. A world-class integrated pipeline of University, where a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)interdisciplinary training, it is the UKs rst graduate training centre to was signed, declaring to work together, partake in student exchangesaddress the skills and knowledge gap in the biolm eld. and knowledge transfer.NOVEMBER 2018, NBIC WON BBSRC FTMA (FLEXIBLE TALENTMOBILITY ACCOUNT) AWARDMAY 2020, THIRD PROOF OF CONCEPT Won funding to facilitate PhD and research fellow mobility betweenCALL PROJECTS AWARDED academia and industry. A further 14 projects awarded funding, bringing the total number ofMARCH 2020, INTERNATIONAL DECEMBER 2018, 60 BUSINESSES ANDprojects to 65 and a total investment 3.6m from NBIC and 5.4m totalPARTNERING AWARDINDUSTRY COLLABORATORS TO DATEvalue when we also consider funds from companies either in cash or inNBIC received a funding award Singapore: Building a globally leading From large multinationals to SMEs, NBIC continues to grow in its missionkind. These awarded projects have involved 28 research institutions, 52partnership between the National Biolms Innovation Centre and to control and exploit biolms by bringing research and industrycompanies and of these companies, 33 are SMEs. SCELSE, which enabled NBIC to facilitate PhD and research fellow together. mobility between the UK and Singapore. MARCH 2019, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED WITH SCELSE IN SINGAPOREWe signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Singapore2019 FEBRUARY 2020, FLEXIBLE TALENT Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) to address global biolm challenges through collaborative projects and student and sta exchanges. We also formed a close partnership with the SingaporeAPRIL 2019, BIOFILM ENGINEERING WORKSHOP HELD, SECONDMOBILITY AWARD FEBRUARY 2020, FORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL National Biolms Consortium (SNBC), led by SCELSE, to furtherPROOF OF CONCEPT CALL LAUNCHED & RECEIVED INTERNATIONALNBIC awarded a second round of funding from BBSRC to support ourSTANDARDS TASK GROUPcommercial opportunities and drive technological advancements. WORKSHOP AWARD current Flexible Talent Mobility Award (FTMA) Account, with a callTo address the rise in prevalence and popularity of biolm and microbiome Second cross-sectorial workshop on one of NBICs 4 key strategic themes,opening in September 2020 with the aim to fund innovation placementstechnologies an international task group was formed. The rst meeting of Engineer, was held in Edinburgh, bringing together over 85 delegates fromand fellowships, perspectives and knowledge, skills and expertisethe task group was held in Virginia (USA), with delegates from SCELSE, the academia and industry to discuss and identify unmet needs and facilitatebetween the academic and industrial sectors. Center for Biolm Engineering (CBE; USA) NBIC, and the Singapore National collaborations.Biolm Consortium (SNBC), along with representatives from regulatory Our second Proof of Concept call was launchedopen to all members of thebodies and agencies from the USA and the European Union.MAY 2019, FIRST NBIC ANNUAL RESEARCH SUMMIT &NBIC consortium and industry collaborators. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD (ISAB)We were also awarded 10k by BBSRC to host an international symposium on ENDORSEMENT Microbes and Metals. FEBRUARY 2020, 4TH The rst NBIC Annual Research Summit was held at the Royal Society,WAVE ACCESSIONwhere our researchers showcased their work and we received7 new research institutions joined the NBIC consortium, endorsement from ISAB regarding our research strategy. bringing us to a total of 52. FEBRUARY 2020, BIOFILM MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPJUNE 2019, 3RDThird cross-sectorial workshop on one of NBICs 4 key strategic themes, WAVE ACCESSION Manage, was held in Nottingham. This workshop was aimed at exploring 14 new research instutions joined the NBIC consortium,unmet industrial needs in the eld of biolm management. NBIC partner bringing us to a total of 45. organisations shared their unmet needs and the 65 attendees (34 from JULY 2019, SECOND PROOF OF CONCEPT CALLNOVEMBER 2019, MICROBE-METALindustry) worked in syndicates to discuss the key challenges and ways to PROJECTS AWARDED A further 26 projects awarded funding, bringing the total number ofINTERACTIONS WORKSHOP2020 overcome them.projects to 51 and a total investment of 2.79m from NBIC, with anOur workshop on microbe-metal interactions was held in London. This overall project value of 4.05m. workshop brought together key complementary academic expertise and SEPTEMBER 2019, NBIC ATTENDthought leadership from industry in biolms, contamination of metal EUROBIOFILMSsurfaces and biocorrosion processes across the life and physical sciences and engineering domains within NBIC, CBE and internationally, in orderNOVEMBER 2019, SOFTWARE NBIC attended the Eurobiolms meeting in Glasgow. This was the rstto identify the key knowledge gaps and research challenges for futureSUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOPmeeting we had attended as a full NBIC team with our new brand. It was aprojects and research collaboration. The Software Sustainability Workshop brought together 20 attendees great chance for us to meet our partners and make new contacts. We alsofrom seven UK universities, plus Unilever, in Birmingham. We ran this SEPTEMBER 2019, SUCCESSFUL 2 YEARhad the honour to present at the nal session. event alongside the Software Sustainability Institute in a bid to raise FUNDING REVIEW awareness of the need for sustainability in software, particularly when As part of the condition of the NBIC IKC award. An external panelit comes to the potential risks to software reproducibility. reviewed the progress of NBIC against their vision, mission and key performance indicators (KPIs). The panel deemed that NBIC was making good progress, the highest outcome that could be expected.11'