The building at the university’s Brayford Campus in central Lincoln will include new teaching space, specialist workshops and laboratories, offices and research equipment.
There are also plans for a 500-seat lecture theatre – the largest lecture theatre on campus – and a new catering outlet.
BAM beat Kier and Galliford Try to deliver phase two of an major investment programme in the site. The proposed 70,000 sq ft building is expected to be four storeys tall.
The Isaac Newton Building signals the next phase of the university’s Brayford Campus Masterplan, which will see more than £100m invested over the next decade.
Work is due to start on the 12-month contract in September with completion expected in time for the new academic year in 2016.
The Isaac Newton Building will bring together all the Schools of the College of Science in one shared building.