Addressing environmental challenges: NERC highlight topics 2024

4 weeks ago

Swindon, United Kingdom NERC - the Natural Environment Research Council Full time
Opportunity status: Open Funders: Funding type: Grant Total fund: £20,000,000 Publication date: 1 March 2024 Opening date: 5 March 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 9 October 2024 4:00pm UK time

Apply for funding to address one of five environmental research challenges.

We encourage multidisciplinary research and collaborations with other UK organisations. Other international and non-academic collaborators can be involved as project partners.

We encourage applications from diverse groups of researchers.

The maximum full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2.35 million or up to £4.7 million, depending on the topic you choose. We will fund 80% of the FEC.

Your project can last up to four years.

Before applying for funding, check the following:

You may be involved in no more than two applications submitted to this funding opportunity. Only one of these can be as a project lead.

The inclusion of researcher co-leads is encouraged where they have made a substantial intellectual contribution to the development of the application and will be engaged with the ensuing research.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has introduced new role types for funding opportunities being run on the new UKRI Funding Service.

For full details, visit .

Who is eligible to apply

This funding opportunity is open to research groups and individuals. We:

  • encourage multidisciplinary research teams and collaborations with other UK organisations
  • welcome applications from individuals at any career stage, subject to NERC eligibility criteria and from diverse groups of researchers

Project partners fund their own involvement. We will only fund minor incidental expenses, such as some travel costs, if needed for project partners.

International applicants

We do not fund overseas organisations, except for specific costs for project co-leads from Norway and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Read more about this in the .

You should include all other international collaborators (or UK partners not based at approved organisations) as project partners.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all funding applicants. We encourage applications from a diverse range of researchers.

We support people to work in a way that suits their personal circumstances. This includes:

  • career breaks
  • support for people with caring responsibilities
  • flexible working
  • alternative working patterns

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