Environmental Science Researcher Collaboration Opportunity with NERC and NSF

2 weeks ago

Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom NERC - the Natural Environment Research Council Full time
Collaborative Research Opportunity

This funding opportunity allows UK and US-based researchers to submit a collaborative application to either NSF or NERC under existing funding programmes. Applications will go through a single review process.

Collaborative Work Requirements

Collaborative work is governed by a lead agency agreement between NERC and NSF and must adhere to the remits of both NERC and NSF GEO or BIO-DEB schemes.

Eligibility Criteria

The UK-based applicant must be:

  • based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding
  • employed at lecturer (or equivalent) level or above

US-based applicants will be funded by NSF if successful and therefore must be eligible for funding from the relevant NSF solicitations, as their costs will not be covered by NERC.

Scope of Research

Collaborative research applications may be submitted in any disciplinary or interdisciplinary subject but the majority must fall within the remit of both agencies:

  • NERC
  • NSF GEO (Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, Earth Sciences, Ocean Sciences, and Polar Programs) or BIO-DEB (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science)
Funding Available

NERC will fund UK applicants at 80% of the full economic cost for:

  • directly incurred costs, such as:
    • staff payroll
    • travel and subsistence
    • consumables
  • directly allocated costs, such as:
    • investigators' salaries
    • estates costs
    • shared resources
  • indirect costs, such as:
    • research organisation administration

Equipment is funded at 100% of the full economic cost.

Expression of Interest

This funding opportunity requires the submission of an expression of interest before the submission of an application to the relevant scheme within the selected lead agency.

The expression of interest should include:

  • the research teams (project lead, project co-leads and named researchers) that are involved in both the UK and US
  • a brief summary of the proposed research, including:
    • the main objectives
    • the methodologies to be used
    • the outputs, impact and beneficiaries
  • any NERC research facilities required
  • estimates of total funding to be requested from both the NSF and NERC, following the financial rules for each agency (including all research-related and institutional administrative costs for the US budget request)

The lead agency will share the expression of interest with the non-lead agency to check for eligibility and to confirm support for the application.

Full Application

Full applications must be submitted within one year of receiving expression of interest approval after which time a new expression of interest will be required.

Applications to NERC as the lead agency will follow the same assessment process as the other applications received for that funding opportunity.

Applications to NSF as the lead agency will undergo NSF's standard review process.

Successful Applications

The lead agency will inform the non-lead agency after they have completed their assessment process.

If the application was successful, then the non-lead agency will contact their principal investigator with instructions for uploading their application to their own grants system to administer the funding.

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