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Healthy environment, healthy people

Transforming environmental science with the power of AI

News

4 September 2024

Projects funded to stimulate nature positive investment

Innovate UKNERC

2 September 2024

First projects from UKRI’s new interdisciplinary scheme announced

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31 August 2024

Better modelling aims to improve UK flood resilience

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Blog

10 September 2024

Tackling geohazards in India through international collaboration

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Funding opportunities

Pushing the frontiers of environmental research: January 2025

Apply for funding to pursue an ambitious, high risk and high reward curiosity-driven project in environmental research.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding.

• Opportunity status: Upcoming
• Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Funding type: Grant
• Total fund: £24,000,000
• Maximum award: £950,000
• Publication date: 10 September 2024
• Opening date: 17 September 2024 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 21 January 2025 4:00pm UK time

UKRI DRI: Championing knowledge exchange for UK computational science

Apply for funding to lead and co-ordinate a Knowledge Exchange and Communications NetworkPlus for UK Large Scale Compute.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

• Opportunity status: Open
• Funders: UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
• Funding type: Grant
• Total fund: £1,500,000
• Award range: £1,000,000 - £1,500,000
• Publication date: 5 September 2024
• Opening date: 5 September 2024 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 12 November 2024 4:00pm UK time

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Events

NERC digital gathering 2024

11 September 2024 to 12 September 2024

Humanities Bridgeford Street (building number 35), The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL

Digital twins community workshop

18 September 2024

Online and at Rothamsted Conference Centre, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ

Environmental data research of the future workshop one (Glasgow)

26 September 2024

University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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