Apply for funding to improve the environmental research landscape through new or improved equipment.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.
NERC will fund 100% of the full cost for equipment only.
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Search and filter this listApply for funding to lead a transdisciplinary research hub towards realising the health co-benefits of the UK transition to net zero.
You must:
- be based at a research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding
- meet individual eligibility requirements
The total fund is up to £30 million across five years to fund challenge-led hubs.
Apply for funding to establish an Accelerating the Green Economy Centre to support the growth of emerging green industries, in economic geographies across the UK.
Collaboration with stakeholders is essential.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.
Apply for capital funding for projects demonstrating innovative approaches toward environmental monitoring at a sensor or systems-based level.
Applications are invited by NERC, on behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and in partnership with Defra, as part of the Innovation in Environmental Monitoring programme.
Apply to attend a five-day interactive interdisciplinary sandpit to develop projects on novel sensing for UK defence and security applications.
Participants will attend all five days of the sandpit in-person plus a virtual pre-meeting the preceding week.
Apply for funding to further your career through an independent research fellowship.
You must:
- be an early career researcher
- hold a PhD qualification or expect to submit your thesis before the fellowship interview
- be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding
Invited applicants to apply for funding to support innovative, large-scale and complex projects that tackle big science questions and have the potential to produce world-leading research.
You can only apply for this funding opportunity if we have invited you to do so following a successful outline application.
Apply for seed funding to build interdisciplinary teams and develop research ideas to tackle epidemic diseases of humans, animals and plants.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.
This centre will be a world-leading centre of excellence carrying out interdisciplinary, cutting-edge, and impactful research to address major challenges at the interface of climate and health research.
You must have already submitted an outline proposal and been shortlisted at the outline panel. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
Apply for up to £700,000 to deliver a 15-month pilot project demonstrating how Earth Observation data and digital twin technologies can transform environmental science.
Applications are invited by NERC and the Met Office as part of the Twinning Capability for the Natural Environment (TWINE) programme.