You can apply for travel and subsistence in support of competitively awarded science observation time at astronomy facilities available to the UK research community.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.
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Search and filter this listApply for funding to deliver purposeful activities to increase the diversity of the UK environmental science community.
You can only apply for this funding opportunity if we have invited you to do so following a successful Opening up the Environment 2025 application.
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 NERC funding.
Apply for funding to develop a large or complex scientific project. You must have already discussed your ideas with one of our programme managers and have been invited to submit a full proposal.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.
Apply for funding to respond quickly to transient, unexpected environmental research opportunities created by sporadic natural occurrences such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, or ephemeral events in ecosystems.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.
Apply for funding to work with US-based researchers on an environmental science application.
Collaborative work is governed by a lead agency agreement between NERC and NSF.
The UK-based applicant must be:
- based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding
- employed at lecturer (or equivalent) level or above
UKRI and FNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable and support applications between researchers in the UK and Luxembourg. UKRI will fund the UK component and FNR will fund the Luxembourg component of the application.
Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.
This opportunity allows UK-based researchers and researchers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil to submit a collaborative application under existing NERC funding opportunities. This will go through a single review process.
Claim back travel and subsistence costs when visiting an astronomy telescope. The visit must be for competitively awarded science observation time.
You must be a UK-based researcher at an eligible UK institution.
You must not already hold or have access to a travel grant from the Panel for the Allocation of Telescope Time (PATT).
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and FAPESP’s lead agency agreement allows UKRI to assess joint applications from eligible UK and Brazil-based researchers from the state of São Paulo on behalf of both organisations.
UKRI and FAPESP will co-fund applications submitted to responsive mode funding opportunities via selected funding opportunities.