The aim of this research programme is to substantially improve both decadal and longer-term projections of ice loss and sea level rise originating from Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.
Funding councils:
NERC
This programme aims to understand the environmental and societal benefits of landscapes in which trees play a significant role. It will bring together environmental scientists, social scientists, economists, and arts and humanities researchers to form large research collaborations.
Funding councils:
AHRCESRCNERC
The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries.
The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
Funding councils:
AHRCBBSRCEPSRCESRCInnovate UKMRCNERCSTFC
The aim of the Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund is to support UK environmental science researchers to forge new partnerships and networks with the best international researchers, wherever they are located, and seed collaborations that will be sustained beyond the lifetime of the grant.
Funding councils:
NERC
The aim of this programme is to assess sustainable routes for large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, allowing the UK to take a major step towards achieving net zero emissions, and to benefit from the £400 billion future global market in greenhouse gas removal.
Funding councils:
AHRCBBSRCEPSRCESRCInnovate UKNERC
The aim of this programme is to carry out research to better understand the options for removing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, with a focus on the environmental, technical, economic, governance and wider societal aspects in a national and international context.
Funding councils:
EPSRCESRCNERCSTFC
The research councils have a collective interest in mental health research. The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) fully supports this and will work, both independently and with the other research councils, to ensure mental health research remains part of our broader strategies.
Funding councils:
AHRCBBSRCEPSRCESRCMRCNERCSTFC
The aim of this programme – Hidden histories of environmental science: acknowledging legacies of race, social injustice and exclusion to inform the future – is to gain a better understanding of how the future of modern environmental science can be informed by the past.
Funding councils:
AHRCNERC
The aim of the highlights programme is to support strategic research on a defined subject area.
Update December 2023: see section ‘Opportunities, support and resources available’
Funding councils:
NERC
The aim of this programme is to support research that will provide policymakers, regulators, businesses and local communities in India with information and solutions to help them tackle water quality issues and secure the provision of clean water, rejuvenate rivers, and restore ecosystems.
Funding councils:
EPSRCNERC