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NERC supports UKRI A Vision for Zero Plastic Waste parliamentary engagement
NERC and Hay Festival launch films merging science and art
£9 million for biodiversity research in Latin America
UK scientists in the Arctic to measure climate change threat
UK and US join forces to investigate Thwaites Glacier
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£900 million Future Leaders investment will sustain the UK as global home of research talent
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Sea robots show Arctic climate change
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Policy internships
2018
21 Jun 2018
The Policy Internships Scheme provides the opportunity for PhD students funded by the research councils of UK Research & Innovation to work for three months in one of a selected group of highly influential policy organisations.
£2 million awarded to support sustainable agriculture in the UK
21 Jun 2018
Four new interdisciplinary projects have received £1·8 million to improve the sustainability of UK farming.
Innovation Projects open call
2018
20 Jun 2018
NERC is inviting proposals to the Innovation Projects open call to support projects which focus upon generating user applicable outputs from past and/or current research council funded research and which translates them into outcomes that achieve impact within the NERC remit.
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