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Announcement of Opportunity: Cross-disciplinary Mental Health Network Coordinator
2018
18 Sep 2018
The aim of this call is to recruit a network coordinator, or a small team of network coordinators.
Announcement of Opportunity: Environmental Evidence for the Future initiative call 2018
2018
14 Sep 2018
NERC is inviting proposals for research projects costing up to £100,000 (100% full economic cost), and up to 12 months' duration under the Environmental Evidence for the Future initiative.
Call for ideas for strategic research
27 Aug 2018
This is your last chance to submit ideas for this year's strategic programme areas. The cut-off date for submission is 6 September 2018.
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