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Boaty McBoatface meets the public at the Science Museum
Ambitious delivery plans published across UKRI
Science and Art together at Hay festival
NERC funds biodiversity research in Latin America
NERC invests £1·3 million to engage the UK public
Citizen scientists needed to unearth historic weather records
Opportunity to join the NERC Advisory Network
Call for nominations for the Queen's Birthday Honours 2020Planet Earth Planet Earth RSS feed Planet Earth email newsletter
Get to know the UK's new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough
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Policy internships
2019
19 Jun 2019
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.
Announcement of Opportunity: NERC Capital Call 2019
2019
12 Jun 2019
Proposals are invited for the Capital Call 2019, for capital assets which will ensure the continued delivery of world-class environmental science aligned with NERC's remit.
Announcement of opportunity: Understanding and countering plant bacterial disease
2019
12 Jun 2019
BBSRC, on behalf also of Defra, NERC and the Scottish Government, have announced a call for research to address threats to UK plant health and biosecurity from bacterial diseases.
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