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Pre-Announcement – Strategic Capital Call 2020
2020
2 Jul 2020
NERC will shortly be inviting proposals to its Strategic Capital Call. The Strategic Capital Call 2020 will fund strategic equipment and development of built infrastructure that creates a new research capability.
Highlight topics ideas invited for environmental solutions to COVID-19
2020
19 Jun 2020
NERC invites highlight topic ideas (strategic funding for research and innovation) to encourage environmental solutions that learn from the COVID-19 pandemic, and in doing so support the UK environment, economy and society to recover from COVID-19 legacy challenges.
Announcement of opportunity: Decarbonisation of heating and/or cooling
2020
18 Jun 2020
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) welcome proposals to support the goal of decarbonisation of heating and/or cooling. Proposals must be at least 50% within the remit of EPSRC or at least 50% within the remit of NERC.
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