Funding news and calls
SHEAR Announcement of Opportunity: Catalyst grants - Full proposal stage
2018
25 Jan 2018
Full proposals are invited for the Catalyst call as part of the Science for Humanitarian Emergencies & Resilience programme funded by the Department for International Development and NERC. The call is only open to applicants who were successful at the Outline Bid stage.
Centre for Doctoral Training 2018 call
2018
17 Jan 2018
NERC is pleased to confirm co-investment up to £2·2 million through EPSRC's 2018 CDT call in the area of renewable energy in support of CDTs working across the EPSRC / NERC interface.
Announcement of Opportunity: National capability services & facilities commissioning - isotope and radiocarbon facility
2018
16 Jan 2018
NERC is inviting eligible UK higher education institutions, NERC research centres and independent research organisations to apply to the second round of services and facilities commissioning.
Call for applicants to attend the Global Food Security programme Policy Lab
2018
11 Jan 2018
The Global Food Security programme invites expressions of interest from post-doctoral researchers to take part in a Policy Lab on the determinants of food choice and the combination of interventions across these that will lead to healthier and more sustainable diets.
Announcement of Opportunity: Doctoral Training Partnerships 2 (DTP2)
2018
8 Jan 2018
NERC invites proposals to host and deliver its second phase of investment in Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs).
Atmospheric Pollution & Human Health in a Developing Megacity Announcement of Opportunity: China phase 2
2018
8 Jan 2018
Proposals are invited for the second phase of the Atmospheric Pollution & Human Health (APHH) China programme. NERC and MRC (with a budget from the Newton Fund) will support UK researchers to work with Chinese collaborators to deliver additional targeted research to exploit and enhance the measurements collected through the programme and with stakeholders to ensure better and wider utility and impact of the research.
Peruvian Glacial Retreat & its Impact on Water Security & Resilience to Natural Hazards workshop
2018
19 Dec 2017
NERC are inviting applications from UK scientists to attend a joint workshop with Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica, Perú (CONCYTEC) in Lima on 19-20 March 2018 on Peruvian Glacial Retreat & its Impact on Water Security & Resilience to Natural Hazards.
Wallacea Region – Understanding biodiversity & evolutionary responses to environmental change - Networking workshop
2018
14 Dec 2017
NERC invites applications from UK scientists to attend a networking workshop for the Wallacea Region - Understanding biodiversity & evolutionary responses to environmental change programme, which NERC has developed with its partner funding agency in Indonesia.
Cabinet Office High Level Knowledge Exchange Fellowship
2018
11 Dec 2017
NERC and the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) of the Cabinet Office are seeking a senior member of the environmental science community to take on a key role linking NERC science with policymaking.
Highlight topics - fourth round
2018
30 Nov 2017
NERC invites proposals for the fourth round of highlight topics, a route for funding strategic research.