Deadline: 18-Jan-22
The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced the applications for Environmental Science: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Standard and New Investigator Grants Program.
Funding Information
The full economic cost of your project can be:
- up to £800,000, for most proposals
- more than £800,000 only in exceptional cases.
- Total fund: £20,000,000
What they are looking for?
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As a researcher you can submit a proposal in any area of environmental science that interests you, provided that it’s predominantly within their remit:
- archaeology
- atmospheric physics and chemistry
- climate and climate change
- ecology, biodiversity and systematics
- genetics and development
- geosciences
- marine environments
- medical and health interface
- microbial sciences
- omic sciences and technologies
- planetary science
- plant and crop science
- pollution, waste and resources
- terrestrial and freshwater environments
- tools, technology and methods.
- They also welcome multidisciplinary proposals that cross into other research council areas.
- They’re looking for proposals that can support pure, applied, technology-led or policy-driven research but still address, or provide the means to address, clearly-defined scientific questions.
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They will fund 80% of the full economic cost for:
- directly incurred costs such as staff payroll, travel and subsistence, and consumables
- directly allocated costs such as investigators’ salaries, estates costs and shared resources
- indirect costs such as research organisation administration.
Eligibility Criteria
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You can apply if you are a research group or individual. To be eligible as a principal investigator you must be:
- resident in the UK
- employed by an eligible UK research organisation (higher education institution, research council institute, recognised independent research organisation or public sector research establishment)
- employed at lecturer (or equivalent) level or above.
- They encourage multidisciplinary research and collaborations with other UK organisations. International and non-academic collaborators can be involved as project partners.
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You must be:
- be within five years of your first employment at lecturer level, or equivalent, at an eligible research organisation
- not yet have received competitive research funding as a principal investigator.
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If applying for a ‘new investigator’ grant, you must also:
- based at an eligible UK research organisation
- at lecturer level, or equivalent.
For more information, visit UKRI.
For more information, visit https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/nerc-standard-and-new-investigator-grant/
