UKRI: Addressing Environmental Challenges in the UK

Deadline: 23-Mar-22

Applications are now open for Addressing Environmental Challenges in the UK.

Topics

Your proposal must address issues within only one of these topics.

• eco-evolutionary drivers of emerging antifungal resistance
• understanding and predicting changes in mountain water resources
• advances in halocarbon research
• mixing of stratified shelf sea biogeochemistry by offshore renewable energy
• wildfire management tools in the UK
• assessment and monitoring of urban geothermal resources
• microbial community dynamics.

Funding Information

• The full economic cost of your project can be between £2.5 million and £5 million, depending on the topic you choose. NERC will fund 80% of the full economic cost.
• Your project can last up to four years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Individual eligibility
  • Principal investigators and co-investigators may be involved in no more than two proposals submitted to this funding opportunity. However, they may only apply as the principal investigator on one proposal.
  • No associated studentships can be requested under this opportunity.
• Research organisation eligibility
  • UKRI research grants for all schemes may be held at:
    • approved UK higher education institutions (HEI)
    • approved research council institutes (RCI)
    • independent research organisations (IRO)
    • public sector research establishments (PSRE).

For more information, visit https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/addressing-environmental-challenges-nerc-highlight-topics-2022/