Opportunity status: Upcoming
Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type: Grant
Total fund: £25,000,000
Award range: £1,120,000 – £3,450,000
Publication date: 24 July 2026
Opening date: 5 August 2026 9:00am UK time
Closing date: 5 November 2026 4:00pm UK time
You can only apply for this funding opportunity if we have invited you to do so following a successful outline application.
Apply for funding to support innovative, large-scale and complex projects that tackle big science questions and have the potential to produce world-leading research.
You must be:
based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding
in a role that meets individual eligibility requirements
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be between £1.12 million and £3.45 million. We will fund 80% of the FEC.
Projects can last up to five years.