Funding

Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type: Grant
Total fund: £28,000,000
Maximum award: £950,000
Publication date: 16 July 2025
Opening date: 22 July 2025
Closing date: 21 January 2026

Apply for funding to pursue an ambitious, high risk and high reward curiosity-driven project in environmental research.

You must be:

• based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding
• in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements

We welcome:

• multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research
• projects delivered in partnership with other research funders and users

The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £950,000. We will fund 80% of the FEC.

There is no defined project duration, but awards are usually between three and four years.

Find out more and apply.