New dates for NERC Standard Grant Applications

NERC has changed the dates for the ‘December’ standard grant round.  The dates have been moved forward to January and the January 2014 closing date will be 21 January at 16:00 GMT.  The 2014 call will open and proposals can be submitted on Je-S from 1 September 2013.    There are two calls in this round: Standard Grant JAN14 and Standard Grant - NI JAN14 (for a New Investigator).  This is an open competition for curiosity-motivated basic, strategic or applied research. For more information, please see the NERC website.

Please also note that the July  2014 standard grant deadline has also been moved to the end of July, date to be confirmed.

Preliminary requests for Antarctic logistic support must be received no later than 3 months prior to submission deadline of the intended funding opportunity.

NERC Fellowship Scheme

In 2012, NERC Council decided to introduce a new NERC Independent Research Fellowship scheme (IRF) that will replace the previous schemes (Postdoctoral Fellowships and Advanced Fellowships).  These five-year awards will 'support outstanding environmental scientists and enable them to develop their research, start to build a research group and become internationally recognised'.  Further information about the Independent Research Fellowship, including deadlines and application processes can be found at http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/available/fellowships/

NERC Research Grants and Fellowships Handbook

The latest (April 2013) edition of the NERC Research Grants and Fellowships Handbook (Grants awarded on Full Economic Cost basis) is now available.

Posted on 15th April 2013

Large Grants replace Consortium Grant scheme from 2012

Posted on 12 December 2011