Grants

Travel grants are available from the British Council under Researcher Links – Newton Fund:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/education/science/current-opportunities/travel-grants-2014

This is a reminder that the closing date of NERC's inaugural Impact Awards is fast approaching.

There are four categories: Economic Impact, Societal Impact, International Impact and Early Career impact. There will also be an Overall Winner selected from the finalists, all of whom will be invited to the prize-giving ceremony in London on 27 January 2015.

ESRC launched the Nexus Network on Monday 9th June with the aim of fostering new connections across food, energy, water and the environment.

The Nexus Network has committed £500,000 to provide grants for pilot projects, blue-sky ideas, working papers and placements. An initial call for proposals has been issued, for a series of up to ten 'think pieces' or working papers, of no more than 8,000 words in length, which can help to scope and define nexus approaches, and stimulate debate across the linked domains of food, energy, water and the environment.

The effects of climate change are moving from the realm of simulation to stark reality. Understanding, managing and mitigating these effects is a critical endeavour for the global research community.

NERC and BBSRC invite proposals for both research and research translation projects to the first call of the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Innovation Club (SARIC).

Approximately £5m of funding is available for this call, divided between research grants (£3.5m) and research translation (£1.5m).

Proposals should address the first key challenge identified by SARIC industry members: Resilient and robust crop and livestock production systems.