NERC

Closing date and time for outline proposals: 16:00 on 3 March 2016

Awards totalling £2·5-£5m are available to research organisations over 5 years to boost impact from NERC environmental science.

The Environmental Science Impact Programme (ESIP) is dedicated to bringing research organisations together with businesses, policy bodies and other actors contributing to economic development specific to their location to deliver significant regional impact from NERC environmental science.

Universities & Science Minister Jo Johnson today announced the reappointment of Professor Duncan Wingham as chief executive of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

Jo Johnson said:

"I am very pleased to reappoint Professor Wingham for a further term as chief executive of NERC. His breadth of experience and expertise in environmental science will continue to be important as he leads NERC to support world-class science and increase knowledge and understanding of the natural world."

NERC's world-leading climate science research is set to play a pivotal role in helping negotiators thrash out an international climate change agreement during the upcoming UN climate change conference in Paris (COP21).

Funding Opportunity: Oil & Gas Decommissioning
Closing date: 3 December 2015 (16:00)

As part of the Oil and Gas Innovation Programme, NERC invites applications for an Innovation funding call focusing on decommissioning and its environmental management. NERC will invest up to £1m in a cohort of projects lasting six to 12 months which translate existing NERC-remit science in the following theme areas:

28 January 2016
Woburn House Conference Centre, London, WC1H 9HQ

Registration closes 4 December 2015

Opening date on Je-S: 4 February 2016
Closing date on Je-S: 16:00 on 17 March 2016
Interview dates: To be confirmed

Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), in partnership with NERC, seeks to fund a community-led network to facilitate high-quality research relevant to the sustainable intensification (SI) of agriculture, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches.

NERC is inviting the environmental science community to submit new ideas for strategic research. NERC is seeking ideas for research challenges that should be priorities for strategic research investment through highlight topics. NERC would welcome ideas from both researchers and those who use environmental science research.

Ideas for highlight topics should be submitted to NERC by 19 October 2015.