Large Grant full applications: November 2026
Funding for large-scale environmental science research projects.
This funding supports innovative, large-scale and complex research tackling big environmental science questions that cannot be addressed through other discovery science funding opportunities.
Applications can cover any area of environmental science, provided it is predominantly within a research area or subject associated with NERC’s remit. Pure, applied, technology-led or policy-driven research …
In scope: innovative, large-scale and complex research tackling big environmental science questions; any area of environmental science predominantly within a research area or subject associated with NERC’s remit; multidisciplinary applications that cross into other research areas; pure, applied, technology-led or policy-driven research addressing clearly defined research questions. Out of scope: work that can be addressed through other discovery science funding opportunities.
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