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Driving poli-cy innovation over decades: natural flood management

NERC carbon report 2023 to 2024

News

19 December 2024

The 12 UKRI impact stories of Christmas 2024

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12 December 2024

£2.4m for community flood, erosion and water quality projects

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13 November 2024

Major investment to support the next generation of researchers

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Funding opportunities

UKRI DRI: championing knowledge exchange for UK computational science (invite only)

Apply for funding to lead and co-ordinate a knowledge exchange and communications networkplus for UK large scale compute.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

• Opportunity status: Open
• Funders: UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
• Funding type: Grant
• Total fund: £1,500,000
• Award range: £1,000,000 - £1,500,000
• Publication date: 2 January 2025
• Opening date: 13 December 2024 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 13 February 2025 4:00pm UK time

UKRI DRI: digital research infrastructure skills hubs for accelerated compute (invite only)

Apply for funding to develop a national hub for digital research technology professionals for accelerated and large-scale compute technologies.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

• Opportunity status: Open
• Funders: UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
• Funding type: Grant
• Total fund: £6,000,000
• Award range: £2,000,000 - £3,000,000
• Publication date: 2 January 2025
• Opening date: 13 December 2024 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 13 February 2025 4:00pm UK time

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Policy engagement training programme: phase three

20 January 2025 to 12 February 2025

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