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NERC: Doctoral focal awards in the environmental sciences
Added date
15/02/2024
Closing date
09/04/2024
Call summary
Apply for funding to deliver a doctoral focal award to address priority or emerging training needs within the environmental sciences.
This funding opportunity has been designed to meet the following objectives:
- deliver world-class doctoral training and development including cohort experience
- focus on supporting research capacity in specific strategic areas, addressing societal challenges through environmental science doctoral research and involving interdisciplinary approaches
- address skills gaps identified across specific research areas within and beyond academia
- provide opportunities for students, preparing them to follow a diversity of career paths within and beyond academia
- advance current understanding, generate new knowledge, and develop the breadth of expertise for the future of the research and innovation workforce
- support a diverse doctoral community, which includes addressing areas of underrepresentation (for example protected characteristics, types of professions, career stage and porosity within the research and innovation system)
- enhance collaboration and knowledge exchange within and between academia and other sectors for the benefit of the students, collaborative partners, award holders and, if applicable, wider society.
In May 2022, UKRI announced its transition to collective talent funding across talent initiatives. Following this, in November 2023 the UKRI Doctoral Investment Framework was launched. This frames doctoral support around two types of award – doctoral landscape awards and doctoral focal awards.
Scientific scope
Environmental Science broadly understood
PI eligibility
Eligibility Note This funding opportunity is open to applicants based at organisations that are eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) research grant funding. This includes:
higher education institutions (HEIs)
research council institutes (RCIs)
eligible independent research organisations (IROs) and Catapult centres
public sector research establishments (PSREs)