NERC: Maximising UK adaptation to climate change research projects

21/03/2024

30/05/2024

This UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding opportunity is part of the Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change programme. The programme is co-funded by UKRI and Defra. It has been co-designed by UKRI, Defra, the Met Office and the Climate Change Committee. It will deliver cutting-edge research, and focus on overcoming behavioural, financial and communication barriers to delivering real-world solutions for policy and wider society. The aim of the Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change programme is to build capacity, knowledge, and skills that will offer practical and scalable solutions to meet the UK’s challenges in the face of a changing climate and put the UK at the forefront of climate adaptation strategies at both local and national scales. The programme consists of two strands of commissioning activity: strand one: a climate change adaptation hub – coordination and translation strand two: a series of research projects – new transdisciplinary knowledge for UK climate adaptation. The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2 million.

Climate Change & Global Warming; Ecological Economics; Ecological Impacts of Climate Change; Economic Planning & Policy; Emergency Preparedness; Food Security; Public Policy; Sustainable Development & Resource Use

Eligibility Note It is expected that project teams will incorporate researchers covering a broad range of disciplines across the remits of NERC, AHRC, EPSRC, ESRC and MRC and beyond, as well as policymakers, practitioners, industry, public engagement professionals and wider civil society. All applications should include NERC remit researchers and must cover at least two UKRI council remits (NERC and one other) as a minimum, although you are encouraged where appropriate to utilise the breadth of expertise supported through the funding opportunity.