NERC Urgency Funding

Application Platform: UKRI Funding Service

Application Sections: Summary, vision, approach, applicant and team capability, ethics and responsible research and innovation, project partners, facilities, data management and sharing, and resources summary.

Assessment Process: Applications undergo expert review followed by moderator assessment to determine funding recommendation.

Co-Funders: Not specified

Collaboration Rules: Project partners may participate but must fund their own involvement except for minor incidental costs such as travel.

Competitiveness: Not specified

Consortium Requirements: Not specified

Decision Risks: Applications may be rejected if the event does not qualify as urgent or if eligibility and submission requirements are not met.

Decision Timeline: Assessment process aims to be completed within approximately six weeks after submission of the full application.

Eligible Expenses: Research staff, travel, consumables, and NERC facilities costs within the overall grant limit.

Eligible Scope: Projects must address unexpected environmental events such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, or sudden ecosystem changes and focus on urgent data collection and essential initial analysis.

Funding Intensity: NERC funds 80% of the Full Economic Cost (100% for eligible international project co-lead costs where applicable).

Important Notes: Full applications must be submitted within 10 working days after being invited following outline approval.

Ineligible Projects: Events that could have been anticipated and funded through standard calls; responses to unexpected research findings; operational monitoring of hazards; continuation of existing projects; or data collection for urgent policy decisions.

International Collaboration Requirement: Overseas organisations are generally not funded except for specific costs for project co-leads from Norway and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

Interview Stage: Not specified

Key Requirements: Applicants must first submit a one-page outline within four weeks of the environmental event and can submit a full application only after receiving approval.

Lead Organisation Requirement: The lead organisation must be an eligible UK research organisation.

Match Funding Requirement: No additional matched funding required beyond the standard 20% Full Economic Cost contribution.

Project Duration: Up to 1 year

Project End Date: Up to 1 year from project start

Project Start Date: Not specified

Publication Date: 2024-07-08 00:00:00

Renewal Rules: Applicants cannot apply if they have been named on another full application to this scheme in the previous two years.

Research Category: Environmental research responding to urgent natural events.

Research Organisation Funding: Funding is awarded to the host research organisation under the Full Economic Cost model.

Subcontractors: Not specified

Total Fund Available: Not specified