Types of award
Responsive research grants
- New Investigator research grants
- closing date 1 February - Standard Research Grants
- closing dates 1 July and 1 December - Large Grants
- closing date: 15 November 2012 (tbc) - Urgency Applications
- no closing date
Please note
The Consortium grants scheme will be replaced by a new Large Grant scheme from 2012.
The New Investigator scheme will cease to operate as a separate scheme after the completion of the February 2012 call. It will be integrated into the Standard Grant scheme from December 2012.
Knowledge exchange grants
Knowledge exchange activities cover the processes by which knowledge, expertise and skilled people exchange between the NERC science base and its user communities to contribute to the economic competitiveness of the UK, effectiveness of public services and policy, and quality of life. NERC supports a number of different knowledge exchange schemes.
Research programmes
Our research programmes use a range of mechanisms (particularly consortium, standard and small grants, fellowships and studentships) to support high priority themes.