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List of NERC research programmes
Research programmes
- Aerosols & Clouds
- Algal Bioenergy Special Interest Group
- Analytical Science & Technology
- Arctic Research Programme
- Arctic-IPY
- Biodiversity & Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS)
- Carbon Capture and Storage
- Changing Water Cycle
- Coastal Sediment Systems
- Drivers of Variability in the South Asian Monsoon
- Earth System Modelling Strategy (ESM)
- Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA)
- Environmental Exposure & Health Initiative (EEHI)
- Environmental Nanoscience Initiative
- Environmental Virtual Observatory
- Environmental & Social Ecology of Human Infectious Diseases (ESEI)
- Flooding from Intense Rainfall
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Feedbacks
- Human-modified Tropical Forests
- Ice Sheet Stability
- Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards in Earthquake-prone & Volcanic Regions
- Joint Weather & Climate Research Programme
- Land Based Renewables
- Long Term Co-evolution of Life & the Planet
- Macronutrient Cycles
- Marine Ecosystems
- Marine Renewable Energy
- Mathematics & Informatics for Environmental Omic Data Synthesis
- Methane Network
- Networks of Sensors - Demonstration High Resolution Networks
- Next Generation Weather and Climate Prediction
- Observations & Modelling of the Tropical Tropopause Layer
- Ocean Acidification Research Programme
- Ocean Shelf-Edge Exchange
- Oceans 2025
- Post-Genomics & Proteomics (PGP)
- Probability, Uncertainty & Risk in the Environment
- Quantifying Uncertainty
- Radioactivity & the Environment
- RAPID-WATCH
- Resource Recovery From Waste: Challenges for the health of the environment
- Security of Supply of Mineral Resources
- Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry
- Storm Risk Mitigation through Improved Prediction & Impact Modelling
- Sustainable Marine Bioresources
- Taxonomy & Systematics
- Technology Clusters
- Technology Proof of Concept
- UK Droughts & Water Scarcity
- UK Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (UKIODP)
- Unlocking the Potential for Groundwater for the Poor (UPGro)
- Understanding & Predicting the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer
- Urban Atmospheric Science
- Valuing Nature Network
Other programmes
Cross-council programmes
- Insect Pollinators Initiative
- Living With Environmental Change (LWEC)
A major interdisciplinary partnership to tackle environmental change - Rural Economy & Land Use (RELU)
- Towards a Sustainable Energy Economy - UK Energy Research Centre (TSEC-UKERC)
Former collaborative centres
Completed programmes
Details of programmes which have completed are also available.