ALT Funding opportunity Funding opportunity:Opening up the Environment 2025 Opportunity status: Open Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £1,000,000 Maximum award: £62,500 Publication date: 18 November 2024 Opening date: 18 November 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 1 April 2025 4:00pm UK time

ALT Screenshot from Impact story, highlighting a quote from the Environment Agency Research Manager, Floods and Coastal Erosion Risk Management: "NERC’s investment in research, and partnership approach to working with us and Defra, has played an influential role in changes to flood and coastal erosion strategy and investment. The academic research provided essential evidence that increased confidence in the effectiveness of NFM measures and steered the design of new investments."

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ALT Funding opportunity Funding opportunity:Opening up the Environment 2025 Opportunity status: Open Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £1,000,000 Maximum award: £62,500 Publication date: 18 November 2024 Opening date: 18 November 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 1 April 2025 4:00pm UK time

ALT Screenshot of webpage that reads: Chief Operating Officer Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) As the senior executive leading the day-to-day operations of NERC, you will work alongside the Executive Chair, Professor Louise Heathwaite, in delivering NERC’s mission and objectives. You will take responsibility for all financial, commercial, and funding operations, and major research infrastructures across NERC and beyond, into other parts of UKRI, all the while troubleshooting, resolving, and staying ahead of emerging risks. You will be responsible for the safety and wellbeing of our staff and the operational resilience of NERC, including providing risk assurance across our polar operations, aviation, and ships. Learn more about the Council | Apply now

ALT Screenshot of text from website reading: NERC Executive Chair Professor Louise Heathwaite said: “It is a wonderful opportunity to bring to life and make accessible the science NERC funds — sharing the benefits of research and innovation and inspiring the next generation. “By bringing together scientist, policymakers, and the public, we aim to spark curiosity and help everyone understand the critical role of environmental science in solving our world’s environmental challenges. This event demonstrates how working together and involving a wide range of diverse communities is key in our journey towards a sustainable future.”

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ALT A comprehensive roadmap Dr Iain Williams, NERC Director of Strategic Partnerships, said: I’m hugely grateful to all those who were involved in contributing to this report. It offers a valuable and comprehensive roadmap for advancing the use and capabilities of UAS to support new insights across the environmental sciences and doing so in a way to reduce the carbon emissions in field research. The report contains some important recommendations and fascinating case studies on the use of UAS in a wide range of environmental science applications. I’m looking forward to seeing the outputs from the two projects linked to this programme and how they may develop new approaches to environmental mapping.