{"id":13855,"date":"2022-05-13T14:38:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=13855"},"modified":"2022-05-13T14:38:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:38:48","slug":"nerc-pre-announcement-integrating-finance-and-biodiversity-for-a-nature-positive-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2022\/05\/13\/nerc-pre-announcement-integrating-finance-and-biodiversity-for-a-nature-positive-future\/","title":{"rendered":"NERC Pre-Announcement &#8211; Integrating Finance and Biodiversity for a Nature Positive Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has announced details of a future funding call entitled <strong>Integrating Finance and Biodiversity for a Nature Positive Future<\/strong> to create research networks to integrate finance and biodiversity for the future of nature.<\/p>\n<p>Funding will be available to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop research networks that will convene and catalyse a multi-stakeholder community.<\/li>\n<li>Support proof of concept projects to explore the gaps and integration between the financial system and biodiversity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This call will be the first phase of a new \u00a35 million four-year interdisciplinary Nature Positive Future (NPF) programme aimed at aligning financial decision-making with the value of biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>Projects are required to have a Principal Investigator based in a UK research organisation <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fapply-for-funding%2Fbefore-you-apply%2Fcheck-if-you-are-eligible-for-research-and-innovation-funding%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cnubsdirectorofresearch%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C7359ec4a7af047d5609c08da26e05f62%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C637865042357203978%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8qK8UzKTiwtIyewKlRk%2Fqej5k60Jk02fv0V7GYpqTPk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">eligible for UKRI funding<\/a> (ie approved higher education institutions, research council institutes, independent research organisations and public sector research establishments). NERC <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fpublications%2Fnerc-research-grants-and-fellowships-handbook-guidance-for-applicants%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cnubsdirectorofresearch%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C7359ec4a7af047d5609c08da26e05f62%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C637865042357203978%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VqG%2BCIEdGrGEZRglW15eJ6OpNXUTctPyOJ0NdE%2FkvRM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">individual eligibility rules<\/a> apply (refer to Section C of the NERC research grant and fellowships handbook).<\/p>\n<p>The scheme&#8217;s total budget is expected to be \u00a31.5 million. The full economic cost of the project can be up to \u00a3150,000. NERC will fund 80% of the full economic cost. Projects must last for 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>NERC will allocate up to \u00a3250,000 for a coordinating and integration function for successful phase one awards. Phase two will consist of a wider hub and spoke network(s). A further \u00a33.5 million over three years will be available for the second phase.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The call is expected to open in May 2022 and a webinar will take place in June. The application deadline will be in July 2022 and the award start date will be in January 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has announced details of a future funding call entitled Integrating Finance and Biodiversity for a Nature Positive Future to&#8230; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2022\/05\/13\/nerc-pre-announcement-integrating-finance-and-biodiversity-for-a-nature-positive-future\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13856,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13855\/revisions\/13856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}