Pushing the frontiers of environmental research (Grant)

About this opportunity

Word limit: 550In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application. We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for example: opinion-formers policymakers the public the wider research community Guidance for writing a summary Clearly describe your proposed work in terms of: context the challenge the project addresses aims and objectives potential applications and benefits Core team List the key members of your team and assign them roles from the following: project lead (PL) project co-lead (UK) (PcL) project co-lead (international) (PcL (I)) specialist grant manager professional enabling staff research and innovation associate technician visiting researcher researcher co-lead (RcL) Only list one individual as project lead. The project lead is responsible for setting up and completing the application process on the Funding Service.TFor NERC funded roles, the project co-lead international role may only be used for collaborators based in Norway , where NERC has a collaboration agreement in place. We do not otherwise accept funded project co-lead (international) applicants. Any international research teams to be funded by international organisations as part of a Lead Agency Agreement should be included within international collaboration question. You should also include the lead international researcher as the project co-lead international role with a zero cost included in the resources and cost justification section. Do not include your Lead Agency Agreement international team as Project Partners. Lead Agency Agreements are in place with the National Science Foundation in the US (NSF) , State of São Paulo Research Foundation in Brazil (FAPESP ) and Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (FNR ).UKRI has introduced a new addition to the ‘Specialist’ role type. Public contributors such as people with lived experience can now be added to an application. Find out more about UKRI’s core team roles in funding applications . Application questions Primary discipline classification Word limit: 10You will need to select one primary discipline area of research from the list of disciplines and copy and paste it into the text field: Atmospheric kinetics Behavioural ecology Biogeochemical cycles Boundary layer meteorology Climate and climate change Community ecology Conservation ecology Earth engineering Earth resources Earth surface processes Ecosystem-scale processes and land use Ecotoxicology Environment and health Environmental biotechnology Environmental genomics Environmental informatics Environmental microbiology Environmental physiology Geohazards Glacial and cryospheric systems Hydrogeology Hydrological processes Land – atmosphere interactions Land – ocean interactions Large scale atmospheric dynamics and transport Mantle and core processes Ocean – atmosphere interactions Ocean circulation Palaeobiology Palaeoenvironments Physics and chemistry of Earth materials Planetary Surfaces and Geology Pollution Population ecology Population genetics and evolution Quaternary science Radiative processes and effects Regional weather and extreme events Science-based archaeology (fossilised organisms) Science-based archaeology (geoarchaeology) Sediments and sedimentary processes Soil Science Stratospheric processes Survey and monitoring Systematics and taxonomy Technology for environmental applications Tectonic processes Tropospheric processes Upper atmosphere processes and geospace Volcanic processes Water in the atmosphere Water quality For further information please see Research areas covered by NERC remit . What the assessors are looking for in your response This information is used to determine eligibility for NERC funding and to assist in the selection of appropriate reviewers. Vision Word limit: 1,100What are you hoping to achieve with your proposed work? What the assessors are looking for in your response Explain how your proposed work: is of excellent quality and importance within or beyond the field(s) or area(s) has the potential to advance current understanding, or generate new knowledge, thinking or discovery within or beyond the field or area is timely given current trends, context, and needs impacts world-leading research, society, the economy, or the environment References may be included within this section. You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. Approach Word limit: 2,750How are you going to deliver your proposed work? What the assessors are looking for in your response Explain how you have designed your approach so that it: is effective and appropriate to achieve your objectives is feasible, and comprehensively identifies any risks to delivery and how they will be managed uses a clearly written and transparent methodology (if applicable) summarises the previous work and describes how this will be built upon and progressed (if applicable) will maximise translation of outputs into outcomes and impacts describes how your, and if applicable your team’s, research environment (in terms of the place and relevance to the project) will contribute to the success of the work Within this section we also expect you to: demonstrate access to the appropriate services, facilities, infrastructure, or equipment to deliver the proposed work provide a detailed and comprehensive project plan including milestones and timelines in the form of a GA References may be included within this section. You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. Applicant and team capability to deliver Word limit: 1,650Why are you the right individual or team to successfully deliver the proposed work? What the assessors are looking for in your response Evidence of how you, and if relevant your team, have: the relevant experience (appropriate to career stage) to deliver the proposed work the right balance of skills and expertise to cover the proposed work the appropriate leadership and management skills to deliver the work and your approach to develop others contributed to developing a positive research environment and wider community You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. The word limit for this section is 1,650 words: 1,150 words to be used for Résumé for Research and Innovation (R4RI) modules (including references) and, if necessary, a further 500 words for Additions. Use the R4RI format to showcase the range of relevant skills you and, if relevant, your team (project and project co-leads, researchers, technicians, specialists, partners, international collaborative team and so on) have and how this will help deliver the proposed work. You can include individuals’ specific achievements but only choose past contributions that best evidence their ability to deliver this work. Complete this section using the R4RI module headings listed. Use each heading once and include a response for the whole team, see the UKRI guidance on R4RI . You should consider how to balance your answer, and emphasise where appropriate the key skills each team member brings: contributions to the generation of new ideas, tools, methodologies, or knowledge the development of others and maintenance of effective working relationships contributions to the wider research and innovation community contributions to broader research or innovation users and audiences and towards wider societal benefit Additions Provide any further details relevant to your application. This section is optional and can be up to 500 words. You should not use it to describe additional skills, experiences, or outputs, but you can use it to describe any factors that provide context for the rest of your R4RI (for example, details of career breaks if you wish to disclose them). This section is only to be used if necessary to provide information that is supplementary to the R4RI and may be required to provide context. Complete this as a narrative. Do not format it like a CV.References may be included within this section. The roles in funding applications policy has descriptions of the different project roles. Ethics and responsible research and innovation (RRI) What are the ethical and RRI considerations, implications and issues relating to the proposed work? If you do not think that the proposed work raises any ethical or RRI issues, explain why. What the assessors are looking for in your response Demonstrate that you have identified and evaluated: the relevant ethical and RRI considerations, including both the research or topic area itself and the design and delivery of the project the wider implications of the proposed work, and how you will maximise the positive societal, environmental, and economic benefits arising from the project, whilst minimising unintended negative impacts, such as research misuse or accidental harm how you will manage these considerations throughout the lifecycle of the project If you are collecting or using data you should identify: any legal and ethical considerations of collecting, releasing and storing the data (including consent, confidentiality, anonymisation, security and other ethical considerations and, in particular, strategies to not preclude further re-use of data) formal information standards that your proposed work will comply with Additional sub-questions (to be answered only if appropriate) relating to research involving: animals human participants genetically modified organisms You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. Please refer to the UKRI position statement on funding ethical research and Responsible innovation for more information around our