Environmental sciences: Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund 2026
Natural Environment Research Council
What it funds
Word limit: 550 In 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
Who can apply
This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible.Before applying for funding, check your project is in our remit.Who is eligible to applyThis funding opportunity is open to research groups and individuals. We:encourage multidisciplinary research and collaborations with other UK organisationswelcome applications from individuals at any career stage, subject to NERC eligibility criteriaWho is not eligible to applyYou can only submit one application as either project lead or project co-lead.You must not:resubmit applicationsapply as project leads and project co-leads (previously principal investigators and co-investigators) in two consecutive yearshold an active Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund grant either as project lead or project co-lead at the time of the closing dateInternational researchersYou should include all international collaborators, including your new international partner(s), (and UK partners not based at approved organisations) within the ‘Project partner’ section, not within your core team. This includes organisations from the business or financial sectors.Project partners fund their own involvement. We will
How to apply
Click here to start an application on the UKRI Funding Service: https://funding-service.ukri.org/OPP1192/apply/1237 We are running this funding opportunity on the new UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Service, so please ensure that your organisation is registered. You cannot apply on the Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) system.The project lead is responsible for completing the application process on the Funding Service, but we expect all team members and project partners to contribute to the application.Only the lead research organisation can submit an application to UKRI.To applySelect ‘Start application’ near the beginning of this Funding finder page:Confirm you are the project lead.Sign in or create a Funding Service account. To create an account, select your organisation, verify your email address, and set a password. IAnswer questions directly in the text boxes. You can s
Last checked against the official source: 3 Jul 2026. Scheme parameters are set by the funder and can change — verify before applying, or let us do it for you.
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