Multiple model assessment of biological influence on ocean carbon (Grant)
UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
What it funds
Apply for funding for a UK-US project to incorporate new representations of key processes regulating ocean carbon storage in contrasting global models.Project lead and UK researchers must be based at a UK research organisation eligible to apply for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.NASA will be providing support. US researchers must be affiliated with a US institution at the time of application submission.The full economic cost (FEC) of the UK component can be up to £625,000. We will fun
Who can apply
This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible.Who is eligible to applyApplications from individuals at any career stage, subject to eligibility criteria are welcome.Who is not eligible to applyApplications are ineligible if:you are involved in more than two applications submitted to this funding opportunity. Only one of these can be as project leadproject partners do not fund their own involvement. We will only fund minor incidental expenses, such as some travel costs, if needed for project partnersthey have not submitted a notification of intentInternational researchersProject leads based outside the UK are not permitted. Project co-leads must be based in the UK or the US. US project co-leads must be affiliated with a US institution at the time of application submission and should be added to the core team section as Project co Lead (International). For eligibility, see section 9.3 of the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Manual. US applicants should contact Laura Lorenzoni [email: laura.lorenzoni@nasa.gov] at NASA for further details.You should include all other international collaborators (or UK partners not based
How to apply
Click here to start an application on the UKRI Funding Service https://funding-service.ukri.org/OPP1190/apply/1282 Stage one: notification of intent (NoI)There is a mandatory notification of intent stage for this UKRI funding opportunity.To submit an NoI, fill in BIO Carbon: Biological Influence on Ocean Carbon: Multiple Model Assessments – Notification of intent form by 8 May 2026 at 4:00pm UK time. If a full application is submitted without a prior NoI by the stated deadline, it will be rejected.The NoI form requests details of the proposed research projects team and a summary of the research project application. This information will not be assessed but will be used to inform plans for the assessment panel. Nothing provided as part of the NoI step is considered finalised. Therefore additional partners and project co-leads may be added at a later stage, and the application may change s
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