Research Infrastructure Renewal

Funding

Up to £8,000,000

Deadline

Check with the funder

Location

England

Applications

Rolling applications

Overview

NERC is offering up to £8 million in capital funding. The money is for renewing, replacing, or improving equipment and facilities used for environmental science. Only existing facilities, labs, and national capabilities can apply. The facility must be open and available to the wider environmental science community.

Requirements to check

Who can apply:

academicpublic sector

Key requirements:

  • Must be an existing facility, laboratory, or national capability
  • Facility must be demonstrably available for use by the wider environmental science community
  • Funding is capital only, not revenue

This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.

Who is this for?

This is for organisations that already run established environmental science facilities, laboratories, or national capabilities in England. The facility must be demonstrably available for use by the broader environmental science community. It is not for new facilities or businesses outside the environmental science research sector.

Regions

No published award history for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Some funders do not publish their grants data.

Full details from Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Apply for capital funding to renew, replace and enhance capabilities for environmental science. The funding opportunity is for existing facilities, laboratories and other national capabilities which are demonstrably available for use by the wider environmental science community.

How to apply

Applications are made through NERC. Check the NERC funding finder for submission details and any required documentation. No two-stage process is mentioned in the source.

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Last updated: 21 September 2026