Research Infrastructure Renewal
Funding
Up to £8,000,000
Location
England
Applications
Rolling (always open)
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.
Who can apply:
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 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 Some funders do not publish their grants data.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.
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.
Set up your organisation profile first
Takes about 5 minutes. This is what makes your checks specific to your business.
Get the full toolkit
Premium adds unlimited eligibility checks plus everything you need to apply, for any grant.
- Unlimited eligibility checks
- Get a step-by-step application plan
- Generate a first draft you can work from
- Review your draft against the criteria
- Build a budget template
- Read the grant in plain English
Get notified about grants like this
Create a free account to receive alerts when new environment & conservation funding opens.
Create free accountLast updated: 16 August 2026