Tag Archives: NERC
Consultation Responses
Responses to Consultations and Inquiries 2013 Consultation on science and research funding priorities for the spending review [Adobe PDF, 74 Kb] Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Link to original consultation) May 2013 Consultation on the Triennial Review of the … Continue reading
Contribute to the BES response to the Triennial Review of the Research Councils
The BES will respond through the Society of Biology to the UK Government’s Triennial Review of the seven Research Councils. The first phase is to consider the core functions of the Research Councils, to assess the need for these functions … Continue reading
NERC – DEFRA High Level Policy Placement Fellowship
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are seeking a senior member of the environmental science community to take on a key role linking NERC science with Defra policymaking at the highest … Continue reading
NERC internships with business, policy and the third sector
The Natural Environment Research Council has launched a call for internships, inviting existing researchers to apply for projects of up to four months, based in businesses, policy or third sector organisations. Interns will explore and demonstrate how business, policy or … Continue reading
NERC/Environment Agency Policy Placement Fellowship
Applications are invited for a nine-month policy placement secondment opportunity based in EA Bristol offices to work on the use of transient and steady state climate change information to improve decision making for climate change adaptation. This is an excellent … Continue reading
Natural Capital/ Ecosystem Services for Business: New Collaboration Opportunities
Tuesday 13th March 2012 The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) 1 Carlton House Terrace, London Business has been put at the centre of the stage to deliver the sustainable economy that the Government pledges to provide in the … Continue reading
Applications sought for Chair of NERC’s Science and Innovation Strategy Board (SISB)
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is seeking to appoint a new Chair of its Science and Innovation Strategy Board (SISB), to commence from April 2012, and is inviting applications from interested parties. Further information and an application pack are … Continue reading
NERC/Environment Agency policy placement secondment opportunities
Applications are invited for two new, twelve month, full time (part time working will be considered), policy placement secondment opportunities, to work with the Environment Agency based in Bristol. These secondments are offered as part of NERC’s policy placement fellowship … Continue reading
BES – NERC Policy Training Workshop
After two days of exciting policy engagement training in London, the Policy Training Workshop organised by British Ecological Society (BES) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has come to a close. The event was attended by thirty NERC funded PhD … Continue reading
Valuing Nature Network workshops now open for registration
The Valuing Nature Network (VNN) in partnership with Natural Environment Resource Council (NERC) will be running a series of workshops on biodiversity and ecosystem service valuation in London during May 2011. The workshops, supported by the Natural Capital Initiative (NCI), … Continue reading