Doctoral focal award: environmental evidence synthesis
Ref: GRT-BYGT9D6W
Funding Available
Up to £4,072,000
UK Wide
All Sectors
27 May 2026
Grants & Funding
About This Grant
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are funding up to two doctoral focal awards in environmental evidence synthesis. This funding will equip the next generation of PhD researchers with advanced evidence synthesis methodologies, enabling them to critically appraise and communicate environmental information to inform policy and practice. The award covers cohort-level training and individual research projects spanning environmental and social sciences.
What Can It Fund?
- doctoral focal award
- PhD studentships
- environmental evidence synthesis
- cohort training
- policy-making
- social sciences
- environmental science
Funding Source
NERC & ESRC (UKRI)
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