{"id":44058,"date":"2021-11-22T20:26:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta-ukri.msappproxy.net\/?post_type=council&#038;p=44058"},"modified":"2025-10-02T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:04:26","slug":"remit-programmes-and-priorities","status":"publish","type":"council","link":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/councils\/nerc\/remit-programmes-and-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Remit, programmes and priorities &#8211; NERC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) supports research in areas including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>atmospheric physics and chemistry<\/li>\n<li>climate and climate change<\/li>\n<li>ecology, biodiversity and systematics<\/li>\n<li>geosciences<\/li>\n<li>marine environments<\/li>\n<li>polar sciences<\/li>\n<li>science-based archaeology<\/li>\n<li>terrestrial and freshwater environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ukri-callout-box\">\n<p><a href=\"\/our-work\/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support\/?category=nerc\">Browse all NERC programmes, partnerships and activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can also find out more about <a href=\"\/about-us\/who-we-fund\/\">who we fund<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/councils\/nerc\/facilities-and-resources\/\">research facilities and resources we invest in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Check if your research is within NERC\u2019s remit<\/h3>\n<p>You can <a href=\"\/councils\/nerc\/guidance-for-applicants\/how-to-submit-your-application\/research-area-selection-in-je-s\/\">check the research areas you can include in funding proposals<\/a> to NERC.<\/p>\n<p>You can also contact NERC to <a href=\"\/publications\/nerc-remit-enquiry-form\/\">ask if your research is within its remit<\/a> before making a research proposal. It\u2019s a good idea to do this if your research is interdisciplinary or not clearly within NERC\u2019s research areas.<\/p>\n<p>You might also want to consider how your research contributes to <a href=\"\/councils\/nerc\/remit-programmes-and-priorities\/our-research-portfolio-and-priorities\/\">NERC\u2019s research portfolio and priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":826,"template":"template-chapter-nav-parent.php","categories":[54],"tags":[],"wf_council_folders":[289,129],"class_list":["post-44058","council","type-council","status-publish","hentry","category-nerc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/44058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/council"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/44058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175711,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/44058\/revisions\/175711"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/council\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44058"},{"taxonomy":"wf_council_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_council_folders?post=44058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}