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This fund aims to help young people (aged between 16 and 25) in Cardiff into green careers. What we mean by green careers By green careers, we mean careers that: reduce carbon emissions reduce carbon emissions restore nature restore nature help us adapt to our changing climate help us adapt to our changing climate Examples of green careers could be anything from an administrative assistant for an environmental consultant, to a cook at a zero-waste café, or a trainee engineer for a renewable energy company. How we want to help young people We’re funding projects that help young people: develop their confidence teach them new skills - this could include social and technical skills develop their confidence teach them new skills - this could include social and technical skills get work expe...
National Lottery Heritage Grants is our funding programme for all types of heritage projects in the UK. Use this guidance to apply for grants from £250,000 to £10m. You must first submit an Expression of Interest and, if you are successful, we will invite you to apply. Your application will usually go through two phases: a development phase of up to two years, enabling you work on your project proposal, and a delivery phase of no more than five years. If you think a two phase application is not right for your project, please contact your local office to discuss. Overview Is this the right programme for you? Is your organisation looking to care for and sustain heritage in the UK? Will your heritage project run for no more than five years (excluding the development phase)? Do you require ...
This funding supports community groups in Wales that are taking action on climate change and aiming to live more sustainably, or helping them kick-start their ideas. To apply, your group must have received support from the Egin mentoring programme . The main aim of your project should be to help your community engage with climate change and take steps to live more sustainably. We aim to fund groups that consider the impact of their activities on nature and, where possible, limit any potentially damaging practices. We’re also interested in other benefits your project could bring. These might include: improving people’s wellbeing improving relationships between people and organisations improving biodiversity We want to fund organisations that are open to learning and plan to share what th...
You can apply for £1,500 to complete Stage 1 of the WCPG application. This is for a desk-based exercise to identify the constraints and opportunities affecting the proposed planting. If there’s potential for woodland creation to take place on the site, then you will be offered a stage 2 payment. At stage 2, you can get £150 per hectare, minus the £1,500 offered at stage 1, to complete stage 2 of the Woodland Creation Design Plan Template. You may get supplementary payments for specialist survey work if a need for them is identified at stage 1. If your application is under ten hectares in size, we will make a minimum payment of £500 for stage 2. The total amount of funding is capped at £30,500 per project. The funding will support you to gather and analyse the information that you need ...
Is this the right programme for you? Are you an organisation working with natural heritage in Wales? Do you need funding for planning or delivering a nature-based project? Does your project focus on improving wildlife and biodiversity in Wales in and around the network of protected sites? Do you require a grant of between £250,000 and £1million? If you answered yes to these questions, then the Nature Networks Fund is for you. Overview We’re delivering the Nature Networks Fund on behalf of the Welsh Government, in partnership with Natural Resources Wales. The aim of the Nature Networks Fund is to improve the resilience of Wales’ network of protected land, freshwater and marine sites. It is a key element of the delivery of the Welsh Government’s wider Nature Networks Programme, supporting...
s help businesses to partner with an academic organisation, research organisation or a Catapult, to employ a graduate with the skills and knowledge that can help the business to innovate and grow.
Apply for funding to pursue an adventurous, ambitious curiosity-driven project in environmental research. You must be: based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements
Page last updated: 17 September 2026 National Lottery Heritage Grants is our funding programme for all types of heritage projects in the UK. Use this guidance to apply for grants from £10,000 to £250,000. Overview Is this the right programme for you? Is your organisation looking to care for and sustain heritage in the UK? Will your heritage project run for no more than five years? Do you require a grant of between £10,000 and £250,000? Are you a not-for-profit organisation, a private owner of a heritage asset or a partnership? Does your project take into account our four investment principles? If you answered yes to these questions, then National Lottery Heritage Grants could be for you. Our investment principles Four investment principles guide all our grant decision making under our 1...
Apply for funding to work with US-based researchers on an environmental science application. Collaborative work is governed by a lead agency agreement between NERC and NSF. The UK-based applicant must be: based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding employed at lecturer (or equivalent) level or above
The climate and nature emergency affects us all, but local action can make a real difference. We fund community-led projects that improve the environment and help people connect with and enjoy nature where they live. We fund projects that meet one of the following priorities: help people connect with and care for nature in their area make a positive difference to the environment You can use the funding to: start a new activity or continue an existing one help your organisation adapt to new challenges run one-off events that have a clear environmental benefit You cannot apply if you already have an Awards for All grant. If you're looking for more general funding for community projects, go to the National Lottery Awards for All England page .
Apply for funding to respond quickly to transient, unexpected environmental research opportunities created by sporadic natural occurrences such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, or ephemeral events in ecosystems. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs / Forestry Commission – Nature for Climate Fund You can apply to get money to help create new woodland through the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO). You can get up to £10,200 per hectare to create the woodland. You could also get up to £12,700 in additional payments if your woodland contributes to the local community, nature recovery or the environment. For more information, read the guidance on how EWCO works on GOV.UK. You can access all EWCO-related guidance and forms on the GOV.UK EWCO collection page. Eligibility All landowners, land managers and public bodies can apply. The land you own or manage must be: entirely within England under your management control for the full duration of the agreement – if it’s not you’ll need to...
We want to fund projects that strengthen our food system and reduce food insecurity for people and communities. We want to support ways of producing enough healthy, affordable food without harming the planet. We will do this by supporting work that: works with nature to create resilient, sustainable and equitable food systems (this is called agroecology) addresses the root cause of long-term problems, not just the symptoms (this is called systems change) You must meet one or more of our aims Your project must work towards systems change in the way that: community organisations grow and produce food – using agroecological methods food gets distributed – aiming for equitable access to healthy, affordable food for all offers people and communities different food options – especially those ...
With this funding, we want to help strengthen communities and improve lives across England. Our funding is available to all communities. But our priority is the places, people and communities that need it most. When we say ‘community’, we mean people who live in the same area. Or people with similar interests or life experiences, even if they do not live in the same area. How much you can ask for You can apply for £20,001 or more, for projects lasting up to 5 years. We fund a range of projects and organisations varying in size and amount. For example, we gave: £155,000 over 3 years to a single organisation to deliver health and wellbeing support in their community, including advice on benefits and debt and dementia prevention services £155,000 over 3 years to a single organisation to de...
This opportunity allows UK-based researchers and researchers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil to submit a collaborative application under existing NERC funding opportunities. This will go through a single review process.
Grants, loans and equity from USD 50,000 to USD 15 million for innovations with evidence of impact on people living on less than USD 5 a day. Applications are considered on a rolling basis; the fund's 2026 strategy prioritises climate resilience and economic opportunity.
High Speed Two (HS2) is a new high speed railway linking up London, the Midlands, the North and Scotland serving over 25 stations, including eight of Britain's 10 largest cities and connecting around 30 million people. For Phase One, the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act received Royal Assent in early 2017 and the Phase 2a: High Speed Rail (West Midlands to Crewe) Act received Royal Assent in February 2021. Later stages of Phase Two will extend the route to Manchester, Leeds and beyond but are subject to future Parliamentary approval. In October 2014, Government announced a funding programme to offset the disruption of Phase One of HS2 on local communities and economies – the Community and Environment Fund (CEF) and the Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF). A combined total...
This page provides grants to UK-based civil society organisations and charities for poverty reduction projects in developing countries. Disasters Emergency Committee UK Aid Match has increased the impact of a number of the Disasters Emergency Committee’s ( DEC ’s) recent appeals, helping to provide immediate support to countries facing large-scale humanitarian disasters. In recent years, this has included delivering life-saving aid to people affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan, and to people needing help due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. At times of crisis overseas, the DEC brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently. By pooling resources to work as one, DEC is pivotal in co-o...
The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) provides funding to public, private and third sector applicants, to support improvements to existing district heating or communal heating projects in England and Wales that are operating sub-optimally and resulting in poor outcomes for customers and operators.Projects can apply to HNES for either revenue or capital grant funding: Revenue grants – grants to fund procurement or mobilisation of external third-party support to carry out Optimisation Studies. These studies will assess heat network projects to identify causes of sub-optimal performance and recommend costed intervention or improvement measures. Capital grants – grants to part-fund the delivery (installation) of eligible intervention/improvement measures. HNES is a multiple-funding-roun...
Apply for funding to undertake research associated with an IODP3 expedition or SPARC project. You can apply for funding if you are invited and are a member of science parties for IODP3 drilling expeditions and SPARC projects. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.
The climate and nature emergency affects us all. But local action can make a real difference. We want to fund projects that have environmental sustainability as their main aim. We’ll fund projects that meet at least one of our priorities: help people connect with and care for nature in their area help people connect with and care for nature in their area make a positive difference to the environment make a positive difference to the environment help people tackle pollution in their communities help people tackle pollution in their communities You can use our funding to: start a new activity or continue an existing one (if it meets our priorities) start a new activity or continue an existing one (if it meets our priorities) help your organisation or community (or both) adapt to new chall...
UKRI and Research Council of Norway have signed a Money Follows Cooperation agreement to enable collaborative applications between researchers in the UK and Norway. UKRI funding will be provided for project co-leads based in Norway in successful applications. Applications must be submitted through existing council programmes.
We are inviting expressions of interest from established organisations with the national standing, convening credibility, technical expertise and operational systems to host and coordinate the Humanitarian Health and Climate Collaborative (HHCC) in Ethiopia.
Apply to attend a five-day interactive sandpit to develop novel projects that can address multi-faceted metascience questions related to research and development policy and funding. You will complete an expression of interest form to apply for the sandpit. We expect to fund up to £2 million at 80% full economic cost (FEC).
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will work with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to invest up to £7 million to support the technical development and commercial readiness of sustainable technologies for the manufacturing of medicines. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. This funding is part of the Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation. The aim of this competition is to drive innovation in sustainable medicines manufacturing across three key pillars: green chemistry circularity productivity and resource efficiency These new manufacturing innovations are expected to support more environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes with significant and measurable improvements in at leas...
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