UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is inviting proposals to their second funding opportunity through the UK Climate Resilience programme, funded through the Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF).
This Programme aims to draw together fragmented climate research and expertise to deliver robust, multi- and inter-disciplinary climate risk and adaptation solutions research ensuring the UK is resilient to climate variability and change and powerfully positioned to exploit the opportunities of adaptation and green growth.
This will help to ensure that the UK is resilient to climate variability and change, and powerfully positioned to exploit the opportunities of adaptation and green growth.
The UK Climate Resilience programme will be holding an open town hall meeting on 3 October 2019 in London (venue tbc) to further communicate the remit and objectives of the programme and the specific requirements of this call, and bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines with
Objectives
The overarching objectives of the UK Climate Resilience programme seek to drive innovative multi- and inter-disciplinary research within the UKRI and Met Office communities to address the knowledge gaps identified above. The central objectives of the programme are:
= Characterising and quantifying climate-related risks;
- Managing climate-related risks through adaptation;
- Co-producing climate services.
Topics
This Announcement of Opportunity comprises two topics:
- Enhanced Climate Change Risk Assessment capability
- This topic aims to produce improved UK spatial modelling of climate-related risks, characterisation of interdependent risks and representation of adaptation strategies in integrated assessment models of impact and adaptation.
- Governing Adaptation
- This topic aims to enhance understanding of the behaviour, capacity and governance of individuals, organisations and policy, and the interactions between them, in delivering adaptation that is just.
Funding Information
The funding in this Announcement of Opportunity will be delivered through the two topics:
- Enhanced Climate Change Risk Assessment capability
- Up to one interdisciplinary proposal will be funded in this topic area up to the value of £2m (at 80% FEC) for up to 28 months in duration.
- Governing Adaptation
- This topic will be delivered through a maximum of two projects, each up to the value of £750,000 (at 80% FEC) and up to 28 months in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public Sector Research Establishments (PSREs) with 10 or more researchers with PhDs (or equivalent) are eligible to apply;
- Investigators may be involved in no more than two proposals submitted to this call (not to each topic), only one of these may be as the lead Principal Investigator. E.g., applicants cannot be both a PI on topic A as well as a PI and Co-I on topic B.