This is a pre-announcement for a major funding opportunity supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, UKRI) and in collaboration with NASA. The call invites applications for projects developing novel modelling approaches to understand biological processes influencing ocean carbon storage and to provide robust predictions of future changes. Projects should focus on how marine life impacts carbon uptake, transformation, and storage in the ocean, particularly addressing knowledge gaps in vertical transfer efficiency and ecosystem respiration. The funding encourages UK-US collaborative research teams, with leads based in the UK (NERC-eligible institutions) and US members supported by NASA. The maximum award for the UK component is £312,500 at 80% FEC, and for the US component, up to $1,000,000. The total funding available is £1,000,000. The programme duration is up to 24 months. Applications will be submitted through the UKRI Funding Service, and the scheme aims to produce improved global model parameterisations and emergent constraints for coupled ocean-atmosphere models.
This is a pre-announcement for a major funding opportunity supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, UKRI) and in collaboration with NASA. The call invites applications for projects developing novel modelling approaches to understand biological processes influencing ocean carbon storage and to provide robust predictions of future changes. Projects should focus on how marine life impacts carbon uptake, transformation, and storage in the ocean, particularly addressing knowledge gaps in vertical transfer efficiency and ecosystem respiration. The funding encourages UK-US collaborative research teams, with leads based in the UK (NERC-eligible institutions) and US members supported by NASA. The maximum award for the UK component is £312,500 at 80% FEC, and for the US component, up to $1,000,000. The total funding available is £1,000,000. The programme duration is up to 24 months. Applications will be submitted through the UKRI Funding Service, and the scheme aims to produce improved global model parameterisations and emergent constraints for coupled ocean-atmosphere models.