Funding opportunity: Aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on the climate 2026

Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research which focuses on the underpinning science of aviation’s non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) impacts to identify benefits, mitigation options, informing industry and government policy decisions.

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

The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £385,425. We will fund 80% of the FEC (meaning, £308,340).

Projects must begin by no later than 1 February 2027 and last for no more than 14 months.