Biodiversa+ 2026 to 2027: novel ecosystems (BiodivFuture)

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Grant. Closes 2027-04-16. Total fund £3.75 million. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/biodiversa-2026-to-2027-novel-ecosystems-biodivfuture/

This funding opportunity allows UK based researchers to collaborate with international partners and submit joint application to the Biodiversa+ 2026 to 2027 joint funding opportunity Novel ecosystems (BiodivFuture).

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.

The full economic cost (FEC) of the total requested budget from all UK partners on a project can be up to £375,000. NERC will fund 80% of the FEC and fund your project for up to 36 months.

What we're looking for Scope

The full details of the scope can be found on the Biodiversa+ website.

BiodivFuture focuses on supporting future-looking research and innovation that will address biodiversity and novel ecosystems. This includes their socio-ecological dynamics and consequences relating to the sustainability goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and associated future pathways and trajectories of change.

The funding opportunity covers investigating the causes (drivers), effects (biological responses), and outcomes (including opportunities, risks and trade-offs) of current and future trajectories of change in all relevant realms (terrestrial, freshwater, marine and coastal areas), around the world.

This funding opportunity aims to fund novel, high-quality transnational research with potential for societal and political impact that will significantly improve our understanding of novel ecosystems with holistic, systemic, and integrated approaches.

Themes

This funding opportunity addresses three themes. Projects are welcome to address one or more of these themes:

Theme A Novel ecosystem functioning

Understanding the functioning of novel ecosystems and their links to socio-cultural and socio-economic dynamics, identifying mechanisms and developing approaches that can…