Deadline: 3 October 2023
Apply for funding to deliver a digital twin pilot project which demonstrates how research using Earth Observation (EO) data and emerging digital twinning technologies can transform environmental science.
This funding opportunity is being delivered by NERC, in partnership with the Met Office, as part of the Twinning Capability for the Natural Environment (TWINE) programme.
Aims
- The aims of the TWINE programme, and the projects that are successful through this funding opportunity, are to:
- harness the UK’s leading position at the nexus of environmental, observational and computational sciences, and bring together multidisciplinary teams to realise the value of digital twinning technology to address environmental challenges;
- improve the understanding, modelling and prediction of events, inform future decision-making, and test the impacts of different scenarios and interventions to help make better decisions on improving the environment;
- build the foundations of a coherent and lasting landscape of digital twins for environmental science, with a high level of cross-fertilisation of learning and a focus on design for interoperability with current and future activities.
Objectives
- Form part of the wider TWINE programme and contribute to developing a federated cyber-physical infrastructure ecosystem.
- Compile a report documenting learning from the project about the data, tools and methods used, the skills required throughout the process, the challenges encountered and how they were addressed, and how the learning from the project can be utilised by the wider community.
- Produce evidence pieces which will be used in the communication and dissemination of the project findings.
Priority Areas
- The following priority areas:
- climate change, mitigations and adaptation;
- biodiversity and ecosystems;
- natural hazards, including weather, and their mitigation.
Funding Information
- You can apply for projects up to £700,000. They will fund 80% of the full economic cost (FEC).
- Duration: The duration of this award is a maximum of 15 months. Projects must start by 2 January 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
- They welcome applications from individuals at any career stage.
- Applications are encouraged from multidisciplinary research groups in collaboration with a range of stakeholders in the EO community.
- Individuals involved in the activities are eligible to apply to this funding opportunity or be involved in applications.
- Project partners fund their own involvement. They will only fund minor incidental expenses, such as some travel costs, if needed for project partners.
Ineligible
- Individuals from the Met Office are not eligible to apply for funding through this funding opportunity due to the conflict of interest.
- They do not fund overseas organisations, except for specific costs for project co-leads (previously co-investigator) from Norway and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).
For more information, visit NERC.
