Principal Investigators and researchers should discuss and agree their requests for polar fieldwork support with BAS at least three months in advance of NERC grant submission deadlines listed below. All research grant proposals to NERC should be submitted no later than the announced deadlines. Applicants should leave enough time for their proposal to pass through the Research Councils UK Joint electronic Submission (Je-S) route before 16:00 on the closing date.
Proposals are assessed on their scientific excellence. NERC Moderating Panels meet annually in June and December to grade the proposals and make recommendations for funding. Applicants should adhere to the regulations set out in the NERC handbook.
Submission deadlines:
- NERC standard grants proposals 17th January 2017
- Associated Preliminary Antarctic Logistic requests: 17th October 2016
- Large grant outline proposals and associated preliminary Antarctic logistic requests: 15th March 2016 (Full proposal deadline is 8th November 2016)
- Collaborative Antarctic Science Scheme applications for the 2016/2017 field season: 6th March 2017
- NERC Independent Research Fellowships 4 pm 4th October 2016
- Associated Preliminary Antarctic Logistic Requests: 4pm 4th July 2016
- Application to use the NERC Arctic Station 2016 summer season 31st March 2017
Process for Principal Investigators
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Check the status of your organisation’s Je-S registrationOrganisations wishing to register for Je-S should contact the Je-S Helpdesk (Tel:01793 444164). Users wishing to access the system for the first time must check with their central administration to establish the status of the organisation’s Je-S registration before proceeding to create a new account. |
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Create an account on the Je-S system (if you do not already have a user account) |
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Prepare the research grant proposal on the Je-S system.Partially completed proposals can be
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Submit the finalised proposal to NERCThe final proposal is submitted to NERC (or other Research Councils) by an authorised representative of the Principal Investigator’s host institution. Remember that the approved ‘Preliminary request for Antarctic logistic support’ form must be included as an attachment on the Je-S system. |
Contact
Further information is available from the Je-S Helpdesk.