Company Profile

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is the UK’s leading public funder of environmental science, investing £330 million each year in cutting-edge research, postgraduate training and innovation in universities and research centres. We advance the frontier of environmental science by commissioning new research, infrastructure and training that delivers valuable scientific breakthroughs. Our vision to place environmental science at the heart of responsible management of our planet.

As part of our commitment to making sure we benefit from constructive challenge from a wider range of perspectives, and to help us deliver our aim to ensure that NERC becomes more representative of the communities we serve, we are creating a Future Leaders Council (FLC). This will be a new body within the NERC governance structure to broaden the talent pool available to advise us, while, at the same time, allowing the environmental science leaders of the future to gain valuable committee member experience.