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Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Advancing solutions for critical mineral production and recycling

This funding is for pump-priming research to explore, test, and validate disruptive solutions for critical mineral production and recycling. Solutions can cover extraction, processing, recovery, reprocessing, recycling, or re-mining. Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding. The total fund is £1,500,000, with a maximum award of £305,000.

Deadline7 January 2027
FundingUp to £305,000 · £1,500,000 total fund — £1,500,000
SummaryThis funding is for pump-priming research to explore, test, and validate disruptive solutions for critical mineral production and recycling. Solutions can cover extraction, processing, recovery, reprocessing, recycling, or re-mining. Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding. The total fund is £1,500,000, with a maximum award of £305,000.
Funding typesGrant
EligibilityUK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding
GeographyUK
SectorsCritical Minerals, Recycling
StatusOpen

Project requirements

Pump-priming research to explore, test and validate disruptive and transformative solutions for critical mineral extraction, processing, recovery, reprocessing, recycling or re-mining.

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