Health & Wellbeing Funding Call

The funding call for the Valuing Nature Human Health and Wellbeing goal is now closed. Details of projects funded under this call are available here.

This page contains information developed in support of the funding call was open.

About the funding call

The call funders are the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Applications needed to demonstrate building interdisciplinary capability and reflect the interests of the three funders as well as strong engagement with research users.  

Funding is awarded by NERC and the full Announcement of Opportunity is available on the Valuing Nature pages of the NERC website

Call Launch Event 

Videos and presentations from the Call Launch Event on 14 July 2015 are available here, including a funders question & answer session.

Offers Tool

The web tool to help bidders find offers of partnership is available here  (including research ideas, case studies, datasets and secondments).

Reports Used in Shaping the Call 

These reports were produced following three community engagement activities:

  • Meeting of the Valuing Nature Business Interest Group which outlines interests from businesses in the call and opportunities to maximise impact through business engagement
  • Scoping Workshop held for researchers and policy makers to identify key areas of interest for the call
  • Web Survey in which respondents were asked to identify key questions and challenges for the Health and Wellbeing goal.