The National Institute for Health Research's (NIHR) Public Health Research Programme wishes to commission research on the effectiveness* of interventions to promote health and wellbeing, and reduce inequalities, in outdoor “green” and “blue” spaces.
Proposals must:
The National Environment Research Council (NERC), the Medical Research Council and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office are investing up to £600,000 in projects to identify and fill knowledge gaps around the potential of environmental data to improve health outcomes in the UK.
A brokerage event in Edinburgh to identify projects for this call is planned for April 2016. Prospective participants will be invited to apply to attend this event. Participants will then be invited to submit full proposals for studies following the event.
In a guest blog Amy Binner, one of our placements in the Valuing Nature Placement Scheme, discusses her research and the first day of her placement at Defra.
How can academics, environmental economists, modellers, and programmers get to grips with the needs of government, policymakers, or practitioners who use their research?
Summaries of all twelve of the Valuing Nature Placement Scheme's research are now available, as well as their presentations from the launch event in London.
A new report published by national land management charity, the Land Trust, shows just how much nature adds to people’s health and sense of safety.
The report, undertaken by independent economic consultants, found that every pound invested in parks and nature reserves contributes £30 towards health and wellbeing, and £23 towards crime reduction and community safety.
Based at the University of Surrey and initiated by leading UK bodies, its research will aid future decision-making on complex policy such as flooding and drainage, farming, housing and transport.
The list of successful applicants to the Valuing Nature Placement Scheme is now available. £180k was available under the Placement Scheme to allow researchers to work in a new disciplinary, institutional or applied setting. The successful placements will run for one to three months, starting by mid-February 2016.
The Valuing Nature Programme will run a three-day Business Impact School to provide early career researchers with an opportunity to gain insight into producing research with business impact.
The Natural Environment Research Council is funding this School to help develop a Valuing Nature research community with a broader understanding of how to translate research into private sector decision making and innovation.
You are here invited to submit applications to join the 'Demystifying Economic Valuation' group. The group is being formed by the Valuing Nature Network to write a ‘key principles of economic valuation’ paper in the first half of 2016.
Researchers are invited to apply to work for up to three months on Valuing Nature topics in a new disciplinary, institutional or applied setting. £180k is available to support 5-10 placements.
The placements will support the Valuing Nature Programme’s aim of building an interdisciplinary research community capable of working across the natural, biological and social sciences and arts and humanities, and to link researchers to businesses, policymakers and practitioners.