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EnvironmentalResearch.info is the new home for the research database created by the Environment Research Funders' Forum.

Enter search term(s) in the box and press Enter or click Search button; all records will be searched for matches to titles, descriptions and classifications of projects and programmes and to names of people or organisations associated with the research. Summary results will be presented as though you had entered this information on the Simple project search page.

A database of information about 20,000+ environmental research projects and programmes funded by Defra, NERC, the Environment Agency and 17 other public-sector funders, created as a resource for anyone who is engaged in:

  • developing public or corporate policy
  • planning or commissioning future research
  • current research
  • writing about environmental issues

and needs to know what has been and is being done in the UK to understand the natural world and human interaction with it, and to develop solutions to environmental problems.

Search for information on projects or programmes, people, organisations or outputs using:

Advanced search and Custom search will be available soon and more projects will be added later in 2010.

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The scope of the database includes all of the topics within the coloured areas; topics shown on the borders and just outside the coloured areas are included where they relate to environmental issues. Download a higher resolution version of the Database scope diagram (PDF).