Natural Environment Research Council (United Kingdom)

From Wikipedia: "The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is a British Research Council that supports research, training and knowledge transfer activities in the environmental sciences."

NERC is the leading funder of independent research in environmental science in the United Kingdom. NERC is primarily funded by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), but NERC's work and funding decisions are independent of the UK government.