Call for new members and Chair to join the NERC facilities steering committees
New members are needed to join the committees over the next four years.
25/02/2026 By BGS Press
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) underpins its commitment to excellence in environmental research with the provision of access to high quality facilities. BGS manages a subset of the NERC facilities on behalf of NERC and relies on advice from the science community to manage and govern the facilities and ensure that they support high-quality science.
We are looking for new members to join NERC’s facilities steering committees over the next four years. The four facilities within this call are:
- Geophysical Equipment Facility (GEF)
- Ion Microprobe Facility (IMF)
- National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF)
- NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF)
GEF is particularly interested in recruiting new committee members in seismics and geomorphology.
We are additionally looking to recruit a new Chair for the NEOF steering committee to be appointed in 2026.
Further information:
– NERC Steering Committee membership call
– Application form
Expressions of interest must be submitted by the deadline – extended to 17:00 on 2 April 2026.
More details: NERC Steering Committee membership call — British Geological Survey
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