York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)

International Exchanges | Royal Society These schemes are for scientists based in the UK who want to stimulate collaborations with leading scientists overseas through either a one-off visit or bilateral travel

Take your research global! ✈️

@royalsociety.org International Exchanges (£12k) supports UK scientists building new networks overseas.

📅 Next deadline: 18 March 2026
🔗 More info:

Early-Career Awards – Funding for Early-Career Researchers | Research Funding | Wellcome The Wellcome Early-Career Awards scheme provides research funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.

Early career researchers: Ready to go independent? 🔬

The Wellcome Early Career Awards offer salary + £400k to help you build your own research identity.

📅 Deadline: 21 July 2026
🔗 Apply:

Pre-announcement: UKRI Translation: Proof of Concept This support is grant funding for proof-of-concept projects for early to mid-stage research commercialisation activities.

New Funding: UKRI Translation Proof of Concept (£250k). 💡

Move your research toward commercialisation, licensing, or venture creation.

📅 Deadline: 13 May 2026
🔗 Info:

Social media graphic for a YESI event "Grant reflections: training for success" on April 15, 2026, at the Church Lane Building, University of York. The image features the word "SUCCESS" spelled out in wooden letters hanging on a dark wood fence next to a vintage brass key.

Winning the grant is amazing, but what comes next? 🤔 Hear from successful researchers on the real-world surprises of post-award management, leadership, and accounting.

📅 15 April, 12pm
📍 Church Lane Building

Register: buff.ly/50sS3ee

Promotional poster for "UNRULY: THE FILM" featuring a dramatic photo of actor Andrew Buckland seated in a spotlight, holding a textured animal mask. The text announces a screening and discussion at the University of York, hosted by the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity on 26 Feb 2026 at 10:00 AM in the Environment & Geography Building. The poster includes a QR code and logos for Stellenbosch University and the Stockholm Resilience Centre.

How do we live with a nature that doesn't follow the rules? 🐒

Join Dr. Johan Enqvist for a screening of UNRULY, a play exploring human-baboon tensions and urban ecology. Stay for a deep-dive discussion on stewardship in a changing world.

📅 Feb 26, 10:00
📍 ENV/005

Book: forms.gle/GWVDQe7KAbd8...

Social media graphic for a YESI event "Grant review training" on March 25, 2026, at Alcuin East Wing, University of York. The image shows a person working on a laptop with a notebook and pen nearby.

Ever felt under prepared for peer-reviewing grants? You aren't alone. 📝

Join our ECR workshop for expert insights and practical, hands-on review experience using real past applications.

25 March 11.30 - 1pm, Campus West.

See you there! 🔗 buff.ly/hkpGP4L

Social media graphic for a YESI event "Sensing our environment" on March 23, 2026, at the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology Building. The image features a specialized sensor-equipped vehicle.

How is AI transforming environmental monitoring? 🤖 Join York researchers to explore the ethics, tools, and real-world impact of new sensor tech on our changing planet.

📅 23 March, 1pm
📍 School of Physics, York

Join the workshop: buff.ly/PLcyIRz

Exciting start to the tropical congress with Bavarian music. Opening insights on the importance of historical perspectives to understand #biodiversity, #sustainability and livelihoods
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#ECTE2026

A promotional graphic displaying a simulated online video call with four individuals, each positioned in front of a different environment-themed background. In the center, overlapping the four video panels, is a circular diagram of the Earth encircled by icons representing water, leaves, agriculture, and other environmental systems. The bottom banner contains the text: "Joint Symposium on Sustainable Futures. Monday 9 March 2026, 9am to 12pm, Online." Alongside the YESI (York Environmental Sustainability Institute) logo.

Five institutions. Five vital environmental systems. One goal: defining the next decade of sustainability science. 🌍

Join our global, online Joint Symposium on March 9 to shape the agenda!

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The Environmental Artivism Network is launching this WEDNESDAY! 🎨🌿 A new space for artists and scientists to collaborate on creative climate action.

📅 Weds 25 Feb, 2:30pm
📍 Campus East, York

Ready to shape the future of art-science? Register here: buff.ly/8oBCwvI

Promotional graphic for the Play for the Planet seminar featuring socialudo on February 24, 2026, at the University of York. The image includes a collage of serious games being played and provides event details: 12pm to 1pm at the Sustainability Clinic, Campus West.

Can gaming help us survive climate change? 🎲 Professor Alasdair Rutherford demos a new game on community flood risk at our next seminar.

📅 24 Feb, 12pm
📍 University of York

Join the "Play for the Planet" session: buff.ly/3VxSWsH

Green Future Fellowships - Accelerated International Route A new route open to exceptional international researchers and innovators to develop and scale up their breakthrough climate solutions.

The @raeng.org.uk Green Future Fellowship offers £3M over 10 years for non-UK experts to scale breakthrough climate solutions.

🚀 Designed for urgent, high-priority tech
✅ Includes Global Talent Visa endorsement
📅 Rolling deadline until Sept 2027

More info: buff.ly/TNxbcT1

Pre-announcement: NetworkPlus in property flood resilience Apply for funding to develop an interdisciplinary NetworkPlus to address research needs for increased property flood resilience adoption and uptake in the UK.

EPSRC is launching a £2.5M NetworkPlus for UK Property Flood Resilience. 🏠💧

An invite-only funding route. For a seat at the table, you must attend the consortium-building w/shop.

🔹 💰️£2.5M
🔹 Scope: Interdisciplinary UK-wide resilience
🔹 Register for w/shop by 18/02/2026

More info:

"Salvare il clima e garantire il benessere? Si può". La sfida resiliente di Nicola Favretto - Sapereambiente Il docente italiano, impegnato nell'Università di York in una complessa ricerca sulle pratiche di adattamento, racconta come scienza, territori e volontà istituzionale possano unire le forze per…

Can we protect the climate while improving human wellbeing? 🌍🤝

I joined SapereAmbiente to discuss climate resilience, sustainability transitions, and the social dimensions of environmental change.

Read the full interview here:

Funding | Accelerated Adaptation Learn more about funding in the Accelerated Adaptation programme.

The window for wild species to adapt is closing. ARIA is looking to widen it.🧬🌱

The Accelerated Adaptation prog funds teams to help wild systems rapidly overcome environmental threats.

Seeking experts in:🔹Systems🔹Modelling🔹Data + Analytics🔹Ethics

Apply by: 06/03/2026
Details:

Help a fellow ECR with your advice," calling for wellbeing resource submissions to ecr-collective-group@york.ac.uk.

📢Calling @whiteroseuc.bsky.social ECRs!🎓

The ECR Collective is creating a wellbeing hub + needs your input!

Share your exeriences, from coping with Viva anxiety to managing workloads. Your insights could be the voice someone else needs.

📩Email: ecr-collective-network@york.ac.uk

Sustainability Week Sustainability Week offers a range of events, talks, workshops, and activities to engage the University community in sustainability practices.

The full programme for #SustainabilityWeek26 @york.ac.uk is now live!📅🌳

From March 2-6, we’re diving into everything from "Artivism" to practical climate w/shops + film screenings. Whether you're a researcher, student, or staff member, there's a space for you to engage.

🔗More info:

Promotional graphic for the Play for the Planet seminar featuring socialudo on February 24, 2026, at the University of York. The image includes a collage of serious games being played and provides event details: 12pm to 1pm at the Sustainability Clinic, Campus West.

Can a board game help us tackle flood risks? 🌊🎲

Join the Play for the Planet seminar to meet socialudo and explore 10 years of "serious games" research with Prof. Alasdair Rutherford.

📅 Feb 24 | 12pm - 1pm
📍 Sustainability Clinic, Campus West (UoY)

Book here🔗 buff.ly/3VxSWsH

Professor Lindsay Stringer proudly showing her Member of the Order of the British Empire insignia.

Big news!🎖️YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social was at Windsor Castle yesterday for her official investiture.

She formally received her MBE for services to Environmental Development—testament to her global impact on climate policy🌍✨

The whole YESI team is bursting with pride. Congrats, Lindsay!👏

An announcement graphic titled "Introducing our YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows 2025-26." The featured project is "Connecting science, policy & communities: Exchanging knowledge on ecosystem services for climate resilience." A circular photo in the center shows a vast mountain valley with green slopes, a small village nestled at the base, and snow-capped peaks in the background. The text identifies Nicola Favretto as the Principal Investigator and Carolyn Snell as the Co-Investigator. The Agile Arvier Project is listed as the project partner.

Closing the gap between evidence and action! 📊

The "Connecting Science, Policy, and Communities" Knowledge Exchange project, with Agile Arvier, co-creates ways to share environmental research with decision-makers. Grounding policy in science. Learn more buff.ly/SCp5Lgd

Delta Dialogues logo and conference information: The Culture and Language of the Living Landscape in the Neerlandophone World. Association for Low Countries Studies, 16th Biennial Conference 22-24 June 2026 University of York, UK Call for Papers

📢 Call for Papers: The Culture + Language of the Living Landscape in the Neerlandophone World.

The 16th Biennial ALCS Conference (22-24 June 2026) is @york.ac.uk . Exploring "Delta Dialogues"—from polders to mangroves. 🌾🌊

🔹 CfP deadline: 15 March 2026

More info: buff.ly/q5RdGcC

4 PhD positions and 2 Postdoc positions (respective place of work in the text) in forest [...] Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg (JMU) and its partner Universities Georg-August-University of Göttingen (GAUG), Leipzig University (UL), University of Bayreuth (UB), Universität Bremen (UB), Un...

📢 Job opening! We’re excited to announce six open Researcher positions. 🪲🦋

4 PhD and 2 Postdoc positions in forest biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research!

Interested in forest ecology? Get in touch! 🌲🌳

www.greenjobs.de/stellenanzei...

#forestecology #researchposition #conservationbiology

Community perceptions on conservation management and sustainability around the protected area reserves in Nasarawa State, North Central Nigeria Community participation in conserving forests and biodiversity is crucial. This study evaluates community involvement in forest conservation around th…

Exploring Community and Government forest #conservation in #Nigeria provide the evidence on how management, local security, and collaboration are essential for forest #sustainability @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

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An announcement graphic titled "Introducing our YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows 2025-26." The project featured is "SME Renkei (連携): SMEs Cultural Drivers for Climate Action in UK and Japan." A circular photo shows an outdoor scene with a damaged building and large logs piled in the foreground against a mountain backdrop. Listed partners include York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub, Enterprise Works, and City of Kitakyushu.

We’re going global to help local businesses! 🌏

Our new SME RENKEI project joins York experts with leaders in Japan to help small businesses go green. By working together, we’re finding real-world solutions that protect our planet and help our local economy thrive.

Read more🤝 buff.ly/CMH5lD6

Fires and Fascism: film screening and panel discussion Come along to watch a film screening of Fires and Fascism by Dr Pete Knapp, followed by a panel discussion.

What happens when climate crisis meets political extremism? 📽️🔥

Join this screening of Fires and Fascism + an interdisciplinary Q&A with experts in Sociology, Arts, and Human Rights.

📅 Feb 19 | 18:00
📍 Biology B/B/006 Lecture Theatre, Heslington West
🎟️ Free (Sign up below!)

Postdoctoral Fellowships call: 6 steps to prepare your application These tips and tricks will help you find the best host organisation and prepare a successful proposal.

🎓 Ready to take your PhD research global? The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships open soon!

Enhance your career with interdisciplinary skills + intl mobility. Whether you're coming to the @york.ac.uk or heading abroad, this is a major researcher stepping stone.

⏳Apply by: 9/09/2026 🔗 buff.ly/ICGlajq

Postdoctoral Fellowships call: 6 steps to prepare your application These tips and tricks will help you find the best host organisation and prepare a successful proposal.

Bridging the gap between lab + industry!🧪🤝

@royalsociety.org Industry Fellowship is open for UK-based researchers to move between sectors. Tackle real-world STEM challenges while maintaining ties to your home institution.

🔹 Up to £168k funding

Apply by: 01/04/2026
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Faraday Discovery Fellowships | Royal Society The Faraday Discovery Fellowships are prestigious long-term awards that will support emerging research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research.

🚀Calling mid-career STEM leaders: @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowships now open!

Up to £8m over 10 yrs to tackle the most "intractable" problems in science. Whether it's Quantum, AI, or Net Zero, this is your chance for total research freedom.

⏳Deadline: 22/09/2026

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🩸How do microplastics move through our bodies?

A new interdisciplinary team at York (@sarihapsari.bsky.social) is developing Raman spectroscopy techniques to find particles smaller than 100nm in human blood.

Vital "open-science" collaboration for environmental health. buff.ly/4XEGTtJ

The word SUCCESS in wooden letter pinned to the floor with a brass key pinned next to it. Event info: Grant reflections: training for success. Weds 15 April 2026, 12pm to 1pm, in-person only, CL/A/026, Church Lane Building, Campus West

The "hidden curriculum" of research grants🎓✨

Securing funding for sustainability is a win—but what happens after the award arrives?

Join us for an honest look at the "post-award" skills you need, with insights from @helendavies.bsky.social + @rob-marchant.bsky.social

More info 🔗 buff.ly/T3uzMlp