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UKRI-4897 Youth Vision and Voice Exploring Diversity with NERC

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
South West
Direct award
1 May 2025 to 31 March 2026

Delivery of a youth engagement project building on the existing Operational Earth programme to foster equity, diversity, and inclusion in environmental research. The project aims to open environmental science opportunities to young people across the UK and support the talent pipeline for future environmental scientists through a network of regional science centres.

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Awarded value: £204k; As published
Published: 11 April 2025
Awarded: 29 April 2025; The Association for Science Discovery Centres
Contract length: 11 months; Ends 31 March 2026

What the contract covers

Provision of youth engagement and educational outreach programmes to promote environmental science careers through a national science centre network.

Terms and requirements

Procedure: Direct award
Initial term: 11 months
Extensions: 1 month
Longest it can run: 12 months
Contract dates: 1 May 2025 to 31 March 2026
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
CPV codes: 73200000

Services in this contract

STEM outreach and enrichment programmesMain service£100k typicalYouth engagement project through regional science centres opening environmental science to young people

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Published
11 April 2025
Contract awardedto The Association for Science Discovery Centres
29 April 2025
Contract starts
1 May 2025
Contract ends
31 March 2026

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/320498/ukri-4897-youth-vision-and-voice-exploring-diversity-with-nerc
Buyer reference: UKRI-4897
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-05019f
Last checked: 5 November 2026

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI-4897 Youth Vision and Voice Exploring Diversity with NERC. Contract award, 11 April 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/320498/ukri-4897-youth-vision-and-voice-exploring-diversity-with-nerc (accessed 5 November 2026).