The NetDRIVE project is funding a series of community activities, with funding awards made through a series of calls. A portion of the funding is reserved for projects led by early career investigators. 

Funding is awarded to community projects, based on how they address at least one of the following topics, which are designed to address targets on the Net Zero Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) roadmap. 

1. Supply Chain Sustainability
2. Monitoring Usage and Impact
3. Training and User Behaviour
4. UK Compute Roadmap

Projects are expected to should deliver clear outputs and will be assessed against three criteria by a review panel

• Excellence.  is the proposed work breaking new ground and changing the way in which we view sustainability within the DRI?
• Fit to the objectives. Will the proposed work produce substantial impact in the selected domain?
• Ability to deliver. is there a clear plan? Have the team of applicants thought through the process well enough to deliver the project? Is there a clear approach to knowledge translation planning? 

List of funded projects

The following projects have been awarded funding after successful applications (subject to contract);

• Dash4Action: Facility Action Plans in Pursuit of a Sustainable UKRI DRI
• A community hackathon to enable green scheduling
• Pathways to Effective Carbon Reductions by Use of Green Scheduling
• REACT: Recommendations for Enhancing Adoption of Carbon-footprinting Tools
• Measuring and Effectively Using Emissions Data Across DRI: A Dynamic Training Resource for Managers, Developers, Facilitators, Researchers and Users
• Digital Emissions Integration for Climate Action Planning (DEICAP) - Modelling the Unseen: Integrating Digital Carbon into Real-World University Decisions
• SMART-DRI: Scenario Modelling and Assessment for Research Transition in Digital Research Infrastructure
• Unified Multi-Facility Resources Monitoring Dashboard for Sustainable UK Digital Research Infrastructure
• Sustainable Training Initiative for NetDRIVE (SusTraIN)
• Data sufficiency: A case study of soil data curation, storage, and usage at UKCEH.