Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/S007415/1
Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet (SSCP) DTP
Training Grant Award
- Lead Supervisor:
- Professor R Toumi, Imperial College London, Grantham Institute for Climate Change
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Grantham Institute for Climate Change
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Earth
- Freshwater
- Marine
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Climate & Climate Change
- Population Ecology
- Coastal & Waterway Engineering
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Abstract:
- Consistent with the delivery of the NERC mission, the SSCP DTP's key scientific challenge will be to understand and quantify complex biological, physical and human systems in sufficient detail to predict and manage future change. This knowledge will be used to develop innovative technical, business and policy responses to environmental and societal challenges. Therefore, we will provide our students with a new training programme that fuses exciting transferable skills courses, crafted and delivered in partnership with end-users, with world-class translational research. In particular, first-hand experience across a variety of sectors and bespoke courses will empower the next generation of researchers to become leaders of technology innovation and translation in the environmental sciences. The programme includes cohort building events to create an interconnected network of young researchers but also bespoke training for each individual student, a new benchmark in personalised workplace learning and development. This programme is supported by a unique training and research environment: Firstly, the lead applicant for this DTP - the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment (GI) at Imperial College London - has a 10 year track-record of coordinating and supporting world-class multidisciplinary research, training and innovation towards effective UK and international action on climate change and the environment. Its managerial and administrative staff will bring a wealth of experience to support the proposed new programme. Additionally, the GI's wellestablished collaborations with policy makers and businesses will give students the opportunity to gain experience in communicating and translating academic knowledge to end-users. Secondly, the 17 Imperial Departments involved in NERC-related research (across the faculties of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Business) span the full breadth of the NERC agenda at a recognised high level of excellence. Imperial is home to the greatest concentration of high-impact research of any major UK University (REF 2014) and the Imperial College Graduate School, winner of several awards for early career researcher support, offers an outstanding set of transferable skills courses. Thirdly, six non-university hosting partners bring complementary resources across the NERC remit in both training and research, such as expertise in physical environmental systems, data science, monitoring and observation systems, environmental informatics, natural capital, collections-based research and conservation in both life and earth sciences. The hosting partners (The British Geological Survey, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, the Natural History Museum, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and the Zoological Society of London) will bring mentoring advice and expertise in translation enabling our students to position their scientific advances to the point where they are ripe for exploitation and real-world applications. Lastly, in addition to the hosting partners, the DTP will benefit from 17 external collaborating partners who will provide cosupervision of projects addressing cross-sector research challenges, host internships, and help to shape the DTP vision through membership of the stakeholder group. This pool of collaborators is expected to expand and evolve over time as required by students' needs and as new research and training opportunities arise. Overall, the proposed DTP will be preeminent in scientific training and research, benefit from experienced management and training support from Imperial and its hosting partners, attract world-class students who will be equipped with the scientific knowledge and skills to make significant and long-term contributions to the UK's environmental and economic well-being, and ultimately convert NERC investment into high impact outputs.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/S007415/1
- Grant Stage:
- Awaiting Event/Action
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training (R)
- Grant Status:
- Active
- Programme:
- DTP2
This training grant award has a total value of £11,102,614
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs | Total - Fees | Total - RTSG | Total - Student Stipend |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2,350,136 | £1,600,372 | £875,800 | £6,276,309 |
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