Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/S007458/1
PANORAMA - A Yorkshire partnership for training in environmental careers
Training Grant Award
- Lead Supervisor:
- Professor S Rost, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Grant held at:
- University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- 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:
- Climate & Climate Change
- Conservation Ecology
- Wind Power
- Geohazards
- Pollution
- Abstract:
- PANORAMA will prepare the next generation of environmental science leaders for industrial, governmental, NGO and academic careers by attracting outstanding doctoral students and providing exceptional training across the range of NERC science in world-class research teams through an innovative, exciting and multi-disciplinary programme. We will equip these emerging leaders with the skills necessary to understand the complex interactions within the Earth system, so they can contribute to the development of scientific, policy and industrial solutions for the national and global scale problems we face in coming decades. Based in Yorkshire, our training partnership is founded upon: 1. Outstanding research: combining the nation's largest site of NERC research in Leeds, with growing centres of excellence in Hull and York, within a regional partnership that spans the full NERC science remit, embedded within multi-disciplinary research centres and supported by world-class facilities. The partnership spans Environmental, Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Mathematics, and Civil Engineering. 2. Innovative training: providing individual and cohort-level training, tailored to the requirements of careers in environmental sciences, supported and informed by the expertise of key employers. We will provide multi-disciplinary cohort-wide activities, specific skills training, career skills and discipline specific training. 3. Strong partnerships: partnering with key employers including LEs, SMEs, government agencies, NGOs and charities, and integrating them into project design, training, student placements and DTP governance. 4. Science with an impact: combining fundamental and applied research to deliver proven impact. Our students are regularly supported by industry and policy partners, providing a direct and proven pathway to deliver societal and economic impact. 5. Managing excellence: honing effective and unified operational procedures to attract, select, train and progress emerging scientists, with a strong track record and forward plans. PANORAMA is a powerful environmental science partnership. Combining the Schools of Earth and Environment (lead), Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds (UoL), with the University of York's (UoY) Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories and the Energy and Environment Institute (EEI) at the University of Hull (UoH), this partnership covers three overarching scientific themes: Atmosphere and Climate, Earth Processes, Living World to address a range of environmental science grand challenges, UK industrial strategy goals and international development goals. It will cooperate with more than 40 key employers for collaborative and CASE studentships, student placements and training and career provision. PANORAMA builds upon the foundations formed by the successful UoL/UoY SPHERES DTP expanded to include UoH's EEI and UoL's School of Civil Engineering, adding depth and breadth to strategic areas of NERC research across the partnership. Since 2014, SPHERES recruited 143 PhD students, with 30% of students being supervised across school, faculty or topic boundaries and >40% of studentships supported by CASE partnerships. Within PANORAMA we propose to train 40 new PhD researchers per year. This cohort will compromise of 24 FTE of NERC funded positions and supported by substantial co-funding of 16 FTE from contributing schools, institutes, universities and external non-academic partners. With its broad multidisciplinary science remit, ranging from environmental social sciences to civil engineering through physical, and biological sciences, and with close collaboration of non-academic partners, PANORAMA will offer outstanding opportunities to excellent students from all backgrounds to address real-life environmental questions and be prepared for careers leading the environmental industry, government, academia and beyond.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/S007458/1
- Grant Stage:
- Awaiting Event/Action
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training (R)
- Grant Status:
- Active
- Programme:
- DTP2
This training grant award has a total value of £9,116,309
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - DSA | Total - Other Costs | Total - Fees | Total - Student Stipend | Total - RTSG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £9,965 | £340,010 | £1,591,775 | £6,250,563 | £924,000 |
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