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26 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £5,482,964   

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Altitude and configuration of the last British-Irish ice sheet: testing the nunatak hypothesis using cosmogenic Be-10 exposure dating

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C Ballantyne, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Fabel, Scottish Universities Env Research Cen, SUERC
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2010 - 31 Jul 2011
Value:
£27,535
NERC Reference:
NE/H010831/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Amazonian peatlands: A potentially important but poorly characterised source of atmospheric methane and nitrous oxide

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor Y Teh, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr JC Berrio, University of Leicester, Sch of Geog, Geol & the Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor SE Page, University of Leicester, Sch of Geog, Geol & the Environment
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
5 Sep 2011 - 31 May 2013
Value:
£53,417
NERC Reference:
NE/I015469/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants


Calving Laws for Ice Sheet Models CALISMO

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor D Benn, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Professor AJ Luckman, Swansea University, College of Science
Co-Investigator:
Dr TR Cowton, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2017 - 31 Aug 2021
Value:
£621,459
NERC Reference:
NE/P011365/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Carbon Storage in Amazonian Peatlands: Distribution and Dynamics

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr I T Lawson, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr K H Roucoux, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Professor ETA Mitchard, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor T Baker, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Williams, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2017 - 28 Feb 2022
Value:
£645,691
NERC Reference:
NE/R000751/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environments (C-SIDE)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor W Austin, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr RJ Payne, University of York, Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr MW Skov, Bangor University, Sch of Ocean Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Paterson, University of St Andrews, Biology
Co-Investigator:
Miss A Burden, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Soils and Land Use (Bangor)
Co-Investigator:
Dr RTE Mills, University of York, Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor WR Gehrels, University of York, Environment
Co-Investigator:
Mr RA Garbutt, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Soils and Land Use (Bangor)
Co-Investigator:
Dr NLM Barlow, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor MLM Jones, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Soils and Land Use (Bangor)
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2018 - 31 May 2023
Value:
£627,290
NERC Reference:
NE/R010846/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Combined genetic, morphological and ecological approaches to reduce uncertainty in palaeoclimate reconstructions using benthic foraminifers

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor W Austin, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Split Award
Period of Award:
4 Jan 2010 - 3 Sep 2014
Value:
£77,243
NERC Reference:
NE/G018502/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

DOMINOS (Disintegration of Marine Ice Sheets: Novel Optimized Simulations)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor D Benn, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr TR Cowton, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2018 - 31 Aug 2025
Value:
£550,511
NERC Reference:
NE/S006605/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Thwaites Glacier




Fjord Dynamics and Modulation of Ice/Ocean Exchange

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr TR Cowton, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Slater, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Inall, Scottish Association For Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2022 - 31 May 2027
Value:
£629,162
NERC Reference:
NE/W00531X/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant NI


Holocene tephra constraints on the timing of millennial-scale variability in the subpolar North Atlantic

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor W Austin, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Professor SM Davies, Swansea University, College of Science
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2010 - 31 Jul 2011
Value:
£51,767
NERC Reference:
NE/H012273/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants



New Insights on the Age and Climate Mitigation Significance of Shelf Sea Sedimentary Organic Carbon Stores

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor W Austin, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Garnett, Scottish Universities Env Research Cen, SUERC
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2022 - 31 Oct 2023
Value:
£57,562
NERC Reference:
NE/X013278/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Exploring the frontiers

Peatland resilience: Knowledge exchange for the conservation and sustainable management of forested tropical peatlands

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr EN Honorio Coronado, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
13 Oct 2021 - 16 Jun 2024
Value:
£216,789
NERC Reference:
NE/V018760/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Innovation People
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
KE Fellows

Quantifying Event-Driven Methane Fluxes from Northern Peatlands Using A Novel Automated Flux Chamber Technique

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor Y Teh, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Ineson, University of York, Biology
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2010 - 30 Sep 2012
Value:
£65,205
NERC Reference:
NE/H01182X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Radiocarbon data from North Atlantic marine sediments directly linked to millennial-scale climate variability through the last glacial period

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor W Austin, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Bryant, NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory, NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
26 Aug 2011 - 25 Aug 2012
Value:
£52,386
NERC Reference:
NE/I017801/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants


Resolving Enthalpy Budget to Understand Surging (REBUS)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor D Benn, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Professor BP Hubbard, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AJ Luckman, Swansea University, College of Science
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2018 - 28 Feb 2019
Value:
£48,689
NERC Reference:
NE/R018243/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgent Grant




[Viet Nam] Valuing the benefits of blue/green infrastructure for flood resilience, natural capital and urban development in Viet Nam

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr T Borger, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Mar 2019
Value:
£209,578
NERC Reference:
NE/S002871/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
SE Asia Hazards

26 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £5,482,964   

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