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A calibrated climate record from Gibraltar speleothem: the instrumental era, the Holocene and the last interglacial

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor IJ Fairchild, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Lead Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Jun 2009 - 30 Nov 2013
Value:: £348,142

NERC Reference:: NE/G007292/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

A new method for dating brittle deformation: U-Pb dating of carbonate fibres

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor W Muller, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Jun 2010 - 31 May 2011
Value:: £63,266

NERC Reference:: NE/H012702/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Small Grants

Atlantic Seaboard Climatic Responses Including Bounding Erros (ASCRIBE).

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor IJ Fairchild, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor A Baker, University of New South Wales, Sch of Biol, Earth & Env Sciences (BEES)
Co-Investigator:: Professor PF Dennis, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor TC Atkinson, University College London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor AJ Matthews, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor C Hawkesworth, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 29 Sep 2003 - 28 Mar 2007
Value:: £50,584

NERC Reference:: NER/T/S/2002/00985
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Rapid Climate Change

Basin Evolution and Dynamics

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Professor CF Elders, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2006 - 31 Aug 2009
Value:: £219,311

NERC Reference:: NE/E523064/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: MTG Scheme
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Blue Skies MSc

Contrasting causes for the demise of Caribbean coral reefs: Terrestrial vs. oceanographic mechanisms

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Professor W Muller, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2008 - 30 Sep 2012
Value:: £72,256

NERC Reference:: NE/F014031/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: DTG - directed
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Open CASE

Coseismic deformation associated with the 11th November 2012 Shwebo earthquake, Myanmar

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr I M Watkinson, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 11 Feb 2013 - 10 Jul 2013
Value:: £12,325

NERC Reference:: NE/K016474/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Urgency
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Urgent Grant

Detailed thermochronological constraint of the timing and mechanism of Mendocino Triple Junction migration.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr E Batt, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2002 - 30 Sep 2004
Value:: £47,370

NERC Reference:: NER/M/S/2002/00097
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: New Investigators Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: New Investigators

Detection and Attribution of Regional greenhouse gas Emissions in the UK (DARE-UK)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 13 Feb 2019 - 31 Aug 2024
Value:: £140,839

NERC Reference:: NE/S003657/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Highlights

Discovering reasons for global atmospheric methane growth using deuterium isotopes

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr G Forster, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor AT Archibald, University of Cambridge, Chemistry
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Lead Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Feb 2021 - 31 Jul 2025
Value:: £560,967

NERC Reference:: NE/V000780/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant - NI

Discriminating Deep Water Deposits for IODP Expedition 401: "Mediterranean-Atlantic Gateway Exchange" (Acronym: DISCRIMINATE)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor F Hernandez-Molina, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Nov 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
Value:: £25,620

NERC Reference:: NE/Y005511/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: UK IODP Phase4

Doctoral Training Grant (DTG) to provide funding for 1 PhD studentship.

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Professor D Waltham, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2008 - 30 Sep 2012
Value:: £52,132

NERC Reference:: NE/G523847/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Responsive PhD

Doctoral Training Grant (DTG) to provide funding for 3 PhD studentships.

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Mrs K Corti, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2009 - 31 Mar 2011
Value:: £50,092

NERC Reference:: NE/H526243/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: DTG - directed
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Open CASE

Dynamics of gas hydrates in polar marine environments.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor C Berndt, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor H Palike, University of Bremen, MARUM Ctr for Marine Environmental Sci
Co-Investigator:: Professor EJ Rohling, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:: Professor GK Westbrook, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor T Minshull, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010
Value:: £174,038

NERC Reference:: NE/D005779/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Arctic IPY

Environmental Diagnosis and Management. Masters Training Grant (MTG) to provide funding for 6 full studentships for two years.

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Dr KC Clemitshaw, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Supervisor:: Dr S Smith, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2009 - 31 Aug 2011
Value:: £181,092

NERC Reference:: NE/H525903/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: MTG Scheme
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Blue Skies MSc

Evaluation, Quantification and Identification of Pathways and Targets for the assessment of Shale Gas RISK (EQUIPT4RISK)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2018 - 30 Apr 2023
Value:: £119,944

NERC Reference:: NE/R017360/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Uncon Hydrocarbons

Fidelity of speleothem climate proxies: an inter-annual calibration against the instrumental record in Gibraltar and prospects for climate hindcasting

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor IJ Fairchild, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor TC Atkinson, University College London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Apr 2006 - 31 Mar 2009
Value:: £102,339

NERC Reference:: NE/D005280/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

From Ridge to Trench, MoHole to Bend-Faults

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor J Morgan, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor P Vannucchi, University of Florence, Earth Sciences Department
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2019
Value:: £156,182

NERC Reference:: NE/M02122X/1
Grant Stage:: Awaiting Start Confirmation
Scheme:: Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: UK IODP Phase3

Geometry and Kinematics of continental breakup in the youthful Aden rift.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor C Ebinger, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor G Stuart, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2005 - 31 Aug 2007
Value:: £30,584

NERC Reference:: NE/C514031/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Small Grants

Global and local effects of long-term environmental change : a turtles eye view

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor ME Collinson, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Mar 2013 - 31 Aug 2016
Value:: £20,966

NERC Reference:: NE/J020583/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

IODP Exp. 362 Sumatra Seismogenic Zone - Post-cruise research

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor P Vannucchi, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 15 Jan 2017 - 14 Dec 2017
Value:: £33,533

NERC Reference:: NE/P011268/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: UK IODP Phase2

Investigation of the Southern Methane Anomaly: causes, implications, and relevance to past global events.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Lead Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Mar 2013 - 28 Feb 2017
Value:: £275,197

NERC Reference:: NE/K006045/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

Is the Arctic Methane budget changing?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor M Fowler, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Lead Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Jun 2011 - 31 Mar 2015
Value:: £354,678

NERC Reference:: NE/I014683/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

Isotopic constraints on the Arctic methane budget

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2008 - 31 May 2011
Value:: £221,389

NERC Reference:: NE/F020937/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

Kinematics and dynamics of continental break-up above a mantle plume: Anatomy of the northern Ethiopian Rift.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor P Maguire, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor G Stuart, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Co-Investigator:: Professor C Ebinger, University of Rochester, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor M Fowler, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor M Kendall, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Apr 2001 - 31 Jul 2004
Value:: £98,043

NERC Reference:: NER/A/S/2000/01004
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

MSc in Environmental Analysis and Assessment

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Dr KC Clemitshaw, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2006 - 31 Aug 2009
Value:: £263,173

NERC Reference:: NE/E522983/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: MTG Scheme
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Blue Skies MSc

Mantle Circulation Constrained (MC2): A multidisciplinary 4D Earth framework for understanding mantle upwellings

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr P Koelemeijer, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2020 - 1 May 2022
Value:: £167,335

NERC Reference:: NE/T01248X/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Large Grant
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Large Grant

Measurement of bi-direflectance (BRDF) of sea-ice for Earth Observing Satellites

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Professor M King, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2011 - 30 Sep 2015
Value:: £74,416

NERC Reference:: NE/I018999/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: DTG - directed
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Open CASE

Methane and other greenhouse gases in the Arctic - measurements, process studies and modelling (MAMM)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2011 - 31 Mar 2016
Value:: £471,005

NERC Reference:: NE/I028874/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Arctic Programme

Methane at the edge: jointly developing state-of-the-art high-precision methods to understand atmospheric methane emissions.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 31 Dec 2014 - 30 Apr 2017
Value:: £39,774

NERC Reference:: NE/M005836/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: IOF
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: IOF

Mobile Observations and quantification of Methane Emissions to inform National Targeting, Upscaling and Mitigation (MOMENTUM)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor G Allen, The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2023 - 28 Feb 2027
Value:: £827,184

NERC Reference:: NE/X014649/1
Grant Stage:: Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:: Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:: Active
Programme:: Pushing the Frontiers

Mobile integrated greenhouse gas assessment system (MIGGAS): targetting Net Zero.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2019 - 30 Sep 2020
Value:: £273,000

NERC Reference:: NE/T009268/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Capital
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Capital Call

Neogene Climatic Change and the Emergence of the Grassland Biome

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr ND Sheldon, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2005 - 31 Oct 2007
Value:: £48,547

NERC Reference:: NE/D000521/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: New Investigators Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: New Investigators

New methodologies for removal of methane from the atmosphere

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr A Basu, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr A Stead, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr E Lopez-Juez, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Biological Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Jul 2017 - 31 Dec 2020
Value:: £223,782

NERC Reference:: NE/P019641/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Greenhouse Gas Removal

New ways of measuring atmospheric hydrogen: paving the way for hydrogen leak quantification

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 May 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
Value:: £80,517

NERC Reference:: NE/X011976/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Exploring the frontiers

Organic acids in atmospheric aerosol: Measurements of partition constants, enthalpy of desorption & an inventory of organic acids in an urban centre

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor M King, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Dec 2003 - 30 Nov 2005
Value:: £30,155

NERC Reference:: NER/B/S/2003/00289
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Small Grants

Oxidant production over Antarctica land and its export - OPALE

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor M King, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 29 Aug 2008 - 28 Aug 2012
Value:: £327,499

NERC Reference:: NE/F004796/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

Oxidation of organic monolayer films on atmospheric aerosol trapped in a laser tweezer traps: hygroscopic and kinetic studies

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Professor M King, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2010 - 31 Mar 2015
Value:: £73,945

NERC Reference:: NE/H019103/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: DTG - directed
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Open CASE

POLYGRAM - POLYisotopologues of GReenhouse gases: Analysis and Modelling

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Nov 2020 - 30 Apr 2026
Value:: £90,416

NERC Reference:: NE/V006991/1
Grant Stage:: Awaiting Completion
Scheme:: Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:: Active
Programme:: Highlights

Petroleum Geoscience (Basin Evolution and Dynamics). Masters Training Grant (MTG) to provide funding for 5 full studentships for two years.

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Professor CF Elders, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2009 - 31 Aug 2011
Value:: £150,910

NERC Reference:: NE/H525870/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: MTG Scheme
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Blue Skies MSc

Photochemical oxidation in snow and sea-ice by organic matter photocatalysis in the visible: An international field and modelling study.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor M King, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2008 - 30 Sep 2010
Value:: £47,594

NERC Reference:: NE/F010788/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Small Grants

Probing Earth's earliest ecosystems: a multi-proxy study of the ~2.7 Ga Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr N Grassineau, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 30 Jan 2015 - 29 Jan 2017
Value:: £115,536

NERC Reference:: NE/M001768/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

Quantifying methane emissions in remote tropical settings: a new 3D approach

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor G Allen, The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor M Rigby, University of Bristol, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:: Dr A Ganesan, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2018 - 30 Apr 2022
Value:: £408,604

NERC Reference:: NE/S00159X/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

Quantifying the light scattering and atmospheric oxidation rate of real organic films on atmospheric aerosol

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor M King, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor C Pfrang, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr R Welbourn, STFC - Laboratories, ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source
Co-Investigator:: Dr A Ward, STFC - Laboratories, Central Laser Facility (CLF)
Co-Investigator:: Dr MWA Skoda, STFC - Laboratories, ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Jun 2020 - 24 Dec 2024
Value:: £648,076

NERC Reference:: NE/T00732X/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

Rainforest Response to Pennsylvanian Global Warming

Fellowship Award

Fellow:: Professor H Falcon-Lang, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2013
Value:: £431,763

NERC Reference:: NE/F014120/2
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Advanced Fellow (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Advanced Fellow

Rate and mode of planktonic foraminiferal assemblage size change in response to extreme events in Earth history.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor M Kucera, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Jan 2004 - 31 Mar 2004
Value:: £123

NERC Reference:: NER/T/S/2003/00476
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Ocean Drilling Programme

Seismo-volcanic crisis in Afar: the 2005 Boina-Erta 'Ale rupture-eruption sequence

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor C Ebinger, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor TJ Wright, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 15 Oct 2005 - 14 Apr 2007
Value:: £38,381

NERC Reference:: NE/D008611/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Urgency

Speleothem records of monsoon intensity: evaluating proxy fidelity via cave process monitoring in the Shillong plateau, NE India

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor NB Harris, The Open University, Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2009 - 28 Feb 2011
Value:: £42,037

NERC Reference:: NE/G010463/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Small Grants

Terrestrial methane cycling during Paleogene greenhouse climates

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor ME Collinson, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor AC Scott, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2012 - 31 Mar 2016
Value:: £129,300

NERC Reference:: NE/J008656/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

The Dalradian 'snowball Earth' section - use of stable isotopes to correlate glacial events and Neoproterozoic stratigraphy of Scotland and Ireland

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Sep 2006 - 30 Nov 2008
Value:: £62,321

NERC Reference:: NE/E001424/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: New Investigators (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: New Investigators

The Gibraltar Archive: a half million year reference record of rainfall isotopes in the western Mediterranean

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor W Muller, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Lead Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2015 - 30 Sep 2019
Value:: £351,856

NERC Reference:: NE/M012689/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

The Global Methane Budget

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Lead Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 May 2016 - 28 Feb 2021
Value:: £471,256

NERC Reference:: NE/N016211/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Highlights

The South Atlantic / Southern Ocean carbon sink: Is it significant, and is it changing over time?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Lead Split Award

Period of Award:: 1 Mar 2008 - 31 Dec 2012
Value:: £335,292

NERC Reference:: NE/F006160/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Standard Grant

The distribution of charcoal in coal: geological, palaeoecological and industrial significance.

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Professor AC Scott, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 1 Oct 2008 - 30 Sep 2012
Value:: £78,830

NERC Reference:: NE/F013698/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: DTG - directed
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Open CASE

The nature and origin of cryptic species of modern planktonic foraminifera: developing a new proxy for palaeoclimate, evolution and biodiversity.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor M Kucera, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 12 Sep 2001 - 11 Sep 2004
Value:: £46,725

NERC Reference:: NER/M/S/2001/00129
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: New Investigators Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: New Investigators

The use of lanthanide labelled clays as tracers for fine sediment transport in the estuarine and coastal marine environments.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Professor K Spencer, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 10 Jul 2002 - 9 Jul 2003
Value:: £4,735

NERC Reference:: NER/E/S/2002/00022
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Connect A Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Connect A

Towards an automated process for assessing reservoir rock quality from seismic imaging

Fellowship Award

Fellow:: Dr N Scarselli, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 2 Jan 2018 - 30 Nov 2018
Value:: £32,882

NERC Reference:: NE/R013411/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: Research Programme Fellowship
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: NPIF Fellows

Tracking oceanic productivity during mid-Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events using species-specific geochemical analysis of coccoliths.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:: Dr DR Grocke, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 7 Oct 2002 - 6 Oct 2004
Value:: £50,778

NERC Reference:: NER/M/S/2002/00095
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: New Investigators Pre FEC
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: New Investigators

[CLIMATE]Characterization of bi-direflectance (BRDF) of sea-ice in response to deposited aerosol for the CAL/VAL of remote sensing products

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:: Professor M King, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:: Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences

Period of Award:: 21 Oct 2013 - 20 Oct 2017
Value:: £75,671

NERC Reference:: NE/K00770X/1
Grant Stage:: Completed
Scheme:: DTG - directed
Grant Status:: Closed
Programme:: Open CASE

58 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £9,924,305

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