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36 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £5,795,520   

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A 500,000-year environmental record from Chew Bahir, south Ethiopia: testing hypotheses of climate-driven human evolution, innovation, and dispersal

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor HF Lamb, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr SJ Davies, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr EJ Pearson, Newcastle University, Sch of Geog, Politics and Sociology
Co-Investigator:
Dr M J Grove, University of Liverpool, Archaeology Classics and Egyptology
Co-Investigator:
Professor HM Roberts, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2014 - 30 Aug 2019
Value:
£578,768
NERC Reference:
NE/K014560/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

A holistic model of outlet calving, dynamic acceleration and drawdown for the Greenland Ice Sheet

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Hubbard, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Vieli, University of Zurich, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor M King, University of Tasmania, Geography and Environmental Studies
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2009 - 31 May 2011
Value:
£53,057
NERC Reference:
NE/G010595/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants


Anabranching river development: a combined cellular modelling and field-based investigation.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Tooth, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor TJ Coulthard, University of Hull, Geography
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
16 May 2003 - 15 May 2006
Value:
£9,690
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2002/00336
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Assessing the mechanisms and significance of the summer 2008 glacial lake outburst floods in the upper Hunza Valley, Pakistan

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr SD Richardson, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Quincey, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
13 Oct 2008 - 12 Jun 2009
Value:
£28,813
NERC Reference:
NE/G009023/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgency

BLACK and BLOOM: variations in the albedo of the Greenland Ice Sheet as a result of interactions between microbes and particulates.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr TDL Irvine-Fynn, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2015 - 30 Sep 2021
Value:
£119,080
NERC Reference:
NE/M020991/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Large Grant
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Large Grant

BRITICE-CHRONO: Constraining rates and style of marine influenced ice sheet decay

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor GAT Duller, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Hambrey, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
19 Nov 2012 - 18 Nov 2017
Value:
£200,295
NERC Reference:
NE/J008672/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Consortiums (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Consortiums

Chronology, adaptation and environment of the Middle Palaeolithic in Northern Africa: implications for the dispersal of anatomically modern humans.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DSG Thomas, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor GAT Duller, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Mirazon Lahr, University of Cambridge, McDonald Institute Archaeological Res.
Co-Investigator:
Professor CB Stringer, The Natural History Museum, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
19 Jun 2003 - 18 Dec 2007
Value:
£104,391
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2002/00677
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
EFCHED

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

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor GAT Duller, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Professor A Hubbard, UiT Arctic University of Norway (Tromso), UNLISTED
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 30 Sep 2013
Value:
£70,137
NERC Reference:
NE/H524522/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD

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

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor GAT Duller, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Professor HF Lamb, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Mr E.H Reynolds, Aberystwyth University, Research Grants Section
Co-Supervisor:
Mrs N Jackson, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2010 - 30 Sep 2014
Value:
£71,145
NERC Reference:
NE/I527845/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD

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

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor MJ Hambrey, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Professor D Quincey, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 31 Mar 2011
Value:
£28,667
NERC Reference:
NE/H525997/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD

Doctoral Training Grant (DTG) to provide funding for 2 PhD studentships

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor GAT Duller, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Professor NF Glasser, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2008 - 30 Sep 2012
Value:
£137,086
NERC Reference:
NE/G524301/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD

Early Holocene fluctuations of the North Patagonian Icefield.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor NF Glasser, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor GAT Duller, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Harrison, Coventry University, Science and the Environment
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
17 Jan 2003 - 16 Jan 2007
Value:
£31,312
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2002/00282
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants




Forecasting alluvial system response to rapid environmental change: an integrated modelling and field-based approach for river basin management.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor TJ Coulthard, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Lewin, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Macklin, University of Lincoln, College of Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2002 - 31 Jul 2005
Value:
£144,866
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2001/00454
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Glacial history of the NE Antarctic Peninsula region over centennial to millennial timescales

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor NF Glasser, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Hambrey, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2010 - 31 Mar 2014
Value:
£352,611
NERC Reference:
NE/F012942/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
AFI (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
AFI

High resolution fluid-flow patterns at the Nankai convergent plate margin

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Maltman, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Bolton, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2001 - 31 May 2004
Value:
£13,654
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2000/00023
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Ocean Drilling Programme



Impacts of hydrological variability on material transfers through the River-Estuary Transition Zone

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Macklin, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor PA Brewer, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2010 - 28 Feb 2013
Value:
£251,230
NERC Reference:
NE/G019916/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Investigating the Dynamic Response of the Greenland Ice Sheet to Climate Forcing using a Geophysical, Remote-Sensing and Numerical Modelling Framework

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Hubbard, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Quincey, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
7 Apr 2009 - 6 Apr 2012
Value:
£261,519
NERC Reference:
NE/G005796/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Lake Suigetsu varved sediment project: terrestrial radiocarbon calibration model and inter-regional comparison of climate changes

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor HF Lamb, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2008 - 31 Jul 2011
Value:
£277,790
NERC Reference:
NE/F003056/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Late Pleistocene desiccation of Lake Tana, source of the Blue Nile.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor HF Lamb, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr SJ Davies, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2006 - 30 Jun 2010
Value:
£341,616
NERC Reference:
NE/D012996/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

MOnitoring Mangrove ExteNT & Services (MOMENTS): What is controlling Tipping Points?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr PJ Bunting, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Mr D Dinh Ngoc, Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology, Spatial Technology for Environment Res
Co-Investigator:
Dr T Balke, University of Glasgow, School of Geographical & Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr T NGUYEN, Thuy Loi University, Environmental Management
Co-Investigator:
Mrs S Tran Thi Mai, Vietnam National University of Forestry, Silviculture
Co-Investigator:
Dr c c nguyen, Thuy Loi University, Natural Resources Management
Co-Investigator:
Dr B Slamet, University of Sumatera Utara, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Mrs H Ha, Thuy Loi University, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Basyuni, University of Sumatera Utara, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr N Sulistiyono, University of Sumatera Utara, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr T DUONG, Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology, Institute of Environmental Technology
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2017 - 31 May 2021
Value:
£455,034
NERC Reference:
NE/P014127/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Newton Fund
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Newton Fund


Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating of glacial lake drainage during the deglaciation of the Patagonian Ice Sheet

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor NF Glasser, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor GAT Duller, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 30 Sep 2012
Value:
£44,199
NERC Reference:
NE/G00952X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

RCUK-CONICYT Glacial Hazards in Chile: Processes, Assessment, Mitigation, and Risk Management Strategies

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor NF Glasser, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Schaefer, Austral University of Chile, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Professor s harrison, University of Exeter, Geography
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2016 - 14 Feb 2018
Value:
£224,298
NERC Reference:
NE/N020693/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Newton Fund
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Newton Fund

Reconstructing the Cenozoic evolution of the East Antarctic ice sheet by constraining numerical modelling with geological evidence.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Hambrey, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AJ Payne, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Siegert, University of Exeter, Earth and Environmental Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Sugden, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
4 Mar 2002 - 3 Mar 2005
Value:
£31,556
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2000/01256
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Seismic survey of Lake Tana, northern Ethiopia, and the palaeohydrology of the Blue Nile.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor HF Lamb, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr SJ Davies, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Bates, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
13 Sep 2003 - 12 Apr 2005
Value:
£22,698
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2002/00540
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Snow-vegetation interactions - influence on hydrological and atmospheric exchange for high latitude surfaces.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RLH Essery, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr R Harding, NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019), Reynard
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2002 - 31 Mar 2006
Value:
£237,967
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2001/01089
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Subglacial Access and Fast Ice Research Experiment (SAFIRE): Resolving the Basal Control on Ice Flow and Calving in Greenland

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor BP Hubbard, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Hubbard, UiT Arctic University of Norway (Tromso), UNLISTED
Grant held at:
Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
29 Nov 2013 - 20 Nov 2017
Value:
£340,872
NERC Reference:
NE/K006126/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


36 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £5,795,520   

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