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36 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £10,126,123   

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A century of variability in Greenland melting and iceberg calving

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor G Bigg, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor V Kadirkamanathan, University of Sheffield, Automatic Control and Systems Eng
Co-Investigator:
Professor SA Billings, University of Sheffield, Automatic Control and Systems Eng
Co-Investigator:
Professor E Hanna, University of Lincoln, School of Geography
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2010 - 31 Jan 2014
Value:
£311,960
NERC Reference:
NE/H023402/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


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:
Professor AJ Hodson, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor E Hanna, University of Lincoln, School of Geography
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2020
Value:
£352,669
NERC Reference:
NE/M021084/1
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 CD Clark, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Bigg, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor MD Bateman, University of Sheffield, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
27 Sep 2012 - 28 Sep 2018
Value:
£699,361
NERC Reference:
NE/J009768/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Consortiums (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Consortiums



Deplete and Retreat: The Future of Andean Water Towers

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr JC Ely, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Jones, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Buytaert, Imperial College London, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Dr R McNabb, University of Ulster, Sch of Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Li, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr TL Edwards, King's College London, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor JL Carrivick, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr T K R Matthews, King's College London, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2022 - 31 May 2027
Value:
£1,556,793
NERC Reference:
NE/X004031/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Highlights











Modelling the impacts of sediment inputs along gravel-bed rivers.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Rice, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor RI Ferguson, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor T Hoey, Brunel University London, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2001 - 30 Apr 2004
Value:
£33,843
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2000/01384
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

More than methane: quantifying melt-driven biogas production and nutrient export from Eurasian Arctic lowland permafrost (LowPerm)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AJ Hodson, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Thornton, University of Sheffield, Civil and Structural Engineering
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Period of Award:
30 Mar 2015 - 29 Mar 2018
Value:
£321,889
NERC Reference:
NE/M019829/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
JPI



NSFGEO-NERC: Investigating the direct influence of meltwater on Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr A Sole, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr JC Ely, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Livingstone, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr K Winter, Northumbria University, Fac of Engineering and Environment
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2027
Value:
£254,141
NERC Reference:
NE/Y006291/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Lead Agency Grant

PICANTE - Processes, Impacts, and Changes of ANTarctic Extreme weather

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr J Jones, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor M McMillan, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr FEL Otto, University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor E Hanna, University of Lincoln, School of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Screen, University of Exeter, Mathematics and Statistics
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Li, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Catto, University of Exeter, Mathematics and Statistics
Co-Investigator:
Dr AA Leeson, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr H Wei, University of Sheffield, Automatic Control and Systems Eng
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2024 - 31 Oct 2028
Value:
£2,060,245
NERC Reference:
NE/Y503290/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Research Grants
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Highlights


Permafrost catchments in transition: hydrological controls on carbon cycling and greenhouse gas budgets

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor PA Wookey, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Subke, University of Stirling, Biological and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
22 Aug 2012 - 31 Oct 2013
Value:
£286,071
NERC Reference:
NE/K000284/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Arctic Programme


Punctuated disintegration of the NW European Ice Sheet and rapid climate change.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor G Bigg, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Clark, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Haflidason, University of Bergen, Geology
Co-Investigator:
Professor HP Sejrup, University of Bergen, Earth Science
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2005 - 30 Jun 2008
Value:
£151,542
NERC Reference:
NE/C509523/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Rapid Climate Change

Rapid recovery of high resolution topographic and kinematic data from the Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor E J Rhodes, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor B Parsons, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr RG Bryant, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr JR Elliott, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Period of Award:
3 Jan 2017 - 2 Feb 2018
Value:
£50,107
NERC Reference:
NE/P021425/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgent Grant

Seismically-induced landslides in Chile: New tools for hazard assessment and disaster prevention

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor D Petley, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Murphy, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr MJ Brain, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2016 - 31 Jan 2018
Value:
£80,205
NERC Reference:
NE/N000315/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
RP Coordination

Testing the instability theory of subglacial bedform production

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CD Clark, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr P Dunlop, University of Ulster, Sch of Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr RCA Hindmarsh, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Co-Investigator:
Dr FSL Ng, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor CR Stokes, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
14 Sep 2006 - 13 Mar 2010
Value:
£196,619
NERC Reference:
NE/D011175/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

The influence of fast-draining subglacial lakes on the hydrology and dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr S Livingstone, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr N Ross, Newcastle University, Sch of Geog, Politics and Sociology
Co-Investigator:
Dr A D Booth, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Buzzard, Northumbria University, Fac of Engineering and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Sole, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr E Bagshaw, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr L Edwards, Liverpool John Moores University, Sch of Biological and Environmental Sci
Co-Investigator:
Dr R Storrar, Sheffield Hallam University, College of Social Sciences and Arts
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2025
Value:
£687,971
NERC Reference:
NE/X000257/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Understanding non-elastic effects in accretionary wedges using the Kaikoura earthquake: Investigating a major potential tsunami hazarard

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor E J Rhodes, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr JR Elliott, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2018 - 30 Jun 2019
Value:
£28,269
NERC Reference:
NE/R00515X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IOF

Using Critical Zone Science to Enhance Soil Fertility and Improve Ecosystem Services for Peri-Urban Agriculture in China

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Banwart, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor V Kadirkamanathan, University of Sheffield, Automatic Control and Systems Eng
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Zona, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Beerling, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Menon, University of Sheffield, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, Geography
Period of Award:
4 Jan 2016 - 31 Mar 2016
Value:
£303,517
NERC Reference:
NE/N007514/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
CZO

36 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £10,126,123   

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