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135 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £48,300,167   

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AFIRE - Assessing ENSO-induced Fire Impacts in tropical Rainforest Ecosystems

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Barlow, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr F Espirito Santo, University of Leicester, Sch of Geog, Geol & the Environment
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2016 - 30 Nov 2017
Value:
£238,521
NERC Reference:
NE/P004512/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
El Nino

Advances in halocarbon research to ensure success of the next phase of the Montreal Protocol in protecting the ozone layer and climate

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr R Hossaini, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2022 - 30 Nov 2026
Value:
£357,522
NERC Reference:
NE/X003582/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Highlights




Assessing the Mitigation Deterrence Effects of GGRs

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr N Markusson, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr B Szerszynski, Lancaster University, Sociology
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Jarvis, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor DP Tyfield, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2017 - 30 Apr 2020
Value:
£241,109
NERC Reference:
NE/P019838/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Greenhouse Gas Removal



BIODIVERSITY AND LAND-USE IMPACTS ON TROPICAL ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION (BALI)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor NJ Ostle, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor NP McNamara, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Soils and Land Use (Lancaster)
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2013 - 30 Nov 2018
Value:
£272,407
NERC Reference:
NE/K016121/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Tropical Forests

BKS - Bridging knowledge systems for pro-poor management of ecosystem services

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr S Vermeylen, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Wilson, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor RD Bardgett, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor IA NYAMBE, University of Zambia, School of Mines
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Ochieng, African Centre for Technology Studies, Sci and Tech Policy Analysis and Trainin
Co-Investigator:
Professor D van der Horst, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor WJ Davies, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2010 - 31 May 2013
Value:
£199,552
NERC Reference:
NE/I003819/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
ESPA FRAMEWORK

Behaviourally-mediated shifts in reef fish communities following severe disturbance

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr S A Keith, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr I Hartley, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor N Graham, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2019 - 30 Apr 2024
Value:
£446,336
NERC Reference:
NE/S00050X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant - NI

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in degraded and recovering Amazonian and Atlantic forests

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Barlow, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Meir, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2013 - 30 Nov 2018
Value:
£1,167,089
NERC Reference:
NE/K016431/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Tropical Forests

Biodiversity, ecosystem functions and policy across a tropical forest modification gradient

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Grey, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor SJ Rossiter, Queen Mary University of London, Sch of Biological & Behavioural Sciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
5 Apr 2015 - 4 Oct 2018
Value:
£166,407
NERC Reference:
NE/K016148/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Tropical Forests






Biomes of Brasil - resilience, recovery, and diversity: "BIO-RED"

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Barlow, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr F Espirito Santo, University of Leicester, Sch of Geog, Geol & the Environment
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2016 - 31 Mar 2020
Value:
£154,318
NERC Reference:
NE/N01250X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Brazil Biomes



Catchment change network (CCN): A professional development platform for decision-making for adaptation and uncertain environmental change

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor K Beven, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor A McDonald, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor PE Oconnell, Newcastle University, Sch of Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Bacon, Keele University, Unlisted
Co-Investigator:
Dr SM Reaney, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Kilsby, Newcastle University, Sch of Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Professor JW Hall, University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor TP Burt, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor PM Haygarth, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2009 - 30 Nov 2012
Value:
£357,495
NERC Reference:
NE/G008787/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Knowledge Exchange (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
KE





Delivering resilient power, road and rail networks by translating a tree failure risk model for multi-sector applications.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor GA Blackburn, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Edwards, Lancaster University, Computing & Communications
Co-Investigator:
Professor JD Whyatt, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2016
Value:
£65,936
NERC Reference:
NE/N012984/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Innovation
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Innovation - Risk

Demonstrating Techniques for Air Pollution Source Performance Assessment

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor JD Whyatt, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Jones, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Sokhi, University of Hertfordshire, School of Physics, Astronomy and Maths
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
31 Mar 2009 - 30 Jun 2012
Value:
£227,728
NERC Reference:
NE/G001138/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Knowledge Exchange (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
KE

Detecting soil degradation and restoration through a novel coupled sensor and machine learning framework

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Quinton, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor RD Bardgett, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Davies, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor MR James, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Killick, Lancaster University, Mathematics and Statistics
Co-Investigator:
Professor CJ Nemeth, Lancaster University, Mathematics and Statistics
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
31 Jan 2020 - 16 Sep 2024
Value:
£934,689
NERC Reference:
NE/T012307/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Signals in the Soil


Developing a suite of novel land conditioners and plant fertilisers from the waste streams of biomass energy generation

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor KT Semple, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr F Aiouache, Lancaster University, Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Professor PM Haygarth, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Quinton, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor IC Dodd, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
30 Apr 2013 - 29 Nov 2013
Value:
£61,997
NERC Reference:
NE/K015885/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Waste

Developing a suite of novel land conditioners and plant fertilizers from the waste streams of biomass energy generation

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor KT Semple, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Quinton, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor NJ Ostle, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor IC Dodd, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr F Aiouache, Lancaster University, Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Dr BWJ Surridge, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
5 Jan 2015 - 29 Mar 2019
Value:
£669,554
NERC Reference:
NE/L014122/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Waste


Development of in-situ sensors for direct quantification of metal speciation and bio-availability

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor H Zhang, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Hogstrand, King's College London, Analytical & Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Pickup, Lancaster University, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Lead, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2010 - 30 Apr 2013
Value:
£172,080
NERC Reference:
NE/H002480/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Tech Proof of Concept

Diversity in Upland Rivers for Ecosystem Service Sustainability - DURESS

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr NA Chappell, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Quinton, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr BWJ Surridge, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Beven, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr W Tych, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 May 2012 - 30 Jun 2016
Value:
£530,792
NERC Reference:
NE/J014826/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
BESS





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

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor B.A. Maher, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Supervisor:
Dr R Kinnersley, Environment Agency, Evidence Directorate
Co-Supervisor:
Ms D Silman, Lancaster University, Management Science
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 31 Mar 2011
Value:
£29,191
NERC Reference:
NE/H526119/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - directed
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Open CASE








Ecosystem management to alleviate poverty on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RD Bardgett, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr F Zhang, CAB International, Int Dev Southeast & East Asia - China
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Xiangyang, Grassland Research Institute CAAS, Research
Co-Investigator:
Professor NJ Ostle, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr U Schaffner, CAB International, International Development Switzerland
Co-Investigator:
Dr N Maczey, CAB International, International Development (UK)
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Dianxiong, Inst of Agricultural Res & Regional Plan, UNLISTED
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2010 - 21 Jan 2011
Value:
£44,729
NERC Reference:
NE/I004440/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
ESPA PPD


Effects of ice-associated stressors and pollutants on the Arctic marine cryosphere

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C Halsall, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Kaiser, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2021
Value:
£347,410
NERC Reference:
NE/R012857/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Changing Arctic Ocean


Environmental Informatics. Masters Training Grant (MTG) to provide funding for 5 full studentships for two years.

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor IW Marshall, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Supervisor:
Professor JD Whyatt, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2009 - 31 Aug 2011
Value:
£127,438
NERC Reference:
NE/H525746/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
MTG Scheme
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Blue Skies MSc

Environmental gemomics of calcicole-calcifuge physiology.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr M McAinsh, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Rodwell, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Shirras, Lancaster University, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2002 - 31 May 2005
Value:
£319,921
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2001/00303
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Environmental Genomics


Establishing a new palaeothermometer from the speleothem archive of phosphate-oxygen isotopes

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr PM Wynn, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr BWJ Surridge, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
Value:
£59,443
NERC Reference:
NE/X012158/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Exploring the frontiers

Explainable AI for UK agricultural land use decision-making

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CJ Nemeth, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor PM Atkinson, Lancaster University, Faculty of Science and Technology
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2019 - 30 Nov 2020
Value:
£43,152
NERC Reference:
NE/T004002/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Landscape Decisions



Geochemical processes at the microbial scale.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor W Davison, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Prosser, University of Aberdeen, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Zhang, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2002 - 30 Nov 2005
Value:
£179,608
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2000/01346
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Marine & Freshwater Microbial



Hydrology-phosphorus interactions under changing climate and land-use: overcoming uncertainties and challenges for prediction to 2050 (Nutcat 2050)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor PM Haygarth, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Beven, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
12 Aug 2013 - 11 Feb 2017
Value:
£805,235
NERC Reference:
NE/K002392/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Changing Water Cycle

Hydroscape

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr BWJ Surridge, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr PM Wynn, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Barker, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2015 - 31 Jul 2021
Value:
£255,034
NERC Reference:
NE/N006453/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Highlights

Impacts of climate-driven evolution on plant-soil interactions and ecosystem functioning

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor EJ Sayer, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor CJ Stevens, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
13 Sep 2017 - 12 Jan 2021
Value:
£166,779
NERC Reference:
NE/P01335X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Implications of groundwater-surface water connectivity for nitrogen transformations in the hyporheic zone

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Heathwaite, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Binley, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Zhang, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2009 - 30 Apr 2012
Value:
£384,920
NERC Reference:
NE/F006063/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Institutions for Urban Poor's Access to Ecosystem Services: A Comparison of Green and Water Structures in Bangladesh and Tanzania

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr MK Roy, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor CT Agnew, The University of Manchester, Environment, Education and Development
Co-Investigator:
Professor F Jahan, University of Dhaka, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Rothwell, The University of Manchester, Environment, Education and Development
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Hulme, The University of Manchester, Environment, Education and Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr SS Riziki, Ardhi University, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Azapagic, The University of Manchester, Chem Eng and Analytical Science
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2013 - 31 May 2017
Value:
£448,006
NERC Reference:
NE/L001616/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
ESPA

Interrogating trees as archives of environmental sulphur variability

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr PM Wynn, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor IJ Fairchild, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor NJ Loader, Swansea University, College of Science
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2010 - 31 May 2012
Value:
£40,788
NERC Reference:
NE/H012257/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants


LTLS: Analysis and simulation of the Long-Term / Large-Scale interactions of C, N and P in UK land, freshwater and atmosphere

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Quinton, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
12 Nov 2012 - 11 Nov 2015
Value:
£237,650
NERC Reference:
NE/J011703/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Macronutrient Cycles





Maximising ecosystem services in urban environments (MEaSURE)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor D Johnson, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Carter, The University of Manchester, Environment, Education and Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr G Clay, The University of Manchester, Environment, Education and Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Dennis, The University of Manchester, Environment, Education and Development
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Lindley, The University of Manchester, Environment, Education and Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr J J Huck, The University of Manchester, Environment, Education and Development
Co-Investigator:
Professor RD Bardgett, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
3 Feb 2025 - 2 Feb 2027
Value:
£323,076
NERC Reference:
NE/W003120/2
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Highlights

Measuring plant available phosphorus to increase crop yields and minimise nutrient leaching

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor H Zhang, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr BWJ Surridge, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor IC Dodd, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Quinton, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2014 - 31 Jan 2017
Value:
£238,593
NERC Reference:
NE/M016919/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Innovation
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Innovation - SARIC

Megacity Delhi atmospheric emission quantification, assessment and impacts

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CN Hewitt, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Wild, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
30 Nov 2016 - 31 Mar 2022
Value:
£471,849
NERC Reference:
NE/P01531X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
APHH

Meltwater Ice-sheet Interactions and the changing climate of Greenland (MII-Greenland)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr AA Leeson, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr N Gourmelen, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Goldberg, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor IJ Hewitt, University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Le Brocq, University of Exeter, Geography
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
16 Sep 2019 - 15 May 2023
Value:
£650,360
NERC Reference:
NE/S011390/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant - NI




NSFGEO-NERC: Impact of the Plio-Pleistocene Transition on Provenance and Sediment Routing from the Himalaya to the Deep-Sea Bengal Fan

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor Y Najman, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2027
Value:
£241,310
NERC Reference:
NE/V013165/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Lead Agency Grant






Predicting metal speciation in freshwaters: resolving uncertainty using a multi-method approach

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr J Hamilton-Taylor, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Davison, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Zhang, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2009 - 31 Oct 2012
Value:
£359,951
NERC Reference:
NE/G006113/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Process analysis, observations and modelling - Integrated solutions for cleaner air for Delhi (PROMOTE)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Wild, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Doherty, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
14 Nov 2016 - 31 Mar 2022
Value:
£199,465
NERC Reference:
NE/P016405/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
APHH


Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainty in the Processes Controlling Tropospheric Ozone and OH

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Wild, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Beven, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Voulgarakis, Imperial College London, Physics
Co-Investigator:
Dr PJ Young, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr L Lee, University of Sheffield, Advanced Manufacturing Res Centre Boeing
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Stevenson, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018
Value:
£444,343
NERC Reference:
NE/N003411/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant




Quantifying the likely magnitude of nature-based flood mitigation effects across large catchments (Q-NFM)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr NA Chappell, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Quinton, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Lamb, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor PM Haygarth, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Beven, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2017 - 31 Mar 2023
Value:
£1,368,403
NERC Reference:
NE/R004722/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Natural Flood Management

Quantifying the risks of tree failure to guide proactive management and increase the resilience of electricity distribution networks.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor GA Blackburn, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor JD Whyatt, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Edwards, Lancaster University, Computing & Communications
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
31 Oct 2014 - 30 Oct 2015
Value:
£106,877
NERC Reference:
NE/M008614/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Knowledge Exchange (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Innovation - Risk


Radar-supported Next-Generation Forecasting of Volcanic Ash Hazard (R4AsH)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MR James, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Lane, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Gilbert, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Beven, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
13 Feb 2019 - 31 Mar 2024
Value:
£403,819
NERC Reference:
NE/S005218/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Highlights

Rainforest Fauna in the Anthropocene: an integrated approach to understanding impacts of climate and land use change (RAINFAUNA)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Barlow, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor IMD Maclean, University of Exeter, Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Lees, Manchester Metropolitan University, School of Science and the Environment
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2023 - 30 Sep 2027
Value:
£813,981
NERC Reference:
NE/X015262/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers

Real time tracing of clay movement in fresh and marine waters as carriers of pollutants, or indicators of sediment transport and deposition

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Quinton, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr JM Pates, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
14 Sep 2015 - 13 Nov 2015
Value:
£16,117
NERC Reference:
NE/N012089/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Innovation
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Follow on Fund Pathfinder


Refining Estimates of Tropical Forest Greenhouse Gas Exchange using Plant Traits

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor EJ Sayer, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Pangala, Imperial College London, Life Sciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2022 - 31 Jan 2026
Value:
£430,802
NERC Reference:
NE/W006588/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant






Short-circuiting the terrestrial phosphorus cycle: symbiotic control of organic phosphorus mineralisation and uptake

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor D Johnson, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor CA Brearley, University of East Anglia, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr F Cox, The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
3 Feb 2025 - 2 Dec 2025
Value:
£93,861
NERC Reference:
NE/W000350/2
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Completion
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant

Shrub-driven transformation of the alpine soil carbon cycle

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RD Bardgett, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr RI Griffiths, Bangor University, Sch of Natural Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Johnson, The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
16 May 2025 - 15 May 2028
Value:
£828,747
NERC Reference:
NE/Z000297/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers


Sources and Emissions of Air Pollutants in Beijing (AIRPOLL-Beijing)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CN Hewitt, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Wild, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019
Value:
£378,167
NERC Reference:
NE/N006976/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
APHH




Temporal variation in biodiversity and ecosystem service delivery in grasslands (T-BESS)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CJ Stevens, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr SMS Smart, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Soils and Land Use (Lancaster)
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2013 - 31 May 2014
Value:
£19,995
NERC Reference:
NE/K015389/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
BESS


The Consortium on Risk in the Environment: Diagnostics, Integration, Benchmarking, Learning and Elicitation (CREDIBLE)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor K Beven, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Tawn, Lancaster University, Mathematics and Statistics
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2013 - 31 Jan 2017
Value:
£359,754
NERC Reference:
NE/J017299/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
URRP

The Impact of Short-Lived Halocarbons on Ozone and Climate (ISHOC): An International Multi-Model Intercomparison

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr R Hossaini, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr NL Abraham, University of Cambridge, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Dr PJ Young, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2018 - 31 May 2020
Value:
£27,681
NERC Reference:
NE/R004927/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IOF



The effects of degassing and effusion rate fluctuations on the evolution of basaltic lava flow

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MR James, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr H Tuffen, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2012
Value:
£365,658
NERC Reference:
NE/F018010/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Trace gas emissions from Amazonia influence secondary organic aerosol (CLAIRE-UK)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CN Hewitt, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor AR MacKenzie, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2012 - 31 Mar 2016
Value:
£472,252
NERC Reference:
NE/I012567/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Transatlantic Initiative for Nanotechnology and the Environment - A new robust insitu tool for measuring nanoparticles and assessing their effects

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor H Zhang, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 May 2011 - 31 Jul 2015
Value:
£244,090
NERC Reference:
NE/H013709/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Environmental Nanoscience








135 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £48,300,167   

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