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48 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £8,418,318   

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"International". Jali Ardhi [Care for the Land] project: Realising land management change in degraded Maasai grazing lands.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor WH Blake, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Rabinovich, University of Sussex, Sch of Psychology
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2017 - 31 Jan 2020
Value:
£101,243
NERC Reference:
NE/R009309/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
NC&C
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Innovation Follow on

A cross-disciplinary soil-proteomics and modelling approach for predicting switches between hydrophilic and hydrophobic soil surface responses

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor GP Matthews, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
15 May 2013 - 14 Aug 2016
Value:
£207,106
NERC Reference:
NE/K004212/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

A framework for the sustainable development of marine mineral resources in the Philippines

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr I Selby, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr EV Sheehan, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Rees, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Anderson, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor KL Howell, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth Marine Lab
Co-Investigator:
Professor MC Austen, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Masselink, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor DC Conley, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
12 Apr 2021 - 29 Sep 2021
Value:
£46,957
NERC Reference:
NE/W000474/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Sustainable Minerals




Carbonate clumped-isotopic constraints on marine temperatures during the Cretaceous

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor G Price, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Grimes, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
24 Jan 2013 - 23 Jan 2017
Value:
£317,429
NERC Reference:
NE/J020842/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Climate change and the Plague of Justinian

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CN Roberts, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MD Jones, University of Nottingham, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr W Eastwood, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2012 - 31 Mar 2014
Value:
£46,786
NERC Reference:
NE/J012920/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants


EXCESS: The role of excess topography and peak ground acceleration on earthquake-preconditioning of landslides

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr SJ Boulton, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr ZK Mildon, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Stokes, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr TC Hales, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr GL Bennett, University of Exeter, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
16 Feb 2024 - 15 Nov 2027
Value:
£778,813
NERC Reference:
NE/Y000080/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers


High resolution oxygen isotope stratigraphy of Integrated Ocean Drilling Program sites U1394, U1395 and U1396, off-shore Montserrat, Lesser Antilles

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr C Smart, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2013 - 30 Sep 2013
Value:
£47,483
NERC Reference:
NE/K002724/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK IODP


Hydrothermal influences on magnetic mineral assemblages in marine sediments (Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, IODP Expedition 385)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Morris, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
6 Jan 2020 - 5 Jul 2021
Value:
£50,462
NERC Reference:
NE/T01234X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK IODP Phase4

Integrated upstream and downstream thinking to mitigate water security challenges from Peruvian glacier retreat

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr C Clason, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor IS Stewart, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor WH Blake, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
10 Feb 2019 - 31 Jul 2022
Value:
£366,569
NERC Reference:
NE/S013245/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Peru Glaciers


Magnetization and tectonic evolution of ultraslow-spreading rate lower oceanic crust, Atlantis Bank, SW Indian Ridge (IODP Expedition 360)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Morris, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
29 Nov 2015 - 31 Dec 2021
Value:
£115,635
NERC Reference:
NE/N019210/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK IODP Phase2

Making soil erosion understandable and governable at the river basin scale for food, water and hydropower sustainability in Latin America

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor WH Blake, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr R H Velasco, CONICET -Nat Scientif & Tech Res Council, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Professor IS Stewart, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S de los Santos Villalobos, Nat Council Science & Tech Conacyt CIDE, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Mrs A Castillo, Austral University of Chile, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Bravo, Centre of Scientific Studies (CECs), Glaciology and Climate Change
Co-Investigator:
Dr R Meigikos, Federal Fluminense University, UNLISTED
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 May 2018 - 30 Jun 2021
Value:
£405,509
NERC Reference:
NE/R015597/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
RCUK
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
RCUK-CONICYT













Processes Influencing Carbon Cycling: Observations of the Lower limb of the Antarctic Overturning (PICCOLO)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr SJ Ussher, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr WB Homoky, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
31 Jul 2017 - 31 Dec 2027
Value:
£331,621
NERC Reference:
NE/P021344/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Southern Ocean

Quantifying the biodiversity threshold for peatland carbon service delivery

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr T Daley, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor RM Fyfe, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2014
Value:
£16,067
NERC Reference:
NE/K015451/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
BESS

Quantifying the contribution of sympagic versus pelagic diatoms to Arctic food webs and biogeochemical fluxes (SYM-PEL)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Belt, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
18 Feb 2019 - 28 Feb 2023
Value:
£194,998
NERC Reference:
NE/S002480/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
MOSAiC


SUPERSLUG: Deconstructing sediment superslugs as a legacy of extreme flows

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr MJ Westoby, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JL Carrivick, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr GL Bennett, University of Exeter, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr SA Dunning, Newcastle University, Sch of Geog, Politics and Sociology
Co-Investigator:
Professor TJ Coulthard, University of Hull, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2028
Value:
£838,524
NERC Reference:
NE/Z00022X/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers

Seasonal controls on shelf-edge nutrient fluxes at the Malin Shelf

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MC Lohan, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor WAM Nimmo Smith, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr PJ Hosegood, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2012 - 15 Sep 2015
Value:
£144,928
NERC Reference:
NE/J020222/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Autonomous Underwater Gliders


Socio-ecological resilience to soil erosion driven by extreme climatic events: past, present and future challenges in East Africa.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor WH Blake, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P A NDAKIDEMI, Nelson Mandela African Institute NMAIST, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Rabinovich, University of Sussex, Sch of Psychology
Co-Investigator:
Professor GA Wilson, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2016 - 31 Oct 2017
Value:
£168,640
NERC Reference:
NE/P015603/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
GCRF-Resilience

Streamlining marine energy consenting processes: Considering public attitudes in the development of public engagement strategies

Fellowship Award

Fellow:
Dr J de Groot, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2014 - 31 Dec 2014
Value:
£10,560
NERC Reference:
NE/L014025/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Knowledge Exchange Fellowships
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Policy Placement Fellowship


THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE EARTHQUAKE CYCLE IN THE LOWER CRUST

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor IS Stewart, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Fagereng, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr F Fusseis, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr E Mariani, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
23 Jan 2017 - 21 Jan 2021
Value:
£451,340
NERC Reference:
NE/P001548/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

The 3D anatomy of magma transport at fast-spreading ocean ridges

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Morris, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Harris, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor CJ MacLeod, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2021 - 30 Jan 2026
Value:
£655,282
NERC Reference:
NE/V012584/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

The evolution of modern marine ecosystems: environmental controls on their structure and function

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RJ Twitchett, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Price, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2011 - 31 May 2014
Value:
£453,223
NERC Reference:
NE/I005641/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Life and Planet

Tracking sediment waves through Himalayan fluvial cascades following extreme mass flows

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr MJ Westoby, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr GL Bennett, University of Exeter, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2023 - 31 Oct 2026
Value:
£85,326
NERC Reference:
NE/Y002911/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
GPSF

Tsunamigenic mass flows at Stromboli Volcano- analysis and modelling after the 3rd of July events

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr I Manzella, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr P Cole, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
Period of Award:
15 Nov 2019 - 31 Jul 2021
Value:
£51,552
NERC Reference:
NE/T009438/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgent Grant



48 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £8,418,318   

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