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34 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £6,721,741   

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'NERC-NSTC': Groundwater Resources in a Changing Climate (GRCC) - A Taiwan & UK partnership to share and develop groundwater knowledge and expertise

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr JP Bloomfield, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr BP Marchant, British Geological Survey, Environmental Modelling
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Mackay, British Geological Survey, Environmental Modelling
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Period of Award:
3 Oct 2022 - 31 Dec 2024
Value:
£100,963
NERC Reference:
NE/X002470/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
GPSF

A hidden crisis: unravelling current failures for future success in rural groundwater supply

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AM MacDonald, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Fenner, University of Cambridge, Engineering
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 May 2015 - 30 Sep 2020
Value:
£809,569
NERC Reference:
NE/M008606/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UPGro

A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Mr PJ Chilton, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Professor AM MacDonald, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
7 Jun 2013 - 30 Nov 2014
Value:
£94,432
NERC Reference:
NE/L001969/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UPGro


Analysis of historic drought and water scarcity in the UK: a systems-based study of drivers, impacts and their interactions

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr JP Bloomfield, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr BP Marchant, British Geological Survey, Environmental Modelling
Co-Investigator:
Mr AA McKenzie, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
6 Jun 2014 - 31 Dec 2019
Value:
£306,862
NERC Reference:
NE/L010151/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK Droughts

Blueprint for a Flood and Drought Research Infrastructure

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr JP Bloomfield, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Ward, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Jackson, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 May 2020 - 31 Mar 2022
Value:
£100,468
NERC Reference:
NE/V009079/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Capital
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Capital Funding

Building understanding of climate variability into planning of groundwater supplies from low storage aquifers in Africa (BRAVE)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr DMJ Macdonald, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr W SANDWIDI, Ouaga 1 University Professor Ki-Zerbo, UFR / SVT (Life Sciences and Earth)
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Jackson, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr W Ageykum, Water Research Institute (CSIR), Research
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2013 - 30 Jun 2014
Value:
£84,144
NERC Reference:
NE/L002116/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UPGro

Building understanding of climate variability into planning of groundwater supplies from low storage aquifers in Africa - Second Phase (BRAVE2)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr DMJ Macdonald, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Jackson, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr W Ageykum, Water Research Institute (CSIR), Research
Co-Investigator:
Dr W SANDWIDI, Ouaga 1 University Professor Ki-Zerbo, UFR / SVT (Life Sciences and Earth)
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
14 May 2015 - 29 Feb 2020
Value:
£470,783
NERC Reference:
NE/M008827/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UPGro


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

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr P Smedley, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Bianchi, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr B Baptie, British Geological Survey, Earth Hazards & Observatories
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2018 - 31 Mar 2023
Value:
£683,888
NERC Reference:
NE/R01809X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Uncon Hydrocarbons

FUSE: Floodplain Underground SEnsors- A high-density, wireless, underground Sensor Network to quantify floodplain hydro-ecological interactions

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr DMJ Macdonald, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
4 Jan 2011 - 31 Aug 2015
Value:
£75,061
NERC Reference:
NE/I006923/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Network of Sensors

FUSE: Floodplain Underground SEnsors- A high-density, wireless, underground Sensor Network to quantify floodplain hydro-ecological interactions

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr BP Marchant, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Professor RM Lark, University of Nottingham, Sch of Biosciences
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Period of Award:
24 Jul 2012 - 31 Dec 2014
Value:
£15,676
NERC Reference:
NE/I006877/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Network of Sensors



HyCRISTAL: Integrating Hydro-Climate Science into Policy Decisions for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure and Livelihoods in East Africa

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr DJ Lapworth, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr DMJ Macdonald, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2015 - 31 Mar 2022
Value:
£318,091
NERC Reference:
NE/M020452/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
FCFA

Hydrological extremes and feedbacks in the changing water cycle

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr D Peach, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Jackson, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr AG Hughes, British Geological Survey, Environmental Modelling
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
4 Jan 2011 - 30 Nov 2014
Value:
£271,696
NERC Reference:
NE/I006591/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Changing Water Cycle

Hydrometeorological feedback and changes in water storage and fluxes in northern Indian basins

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr CR Jackson, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Mr AA McKenzie, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr JP Bloomfield, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
19 Jan 2012 - 31 Jul 2016
Value:
£160,520
NERC Reference:
NE/I022590/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Changing Water Cycle




LTLS Freshwater Ecosystems ("LTLS-FE"): Analysis and future scenarios of Long-Term and Large-Scale freshwater quality and impacts

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr DJ Lapworth, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr BP Marchant, British Geological Survey, Environmental Modelling
Co-Investigator:
Dr L Wang, British Geological Survey, Environmental Modelling
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Bianchi, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr B Palumbo-Roe, British Geological Survey, BGS Laboratories
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2022 - 31 Oct 2026
Value:
£265,178
NERC Reference:
NE/X015688/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Freshwater

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:
Mrs ME Stuart, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr L Wang, British Geological Survey, Environmental Modelling
Co-Investigator:
Dr DJ Lapworth, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
7 Sep 2012 - 31 Mar 2016
Value:
£53,479
NERC Reference:
NE/J011851/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Macronutrient Cycles

Mapping groundwater quality degradation beneath growing rural towns in sub-Saharan Africa

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr DJ Lapworth, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Nkhuwa, University of Zambia, School of Mines
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Read, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Soils and Land Use (Wallingford)
Co-Investigator:
Mrs ME Stuart, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Professor M N TIJANI, University of Ibadan, Research
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
28 Jun 2013 - 31 Aug 2014
Value:
£104,083
NERC Reference:
NE/L002078/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UPGro


Modelling groundwater flood risk in the Chalk aquifer from future extreme rainfall events

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor HS Wheater, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Peach, British Geological Survey, Science Programmes Director
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
30 Apr 2007 - 29 Mar 2011
Value:
£147,399
NERC Reference:
NE/E002366/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
FREE

Monitoring the impact of the 2015/16 El Nino on rural water insecurity in Ethiopia: learning lessons for climate resilience

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AM MacDonald, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr DJ Lapworth, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Mr R Calow, ODI, Water Policy Programme WPP
Co-Investigator:
Mr AA McKenzie, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Period of Award:
30 Apr 2016 - 30 Sep 2018
Value:
£251,480
NERC Reference:
NE/P004881/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
El Nino

NERC-NSFGEO SMARTWATER: Diagnosing controls of pollution hot spots and hot moments and their impact on catchment water quality

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Mr JPR Sorensen, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Professor DC Gooddy, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr DJ Lapworth, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2023 - 31 Oct 2028
Value:
£449,548
NERC Reference:
NE/X018857/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Large Grant
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Large Grant

Philippines Groundwater Outlook (PhiGO)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr A Barkwith, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Jackson, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Buytaert, Imperial College London, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Mr AA McKenzie, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Bianchi, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Mar 2022
Value:
£460,579
NERC Reference:
NE/S003118/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
SE Asia Hazards

Resource limitations to sustainability of groundwater well-points in basement complex regions of sub-Saharan Africa

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr N Robins, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Mr J Davies, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2013 - 28 Sep 2014
Value:
£21,069
NERC Reference:
NE/L001993/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UPGro



The Groundwater Drought Initiative (GDI)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr JP Bloomfield, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Professor DM Hannah, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr BP Marchant, British Geological Survey, Environmental Modelling
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Van Loon, Free (VU) University of Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Jackson, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Larsen, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2018 - 30 Sep 2021
Value:
£249,527
NERC Reference:
NE/R004994/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IOF

TryGGER:Application of tryptophan Florescence Sensors for improved raw water quality monitoring of Faecal Contamination in Groundwater sources

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr DJ Lapworth, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Professor DC Gooddy, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Period of Award:
15 May 2015 - 30 Nov 2016
Value:
£85,589
NERC Reference:
NE/M021939/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Innovation
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Innovation Projects

Upscaling Catchment Processes for Sustainable Water Management in Peninsular India

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AM MacDonald, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr DJ Lapworth, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Mr AA McKenzie, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Jackson, British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Groundwater
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2016 - 14 Nov 2019
Value:
£317,048
NERC Reference:
NE/N016270/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
SWR

34 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £6,721,741   

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