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35 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £10,920,930   

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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:
Dr CR Bates, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr T D Raub, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2013 - 31 Oct 2016
Value:
£107,745
NERC Reference:
NE/K012711/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Accurate Luminescence Dating: Developing Combined Spectral- and Time-Resolved OSL

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Finch, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr RAJ Robinson, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
10 Nov 2009 - 9 Feb 2012
Value:
£158,962
NERC Reference:
NE/H002715/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Tech Proof of Concept

Accurate climate reconstruction from fossil corals: The impact of seawater carbonate chemistry on the Sr/Ca, d18O and d11B of coral aragonite

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Finch, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
17 Feb 2012 - 16 Nov 2015
Value:
£275,088
NERC Reference:
NE/I022973/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Cave guano - a new, unexploited terrestrial environmental proxy in the tropics.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Bird, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr ID Bull, University of Bristol, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Dr WE Stephens, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2006 - 31 Jul 2009
Value:
£222,983
NERC Reference:
NE/D001501/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant




Exploring the link between surface structures and toxicity in mineral particles: Case study of induced and intrinsic toxicity in quartz

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr WE Stephens, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr R Duffin, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Clinical Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor N Richardson, University of St Andrews, Chemistry
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
1 May 2007 - 30 Apr 2008
Value:
£44,199
NERC Reference:
NE/E009336/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
EHH

Extending sea loch sedimentary records: OSL dating of shallow marine systems

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr RAJ Robinson, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Bates, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Austin, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
4 Sep 2012 - 3 Mar 2014
Value:
£45,962
NERC Reference:
NE/J012874/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Hawaiian Drowned Reefs: Climate variability and coral reef response to environmental change in the sub-tropical Pacific over the last 500 ky

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr N Allison, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2025
Value:
£25,931
NERC Reference:
NE/Y005503/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK IODP Phase4

INTRIGUED: INvestigating The Role of the North Pacific In Glacial and Deglacial CO2 and Climate

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr JWB Rae, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Burke, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Ridgwell, University of California Riverside, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2016 - 31 May 2020
Value:
£505,895
NERC Reference:
NE/N011716/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant - NI


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

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor HF Lamb, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AR Prave, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Bates, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2006 - 30 Sep 2008
Value:
£24,687
NERC Reference:
NE/D011604/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


NSFGEO-NERC: Impacts of sea ice melt and anthropogenic emmisions on biogenic sulfur aerosol as measured in a central Greenland ice core

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr A Burke, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
31 Aug 2023 - 31 Mar 2027
Value:
£232,921
NERC Reference:
NE/Y001710/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Lead Agency Grant

NSFGEO-NERC: Understanding Trans-Hemispheric Modes of Climate Variability: A Novel Tree-Ring Data Transect spanning the Himalaya to the Southern Ocean

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RJS Wilson, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2021 - 30 Jun 2025
Value:
£251,146
NERC Reference:
NE/W007223/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Lead Agency Grant




Quantifying changes in biomass burial over geological time

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr S Mikhail, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr EE Stueeken, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor RW White, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr NJ Gardiner, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr PS Savage, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2025 - 31 Jul 2029
Value:
£810,420
NERC Reference:
NE/Z504233/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Research Grants
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers

REIMAGINATION: REconstructing and understanding the IMplications of surface 14C AGe changes In the North Atlantic for overturning circulaTION

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr A Burke, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Austin, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
Co-Investigator:
Dr JWB Rae, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
31 Dec 2014 - 31 Jul 2018
Value:
£510,210
NERC Reference:
NE/M004619/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant - NI


SCOT2K: Reconstructing 2000 years of Scottish climate from tree-rings

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RJS Wilson, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr CR Bates, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
8 Apr 2013 - 6 Oct 2016
Value:
£261,005
NERC Reference:
NE/K003097/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant





The Nature of the Deep Nitrogen Cycle

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr S Mikhail, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr JCM De Hoog, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Redfern, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr GD Bromiley, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2017 - 31 Dec 2022
Value:
£427,620
NERC Reference:
NE/P012167/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant - NI

The Processes that Shape the Continental Record

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor P Cawood, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Hawkesworth, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2012 - 31 Dec 2015
Value:
£419,845
NERC Reference:
NE/J021822/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Trace element and isotope partitioning in carbonates in simulated biological environments

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr N Allison, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Penkman, University of York, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Finch, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Kroeger, University of York, Physics
Co-Investigator:
Dr MD Clog, Scottish Universities Env Research Cen, SUERC
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Period of Award:
18 Mar 2019 - 18 Sep 2023
Value:
£450,681
NERC Reference:
NE/S001417/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

UKRI-Norway: Figuring Out how to Reconstruct Common Era forcing of climate by VOLcanoes with novel data and modelling approaches (FORCE-VOL)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr A Burke, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr L Marshall, Durham University, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Kruger, University of Oslo, Geosciences
Grant held at:
University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2023 - 31 Oct 2027
Value:
£797,040
NERC Reference:
NE/Y001028/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers

35 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £10,920,930   

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