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31 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £21,405,413   

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Below Ground Control of Ecosystem Carbon Sequestration under Elevated CO2

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor G Phoenix, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Leake, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor T Daniell, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor IP Hartley, University of Exeter, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor KJ Field, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2023 - 18 Mar 2026
Value:
£611,541
NERC Reference:
NE/X000273/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant




Dispersal through fitness landscapes in a social bird: from individuals to populations

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor B Hatchwell, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr KL Evans, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr J R Potts, University of Sheffield, Mathematics and Statistics
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Childs, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Period of Award:
5 Mar 2018 - 31 Dec 2021
Value:
£482,280
NERC Reference:
NE/R001669/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Excavating the roots of the tree of life: revealing a billion year fossil record for the euglenids

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CH Wellman, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr P Christin, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr W Fraser, Oxford Brookes University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sci
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2017 - 30 Jun 2021
Value:
£253,939
NERC Reference:
NE/R001324/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Experimental adaptation and speciation in rotifers

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RK Butlin, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MA Brockhurst, The University of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr R Snook, Stockholm University, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Beckerman, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Period of Award:
1 May 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
Value:
£475,938
NERC Reference:
NE/P012272/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


How do global change and functional traits influence savanna woody plant encroachment?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C Osborne, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Lehmann, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Tropical Biology
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2025
Value:
£591,159
NERC Reference:
NE/T000759/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


PARAMO - Provisioning of ecosystem services And cultuRAl values in the MOntane tropics

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DP Edwards, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Kanai, University of Sheffield, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Freckleton, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Petley, University of Hull, Unlisted
Co-Investigator:
Professor TA Burke, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Cameron, The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor T Daniell, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
23 Jul 2018 - 31 Mar 2022
Value:
£1,241,052
NERC Reference:
NE/R017441/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Colombian bio




Phosphorus Limitation And ecosystem responses to Carbon dioxide Enrichment (PLACE)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor G Phoenix, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Leake, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2017 - 30 Jun 2022
Value:
£317,433
NERC Reference:
NE/N010132/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


The Devonian mass extinction: cataclysm or death by a thousand cuts?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CH Wellman, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JEA Marshall, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Greene, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor DPG Bond, University of Hull, Geology
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Hilton, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Period of Award:
31 Oct 2020 - 31 Oct 2024
Value:
£646,695
NERC Reference:
NE/V001639/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

The coherence of ecological stability among ecosystems and across ecological scales

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Beckerman, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr G Thomas, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr CF Clements, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Freckleton, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr KL Evans, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Childs, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr TJ Webb, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Period of Award:
13 Feb 2020 - 31 Dec 2024
Value:
£1,395,568
NERC Reference:
NE/T003502/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Highlights


The macroevolutionary consequences of trait correlations

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr G Thomas, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr N Cooper, The Natural History Museum, Life Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Beckerman, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023
Value:
£476,351
NERC Reference:
NE/T000139/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant




Towards a general theory of ecological impacts of multiple, simultaneous stressors.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Beckerman, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr TJ Webb, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Period of Award:
14 Jan 2019 - 1 Dec 2023
Value:
£436,124
NERC Reference:
NE/S001395/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Untangling the phylogenetic and spatial components of trait variation in ecological assemblages

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor R Freckleton, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Childs, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor DP Edwards, University of Cambridge, Plant Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2025
Value:
£376,093
NERC Reference:
NE/V011782/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

31 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £21,405,413   

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