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68 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £18,503,621   

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Can phenotypic plasticity and DNA methylation promote adaptive radiation?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Genner, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JR Bridle, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2019 - 31 Oct 2022
Value:
£508,724
NERC Reference:
NE/S001794/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Changes to genome and transcriptome during hybrid speciation in Senecio

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor SJ Hiscock, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor RJ Abbott, University of St Andrews, Biology
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
17 Jun 2002 - 16 Apr 2006
Value:
£297,552
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2001/00301
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Environmental Genomics

Climate change and macroecological patterns in an exploited marine fish assemblage

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Genner, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Sims, Marine Biological Association, Marine Biology
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 May 2008 - 30 Apr 2011
Value:
£221,831
NERC Reference:
NE/F001878/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Sustainable Marine Bioresource



Data Mining: SenecioDB - development of existing EST data into a publicly available web resource for the Asteraceae community.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor SJ Hiscock, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr G Barker, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
13 Feb 2008 - 12 Feb 2009
Value:
£25,760
NERC Reference:
NE/F001207/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Post Genomics & Proteomics




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

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor IC Cuthill, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Ms L Clarke, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Professor AM Hetherington, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 30 Sep 2013
Value:
£70,137
NERC Reference:
NE/H525097/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD

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

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor R Wall, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Miss E Bowyer, University of Bristol, Finance Office
Co-Supervisor:
Professor M Taylor, Fera Science Limited, Wildlife Management
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 31 Mar 2011
Value:
£27,746
NERC Reference:
NE/H526935/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - directed
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Open CASE

Doctoral Training Grant (DTG) to provide funding for 2 PhD studentships

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor R Wall, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Mr JE Hammond, University of Bristol, Finance Office
Co-Supervisor:
Ms J FitzWalter, University of Bristol, Senior Faculty Accountant
Co-Supervisor:
Professor IC Cuthill, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2010 - 30 Sep 2014
Value:
£142,290
NERC Reference:
NE/I528234/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD

Doctoral Training Grant (DTG) to provide funding for 3 PhD studentships

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor R Wall, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Professor JR Bridle, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Supervisor:
Miss E Bowyer, University of Bristol, Finance Office
Co-Supervisor:
Professor IC Cuthill, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Professor ME Viney, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Co-Supervisor:
Professor MW Holderied, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Mr JE Hammond, University of Bristol, Finance Office
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 31 Mar 2011
Value:
£81,049
NERC Reference:
NE/H526927/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD






Experimental approaches to determine the impacts of light pollution: field studies on bats and insects

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor G Jones, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Harris, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor WJ Browne, University of Bristol, Education
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2012 - 1 Mar 2016
Value:
£530,450
NERC Reference:
NE/I027460/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Exploiting sociogenomics datasets for understanding phenotypic plasticity

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Sumner, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JJT Gough, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Structural Studies
Co-Investigator:
Dr G Barker, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 May 2013 - 28 Feb 2014
Value:
£39,217
NERC Reference:
NE/K011316/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Omics

Food webs at the landscape level: are we missing the wood for the trees?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Memmott, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Gregory, University of Bristol, Computer Science
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
30 Apr 2013 - 29 Oct 2016
Value:
£647,030
NERC Reference:
NE/K006568/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Food webs: a molecular approach for determining predator-prey interactions.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Memmott, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor WOC Symondson, Cardiff University, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2002 - 30 Nov 2002
Value:
£31,259
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2001/00364
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants


Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms involved in allopolyploid speciation in Senecio

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor SJ Hiscock, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Edwards, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor RJ Abbott, University of St Andrews, Biology
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
17 Apr 2006 - 16 Dec 2009
Value:
£311,264
NERC Reference:
NE/D005353/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Ghosts from summers past: quantifying the role of vegetation legacy to climatic extremes

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr MG De Kauwe, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Meir, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr L Rowland, University of Exeter, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr TL Quaife, University of Reading, Meteorology
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 May 2023 - 30 Apr 2026
Value:
£592,649
NERC Reference:
NE/W010003/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant

Hunger and knowledge: foraging decisions in an uncertain and social world

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C Ioannou, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AI Houston, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Rands, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2018 - 30 Jun 2021
Value:
£354,987
NERC Reference:
NE/P012639/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant - NI



MULTI-STRESS: Quantifying the impacts of multiple stressors in multiple dimensions to improve ecological forecasting

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr CF Clements, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Miss K K Layton-Matthews, Norwegian Inst for Nature Research NINA, NINA Oslo
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 May 2024 - 30 Apr 2027
Value:
£674,036
NERC Reference:
NE/Z000130/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers






Pesticides as a structuring force of planktonic food webs in drinking water reservoirs

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor M Yallop, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Professor ME Viney, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 30 Sep 2013
Value:
£70,976
NERC Reference:
NE/G012342/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - directed
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Open CASE


Preparing for War: Pre-emptive Behaviour in a Landscape of Intergroup Conflict

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Radford, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor L Giuggioli, University of Bristol, Engineering Mathematics and Technology
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2022 - 30 Nov 2025
Value:
£549,091
NERC Reference:
NE/W00545X/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant



SeaDNA - Assessing marine biodiversity and structure using environmental DNA: from groundtruthing to food web structure and stability

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Genner, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
13 Nov 2015 - 12 Nov 2019
Value:
£325,414
NERC Reference:
NE/N005937/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Highlights



The Impact of a Pesticide Ban on a Pollinator Community

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Memmott, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Atkinson, British Trust for Ornithology, British Trust for Ornithology (Norfolk)
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Newson, British Trust for Ornithology, British Trust for Ornithology (Norfolk)
Co-Investigator:
Dr IP Vaughan, Cardiff University, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
15 Apr 2024 - 14 Apr 2028
Value:
£730,312
NERC Reference:
NE/Y000102/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers



The determinants of measures of immune function in a wild mammal.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor ME Viney, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Pocock, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Biodiversity (Wallingford)
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2012 - 31 Aug 2016
Value:
£555,863
NERC Reference:
NE/I022892/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



The evolution of self-incompatibility (S) alleles in Senecio squalidus (Oxford Ragwort) and its Sicilian relatives.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor SJ Hiscock, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr SA Harris, University of Oxford, Biology
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2004 - 30 Jun 2007
Value:
£214,457
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2003/00345
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

The genetic basis of host resistance / susceptibility to parasite infection in a wild vertebrate population: a pilot study.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor ME Viney, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor BK Mable, University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary, Life Sci
Co-Investigator:
Professor RC Tinsley, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
15 Apr 2010 - 14 Oct 2011
Value:
£36,712
NERC Reference:
NE/H011498/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

The genetic control and the phenotypic response of major life-history traits of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans under environmental stress.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor ME Viney, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Lloyd-Jones, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Chemistry
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2009 - 31 May 2012
Value:
£479,866
NERC Reference:
NE/F016964/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant




The molecular basis of phenotypic transitions in eusocial evolution

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Sumner, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr G Barker, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Matthews, University of Bristol, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 May 2015 - 16 Oct 2016
Value:
£675,317
NERC Reference:
NE/M012913/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

The velocity of evolutionary responses of species to ecological change: testing adaptive limits in time and space

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor JR Bridle, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MA Beaumont, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 May 2016 - 31 May 2021
Value:
£326,769
NERC Reference:
NE/N015843/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Highlights


Uncertainty Assessments of Flood Inundation Impacts: Using spatial climate change scenarios to drive ensembles of distributed models for extremes

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor GR McGregor, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Freer, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor HL Cloke, University of Reading, Geography and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr MD Wilson, University of Exeter, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2009 - 28 Feb 2011
Value:
£15,928
NERC Reference:
NE/E002404/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
FREE




68 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £18,503,621   

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