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57 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £13,210,161   

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EVOLUTION OF AXIAL SKELETAL REGIONALISATION IN VERTEBRATES: INTEGRATING PHYLOGENY, ENVIRONMENT, AND DEVELOPMENTAL MECHANISMS

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr J Head, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Dr JA Gillis, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Zoology
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2019 - 31 Dec 2023
Value:
£540,710
NERC Reference:
NE/S000739/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant - NI








Genetic control of avian plumage traits: towards the mechanisms underlying sexual selection.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor TA Burke, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Dr N Mundy, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Dr V Cunliffe, University of Sheffield, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Zoology
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2003 - 31 Jul 2006
Value:
£57,841
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2002/00158
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Environmental Genomics



Implementing the evidence-based framework for review and dissemination of scientific evidence to support biodiversity conservation.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AS Pullin, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Fitter, University of York, Biology
Co-Investigator:
Professor A.R. Watkinson, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor WJ Sutherland, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Dr R White, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Biodiversity (Penicuik)
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Zoology
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2007 - 31 May 2009
Value:
£80,373
NERC Reference:
NE/C508742/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
EO Programmes Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Good Ideas Project


Individual variation in the costs of molecular parental investment: cooperation, conflict and mutualism in family life

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RM Kilner, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Welch, University of Cambridge, Biochemistry
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Zoology
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2011 - 30 Nov 2015
Value:
£413,213
NERC Reference:
NE/H019731/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Invasion sequence and the role of natural enemies in shaping community assemblages and their dynamics.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr S Sait, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Professor B Grenfell, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Zoology
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2001 - 30 Nov 2004
Value:
£108,525
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2000/00341
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Investigating an ongoing selective sweep: the dynamics and consequences of the spread of male-killer suppression in the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor G Hurst, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Professor CD Jiggins, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Zoology
Split Award
Period of Award:
10 May 2007 - 9 May 2010
Value:
£46,842
NERC Reference:
NE/E003109/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant








Novel knowledge exchange approaches for sustainable food production

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor WJ Sutherland, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Professor RD Bardgett, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Kaiser, Bangor University, Sch of Ocean Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MC Austen, University of Plymouth, Sch of Biological and Marine Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor TG Benton, University of Leeds, Sch of Biology
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Norris, The Natural History Museum, Life Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Zoology
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2012 - 30 Sep 2013
Value:
£500,895
NERC Reference:
NE/K001191/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Knowledge Exchange (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Agri-Food KE Programme

Optimising Nature's pharmacies: plant chemicals and pollinator health at the landscape scale

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJF Brown, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Professor PC Stevenson, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Trait Diversity and Function
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Zoology
Period of Award:
5 Jan 2026 - 8 Jan 2027
Value:
£368,901
NERC Reference:
NE/Y000285/2
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers










The cellular basis of standard and active metabolic rate in the free-swimming cephalopod, Sephia officinalis.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C Ellington, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Professor LS Peck, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Zoology
Period of Award:
1 May 2004 - 30 Apr 2008
Value:
£145,994
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2002/00812
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant








57 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £13,210,161   

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