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58 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £9,924,305   

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A calibrated climate record from Gibraltar speleothem: the instrumental era, the Holocene and the last interglacial

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor IJ Fairchild, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2009 - 30 Nov 2013
Value:
£348,142
NERC Reference:
NE/G007292/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Atlantic Seaboard Climatic Responses Including Bounding Erros (ASCRIBE).

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor IJ Fairchild, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Baker, University of New South Wales, Sch of Biol, Earth & Env Sciences (BEES)
Co-Investigator:
Professor PF Dennis, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor TC Atkinson, University College London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AJ Matthews, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Hawkesworth, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
29 Sep 2003 - 28 Mar 2007
Value:
£50,584
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2002/00985
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Rapid Climate Change





Detection and Attribution of Regional greenhouse gas Emissions in the UK (DARE-UK)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
13 Feb 2019 - 31 Aug 2024
Value:
£140,839
NERC Reference:
NE/S003657/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Completion
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Highlights

Discovering reasons for global atmospheric methane growth using deuterium isotopes

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr G Forster, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AT Archibald, University of Cambridge, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2021 - 31 Jan 2025
Value:
£560,967
NERC Reference:
NE/V000780/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant - NI




Dynamics of gas hydrates in polar marine environments.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C Berndt, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Palike, University of Bremen, MARUM Ctr for Marine Environmental Sci
Co-Investigator:
Professor EJ Rohling, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor GK Westbrook, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor T Minshull, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010
Value:
£174,038
NERC Reference:
NE/D005779/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Arctic IPY

Environmental Diagnosis and Management. Masters Training Grant (MTG) to provide funding for 6 full studentships for two years.

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Dr KC Clemitshaw, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Dr S Smith, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2009 - 31 Aug 2011
Value:
£181,092
NERC Reference:
NE/H525903/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
MTG Scheme
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Blue Skies MSc

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

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2018 - 30 Apr 2023
Value:
£119,944
NERC Reference:
NE/R017360/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Uncon Hydrocarbons

Fidelity of speleothem climate proxies: an inter-annual calibration against the instrumental record in Gibraltar and prospects for climate hindcasting

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor IJ Fairchild, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor TC Atkinson, University College London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2006 - 31 Mar 2009
Value:
£102,339
NERC Reference:
NE/D005280/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

From Ridge to Trench, MoHole to Bend-Faults

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Morgan, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Vannucchi, University of Florence, Earth Sciences Department
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2019
Value:
£156,182
NERC Reference:
NE/M02122X/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Start Confirmation
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK IODP Phase3

Geometry and Kinematics of continental breakup in the youthful Aden rift.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C Ebinger, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Stuart, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2005 - 31 Aug 2007
Value:
£30,584
NERC Reference:
NE/C514031/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants



Investigation of the Southern Methane Anomaly: causes, implications, and relevance to past global events.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2013 - 28 Feb 2017
Value:
£275,197
NERC Reference:
NE/K006045/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Is the Arctic Methane budget changing?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Fowler, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2011 - 31 Mar 2015
Value:
£354,678
NERC Reference:
NE/I014683/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Kinematics and dynamics of continental break-up above a mantle plume: Anatomy of the northern Ethiopian Rift.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor P Maguire, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Stuart, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Ebinger, University of Rochester, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Fowler, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Kendall, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2001 - 31 Jul 2004
Value:
£98,043
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2000/01004
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant




Methane and other greenhouse gases in the Arctic - measurements, process studies and modelling (MAMM)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2011 - 31 Mar 2016
Value:
£471,005
NERC Reference:
NE/I028874/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Arctic Programme

Methane at the edge: jointly developing state-of-the-art high-precision methods to understand atmospheric methane emissions.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
31 Dec 2014 - 30 Apr 2017
Value:
£39,774
NERC Reference:
NE/M005836/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
IOF
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IOF

Mobile Observations and quantification of Methane Emissions to inform National Targeting, Upscaling and Mitigation (MOMENTUM)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Allen, The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2026
Value:
£827,184
NERC Reference:
NE/X014649/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers

Mobile integrated greenhouse gas assessment system (MIGGAS): targetting Net Zero.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2019 - 30 Sep 2020
Value:
£273,000
NERC Reference:
NE/T009268/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Capital
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Capital Call


New methodologies for removal of methane from the atmosphere

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Basu, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Stead, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr E Lopez-Juez, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2017 - 31 Dec 2020
Value:
£223,782
NERC Reference:
NE/P019641/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Greenhouse Gas Removal

New ways of measuring atmospheric hydrogen: paving the way for hydrogen leak quantification

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 May 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
Value:
£80,517
NERC Reference:
NE/X011976/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Exploring the frontiers

Organic acids in atmospheric aerosol: Measurements of partition constants, enthalpy of desorption & an inventory of organic acids in an urban centre

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M King, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2003 - 30 Nov 2005
Value:
£30,155
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2003/00289
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants



POLYGRAM - POLYisotopologues of GReenhouse gases: Analysis and Modelling

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2020 - 30 Apr 2026
Value:
£90,416
NERC Reference:
NE/V006991/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Highlights



Probing Earth's earliest ecosystems: a multi-proxy study of the ~2.7 Ga Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr N Grassineau, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
30 Jan 2015 - 29 Jan 2017
Value:
£115,536
NERC Reference:
NE/M001768/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Quantifying methane emissions in remote tropical settings: a new 3D approach

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr R E Fisher, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Allen, The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Rigby, University of Bristol, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Ganesan, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2018 - 30 Apr 2022
Value:
£408,604
NERC Reference:
NE/S00159X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Quantifying the light scattering and atmospheric oxidation rate of real organic films on atmospheric aerosol

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M King, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr MWA Skoda, STFC - Laboratories, ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Ward, STFC - Laboratories, Central Laser Facility (CLF)
Co-Investigator:
Dr R Welbourn, STFC - Laboratories, ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Pfrang, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2020 - 24 Dec 2024
Value:
£648,076
NERC Reference:
NE/T00732X/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant



Seismo-volcanic crisis in Afar: the 2005 Boina-Erta 'Ale rupture-eruption sequence

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C Ebinger, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor TJ Wright, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
15 Oct 2005 - 14 Apr 2007
Value:
£38,381
NERC Reference:
NE/D008611/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgency

Speleothem records of monsoon intensity: evaluating proxy fidelity via cave process monitoring in the Shillong plateau, NE India

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor NB Harris, The Open University, Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2009 - 28 Feb 2011
Value:
£42,037
NERC Reference:
NE/G010463/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Terrestrial methane cycling during Paleogene greenhouse climates

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor ME Collinson, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AC Scott, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2012 - 31 Mar 2016
Value:
£129,300
NERC Reference:
NE/J008656/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


The Gibraltar Archive: a half million year reference record of rainfall isotopes in the western Mediterranean

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Muller, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2015 - 30 Sep 2019
Value:
£351,856
NERC Reference:
NE/M012689/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


The South Atlantic / Southern Ocean carbon sink: Is it significant, and is it changing over time?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor EG Nisbet, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Lowry, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2008 - 31 Dec 2012
Value:
£335,292
NERC Reference:
NE/F006160/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


The nature and origin of cryptic species of modern planktonic foraminifera: developing a new proxy for palaeoclimate, evolution and biodiversity.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Kucera, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
12 Sep 2001 - 11 Sep 2004
Value:
£46,725
NERC Reference:
NER/M/S/2001/00129
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
New Investigators Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
New Investigators





58 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £9,924,305   

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