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86 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £18,342,503   

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Assessing ocean-forced, marine-terminating glacier change in Greenland during climatic warm periods and its impact on marine productivity (Kang-Glac)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C O'Cofaigh, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr JM Lloyd, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Roberts, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Split Award
Period of Award:
8 Jul 2024 - 7 Jan 2028
Value:
£629,450
NERC Reference:
NE/V007289/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Highlights


Assessing the sensitivity of major East Antarctic outlet glaciers to recent and future changes in the ocean-climate system

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CR Stokes, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr SSR Jamieson, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
19 Feb 2018 - 18 Feb 2021
Value:
£324,184
NERC Reference:
NE/R000824/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


BRITICE-CHRONO: Constraining rates and style of marine influenced ice sheet decay

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C O'Cofaigh, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Evans, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Roberts, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2012 - 30 Apr 2018
Value:
£369,926
NERC Reference:
NE/J007196/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Consortiums (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Consortiums


Building rural resilience in seismically active regions

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AL Densmore, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Petley, University of Hull, Unlisted
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Rigg, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor L Dominelli, University of Stirling, Applied Social Science
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2010 - 31 Mar 2011
Value:
£23,693
NERC Reference:
NE/I017941/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IRNH

Carbon export by erosion of the biosphere: The role of earthquake-triggered landslides

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RG Hilton, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor EL McClymont, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor AL Densmore, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 May 2017 - 17 May 2020
Value:
£401,020
NERC Reference:
NE/P013538/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Characterising the post-seismic behaviour of damaged slopes - Nepal 2015

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor NJ Rosser, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Jordan, British Geological Survey, Earth Hazards & Observatories
Co-Investigator:
Dr MJ Brain, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2015 - 31 Dec 2015
Value:
£51,520
NERC Reference:
NE/N007689/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgent Grant







Development of a combined Lagrangian / Eulerian approach to understand coherent flow structures in gravel-bed rivers

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor R Hardy, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr P Carbonneau, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor DR Parsons, Loughborough University, Vice Chancellor's Office
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2008 - 31 Jan 2010
Value:
£28,567
NERC Reference:
NE/F010060/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants



Dynamics & deposits of braid-bars in the World's largest rivers: processes, morphology & subsurface sedimentology

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor PJ Ashworth, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Hardy, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor SN Lane, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Faculty of Geosciences and Environment
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2008 - 30 Jun 2011
Value:
£114,777
NERC Reference:
NE/E016065/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Earthquakes without frontiers: a partnership for increasing resilience to seismic hazard in the continents

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AL Densmore, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor L Dominelli, University of Stirling, Applied Social Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Petley, University of Hull, Unlisted
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Rigg, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2012 - 31 Jul 2018
Value:
£762,511
NERC Reference:
NE/J01995X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IRNH


First detailed synchronous sediment-concentration and velocity data for submarine turbidity currents

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor P Talling, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr E Sumner, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Dr MJ Cartigny, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2016 - 1 Dec 2018
Value:
£157,401
NERC Reference:
NE/K011480/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Fluid dynamics across the interface in gravel-bed rivers; quantification and numerical modelling of flow in the hyporheic zone

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor G Sambrook Smith, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Hardy, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2007 - 31 Jan 2011
Value:
£30,161
NERC Reference:
NE/E003494/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Greenland in a warmer climate: What controls the advance & retreat of the NE Greenland Ice Stream

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor D Roberts, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr SSR Jamieson, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr JM Lloyd, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor C O'Cofaigh, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor BR Rea, University of Aberdeen, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Bentley, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Smith, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
17 Jul 2016 - 15 Jan 2021
Value:
£559,667
NERC Reference:
NE/N011228/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

How do deep-ocean turbidity currents behave that form the largest sediment accumulations on Earth?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor P Talling, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor RG Hilton, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JN McElwaine, Durham University, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr MJ Cartigny, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2019 - 12 Mar 2028
Value:
£472,966
NERC Reference:
NE/R001952/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant

How does aquatic vegetation modify the kinematic & geometric characteristics of coherent flow structures in open channels?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor R Hardy, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor SN Lane, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Faculty of Geosciences and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor DR Parsons, Loughborough University, Vice Chancellor's Office
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 28 Feb 2011
Value:
£37,396
NERC Reference:
NE/G009333/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants




Immediate geomorphological impact and fluvial system response to the Cumbria floods November 2009

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Warburton, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor ARG Large, Newcastle University, Sch of Geog, Politics and Sociology
Co-Investigator:
Professor AJ Russell, Newcastle University, Sch of Geog, Politics and Sociology
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Donoghue, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr SA Dunning, Newcastle University, Sch of Geog, Politics and Sociology
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2010 - 29 Feb 2012
Value:
£56,908
NERC Reference:
NE/H025189/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgency


Integrated modelling of water, water quality and sediment delivery for best practice in upland environments.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor SN Lane, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor A McDonald, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Kirkby, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2004 - 30 Apr 2005
Value:
£5,103
NERC Reference:
NER/D/S/2000/01269/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
EO Programmes Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Connect B













Peat mass movements and geomorphological impacts of an extreme rainfall event - 19 September 2003, County Mayo, Ireland.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr AP Dykes, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Warburton, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Split Award
Period of Award:
28 Nov 2003 - 27 Feb 2005
Value:
£13,855
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2003/00889
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgency

Preparedness and planning for the mountain hazard and risk chain in Nepal

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AL Densmore, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr SB Shneiderman, University of British Columbia, Anthropology
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Power, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Dhital, Tribhuvan University, Geology
Co-Investigator:
Dr M S Lama, Social Science baha, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Mr S Shrestha, NSET (Nat Soc for Earthquake Tech Nepal), UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Professor B Obara, Newcastle University, Sch of Computing
Co-Investigator:
Professor NJ Rosser, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Beaven, University of Canterbury NZ, Geological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Mr G K Jimee, NSET (Nat Soc for Earthquake Tech Nepal), DPER (Disaster Preparedness Division)
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Gaillard, University of Auckland, Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Baniya, Social Science baha, UNLISTED
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2021 - 31 Mar 2025
Value:
£2,182,709
NERC Reference:
NE/T01038X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
GCRF Multi-Hazards Risk


Quantifying West Antarctic mantle viscosity via precise GPS measurement of Earth's response to surface mass balance anomalies

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Bentley, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Clarke, Newcastle University, Sch of Engineering
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2025
Value:
£628,391
NERC Reference:
NE/R002029/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant - NI






Rhenium isotopes to track carbon dioxide emissions by oxidative weathering

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RG Hilton, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Dickson, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Prytulak, Durham University, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2019 - 31 Aug 2021
Value:
£646,728
NERC Reference:
NE/T001119/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Sediment and contaminant delivery to upland reservoirs following severe wildfire

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Warburton, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor RC Chiverrell, University of Liverpool, Geography and Planning
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Smith, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor MG Evans, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
19 Nov 2018 - 30 Sep 2021
Value:
£52,193
NERC Reference:
NE/S011560/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgent Grant






THINNING HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION-THIEL TROUGH ICE STREAM: A KEY CONTROL ON DEGLACIATION OF THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET, WEDDELL SEA EMBAYMENT

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Bentley, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Vieli, University of Zurich, Geography
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2009 - 31 Mar 2013
Value:
£249,316
NERC Reference:
NE/F014260/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
AFI (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
AFI










Three-dimensional quantification of coherent flow structures in large alluvial channels: a new approach using multibeam sounding.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor SN Lane, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor JL Best, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Mr GR West, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2004 - 31 Dec 2005
Value:
£12,595
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2003/00243/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Timing and rates of ice sheet thinning in the Ellsworth Mountains, Weddell Sea embayment: constraints on West Antarctic ice sheet dynamics.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Bentley, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Sugden, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2005 - 31 Jul 2008
Value:
£32,741
NERC Reference:
NER/G/S/2003/00020
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
AFI Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
AFI





What controls the flow resistance of rough-bed rivers? Major new advances from high-resolution topography

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RA Hodge, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Hardy, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Rice, Loughborough University, Geography and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor RI Ferguson, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Hackney, Newcastle University, Sch of Geog, Politics and Sociology
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2022 - 13 Nov 2025
Value:
£642,466
NERC Reference:
NE/W00125X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Will climate change in the Arctic increase the landslide-tsunami risk to the UK?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor P Talling, Durham University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor RB Wynn, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Challenor, University of Exeter, Mathematics and Statistics
Co-Investigator:
Professor KJ Horsburgh, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Grant held at:
Durham University, Geography
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2016 - 31 Jan 2018
Value:
£42,744
NERC Reference:
NE/K00008X/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Arctic Programme


86 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £18,342,503   

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