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52 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £16,672,020   

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Analysing quantitative trait loci of sexual antagonism in fruitflies

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Reuter, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Fowler, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2010 - 10 Jan 2014
Value:
£537,654
NERC Reference:
NE/G019452/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Causes and consequences of geographic variation in a host-Wolbachia interaction.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr D Greig, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Hurst, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Co-Investigator:
Professor N Wedell, University of Exeter, Biosciences
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2004 - 31 Jul 2007
Value:
£223,907
NERC Reference:
NE/B503292/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Costing reproduction: resource allocation and molecular signalling in male and female Drosophila melanogaster.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor T Chapman, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor L Partridge, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
2 Feb 2004 - 1 May 2007
Value:
£311,057
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2003/00404
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Creation, optimisation and validation of an airborne environmental DNA sampling asset for terrestrial biodiversity monitoring

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr JE Littlefair, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 May 2024 - 31 Aug 2027
Value:
£581,762
NERC Reference:
NE/Z503575/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Research Grants
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
IEM

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

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor HJ Chatterjee, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Supervisor:
Professor KE Jones, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 31 Mar 2011
Value:
£33,518
NERC Reference:
NE/H526535/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD




Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa: Ecosystems, livestock/wildlife, health and wellbeing

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor KE Jones, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor Y Ntiamoa-Baidu, University of Ghana, Research
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Wood, University of Cambridge, Veterinary Medicine
Co-Investigator:
Professor AA Cunningham, Zoological Soc London Inst of Zoology, Institute of Zoology
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 May 2012 - 30 Apr 2016
Value:
£904,800
NERC Reference:
NE/J000507/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
ESPA

Environmental and genetic components of a major evolutionary transition: social plasticity in halictine bees.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor JP Field, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Paxton, Martin Luther Univ of Halle-Wittenberg, Zoologie
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2006 - 31 Aug 2007
Value:
£207,183
NERC Reference:
NE/C520439/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Experimental evolution of phenotypic plasticity

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Reuter, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Bahler, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
10 May 2012 - 31 Aug 2013
Value:
£50,967
NERC Reference:
NE/J013811/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

FuSe: Technologies For Bioacoustic Sensing

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor KE Jones, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor AC Rogers, University of Oxford, Computer Science
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Newson, British Trust for Ornithology, British Trust for Ornithology (Norfolk)
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2017 - 30 Sep 2018
Value:
£99,701
NERC Reference:
NE/P016677/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Innovation
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Innovation Projects


GLobal Insect Threat-Response Synthesis (GLiTRS): a comprehensive and predictive assessment of the pattern and consequences of insect declines

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr T Newbold, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Split Award
Period of Award:
14 Nov 2020 - 13 May 2026
Value:
£378,232
NERC Reference:
NE/V006533/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Completion
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Highlights

Genetic basis of female sexual preference in a stalk-eyed fly

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor K Fowler, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Pomiankowski, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 31 Mar 2013
Value:
£493,673
NERC Reference:
NE/G00563X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Genetic control of plastic and evolutionary responses to the environment in Drosophila melanogaster.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor L Partridge, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Goldstein, University College London, Biology at Galton Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Godfray, University of Oxford, Oxford Martin School
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2002 - 31 Aug 2005
Value:
£520,741
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2001/00252
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Environmental Genomics


Identifying the genetic mechanisms facilitating host range and virulence of a viral pathogen that threatens European amphibian biodiversity

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr F Balloux, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2015 - 30 Apr 2018
Value:
£336,530
NERC Reference:
NE/M000591/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant




NERC-FAPESP: Unravelling the evolutionary processes shaping greenbeard recognition systems and the control of cooperative behaviour

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C Thompson, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor JB Wolf, University of Bath, Biology and Biochemistry
Co-Investigator:
Dr B Ashby, University of Bath, Mathematical Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JMH van den Elsen, University of Bath, Biology and Biochemistry
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
20 Sep 2021 - 19 Sep 2025
Value:
£650,292
NERC Reference:
NE/V012002/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


NSFDEB-NERC: Integrating computational, phenotypic, and population-genomic approaches to reveal processes of cryptic speciation and gene flow in Madag

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor Z Yang, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
16 Jan 2023 - 15 Jan 2026
Value:
£242,935
NERC Reference:
NE/X002071/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Lead Agency Grant

Pleistocene to Holocene extinction dynamics of Northern Eurasian megafauna, in relation to human activity and environmental change

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AM Lister, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor AJ Stuart, The Natural History Museum, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Gamble, University of Southampton, Faculty of Humanities
Co-Investigator:
Professor B Huntley, Durham University, Biosciences
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2006 - 30 Jun 2007
Value:
£457,185
NERC Reference:
NE/D003105/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Predicting sudden and widespread biodiversity loss on a rapidly warming planet - when and where does biology change things?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr A Pigot, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor JR Bridle, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor IMD Maclean, University of Exeter, Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor RD Gregory, RSPB, RSPB
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2022 - 28 Feb 2026
Value:
£643,491
NERC Reference:
NE/W006618/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant NI


Revealing the interactions between global biodiversity change and human food security

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr T Newbold, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Dalin, University College London, Bartlett Sch of Env, Energy & Resources
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2018 - 30 Sep 2022
Value:
£605,628
NERC Reference:
NE/R010811/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant - NI

Role of microRNAs in phenotypic plasticity to environmental change.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor T Dalmay, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Kinghorn, University of St Andrews, Biology
Co-Investigator:
Professor IA Johnston, University of St Andrews, Biology
Co-Investigator:
Professor L Partridge, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Godfray, University of Oxford, Oxford Martin School
Co-Investigator:
Professor TA Burke, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2004 - 28 Feb 2009
Value:
£332,481
NERC Reference:
NE/C508085/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Post Genomics


Sequencing and genotyping for the Centre for Comparative Genomics.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Mallet, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Hurst, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Co-Investigator:
Professor RA Nichols, Queen Mary University of London, Sch of Biological & Behavioural Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr WC Jordan, Zoological Soc London Inst of Zoology, Institute of Zoology
Co-Investigator:
Professor L Partridge, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr HK Smith, University College London, The Wolfson Inst for Biomedical Research
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Telford, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Pomiankowski, University College London, Biology at Galton Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Fowler, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Greig, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor JP Field, University of Exeter, Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Ruiz-Linares, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2005 - 31 Jul 2008
Value:
£306,387
NERC Reference:
NE/C513226/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Capital Equipment Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Capital Equipment

Sexual selection, condition dependence and meiotic drive

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Pomiankowski, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor TA Burke, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Fowler, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2022
Value:
£633,554
NERC Reference:
NE/R010579/1
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 College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
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 College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
17 Oct 2016 - 31 May 2020
Value:
£498,530
NERC Reference:
NE/M012913/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant





Unlocking the sensory secrets of predatory wasps: towards predictive tools for managing wasps' ecosystem services in the Anthropocene

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Sumner, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr G Broad, The Natural History Museum, Life Sciences
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
15 Jan 2024 - 14 Jan 2028
Value:
£796,875
NERC Reference:
NE/Y001397/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers

Use of molecular markers to detect selection in nature.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor L Partridge, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Goldstein, University College London, Biology at Galton Laboratory
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2002 - 31 Dec 2003
Value:
£79,049
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2001/00622
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Why did we start Fermenting cereals? A molecular dissection of Ancient Bread and Beer making (FABB)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MG Thomas, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr ID Bull, University of Bristol, Chemistry
Grant held at:
University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2027
Value:
£607,473
NERC Reference:
NE/X01469X/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers

52 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £16,672,020   

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