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58 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £15,976,796   

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A whole-system approach to analysing bioenergy demand and supply: mobilising the long-term potential of bioenergy TSEC-BIOSYS.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor PJG Pearson, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Banister, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor N Shah, Imperial College London, Chemical Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Clift, University of Surrey, Centre for Environmental Strategy
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Murphy, University of Surrey, Centre for Environment & Sustainability
Co-Investigator:
Professor NP Brandon, Imperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Professor IR Harris, University of Birmingham, Metallurgy and Materials
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Taylor, University of Southampton, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Hawkes, University of South Wales, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Finch, NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019), Reynard
Co-Investigator:
Professor F Hawkes, University of Glamorgan, Sch of Applied Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr L Elghali, University of Surrey, Centre for Environmental Strategy
Co-Investigator:
Mr M Fergusson, Inst for European Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Energy
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Smith, University of Aberdeen, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Karp, Rothamsted Research, Directorate
Co-Investigator:
Dr AW Bauen, E4Tech Ltd, Head Office
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Book, University of Birmingham, Metallurgy and Materials
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Powlson, Rothamsted Research, Sustainable Agriculture Sciences-H
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Kandiyoti, Imperial College London, Chemical Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Emeritus Professor GC Premier, University of South Wales, Faculty of Computing, Eng. and Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Moran, University of Edinburgh, The Roslin Institute
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Adjiman, Imperial College London, Chemical Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Guwy, University of Glamorgan, Sch of Applied Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Woods, Imperial College London, Centre for Environmental Policy
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Dinsdale, University of South Wales, Faculty of Computing, Eng. and Science
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2006 - 30 Jun 2010
Value:
£62,044
NERC Reference:
NE/C516301/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
TSEC Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
TSEC

Accelerated tree growth in Amazonia: ecological changes and environmental drivers.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor OL Phillips, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Split Award
Period of Award:
21 Feb 2005 - 20 Jun 2008
Value:
£25,056
NERC Reference:
NE/B504630/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant





Attributing impacts of external climate drivers on extreme weather in Africa

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MR Allen, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Dadson, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Willis, University of Oxford, Biology
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Wallom, University of Oxford, Engineering Science
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
24 Jun 2013 - 31 Dec 2016
Value:
£619,260
NERC Reference:
NE/K006479/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in degraded and recovering Amazonian and Atlantic forests

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Tobias, Imperial College London, Life Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2013 - 31 Jan 2019
Value:
£306,016
NERC Reference:
NE/K016385/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Tropical Forests





Changing Land-Atmosphere Feedbacks in Tropical African Wetlands

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Dadson, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Dr F Gerard, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Hydro-climate Risks
Co-Investigator:
Professor CM Taylor, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Hydro-climate Risks
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2012 - 30 Apr 2015
Value:
£391,845
NERC Reference:
NE/I01277X/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Chronology, adaptation and environment of the Middle Palaeolithic in Northern Africa: implications for the dispersal of anatomically modern humans.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DSG Thomas, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Mirazon Lahr, University of Cambridge, McDonald Institute Archaeological Res.
Co-Investigator:
Professor CB Stringer, The Natural History Museum, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor GAT Duller, Aberystwyth University, Inst of Geography and Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
27 Mar 2003 - 26 Dec 2007
Value:
£111,207
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2002/00465
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
EFCHED

DO4models- Dust Observations for models: Linking a new dust source-area data set to improved physically-based dust emission schemes in climate models

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor R Washington, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Wiggs, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor DSG Thomas, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2011 - 31 May 2015
Value:
£1,071,826
NERC Reference:
NE/H021841/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Decreasing Rainfall to Year 2100 - Role of the Congo Air Boundary (DRY-CAB)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor R Washington, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor SJ Woolnough, University of Reading, National Centre for Atmospheric Science
Co-Investigator:
Dr NCG Hart, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2021 - 31 May 2025
Value:
£650,185
NERC Reference:
NE/V011928/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant








Enhanced accuracy and precision of equivalent dose estimates in quartz optical dating via pulsed and elevated temperature laboratory irradiation.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr S Stokes, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Bailey, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2004 - 31 Aug 2005
Value:
£28,273
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2003/00284
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Evaluating fire-induced dieback of Amazonian rainforest

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Barlow, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Dr I OliverasMenor, University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute SoGE
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2019 - 31 Dec 2024
Value:
£650,990
NERC Reference:
NE/S01084X/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant

Exploring the ecosystem limits to poverty alleviation in African forest-agriculture landscapes

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Dr C McDermott, University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute SoGE
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Split Award
Period of Award:
30 Jun 2013 - 30 Apr 2018
Value:
£504,088
NERC Reference:
NE/K010212/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
ESPA

Extending capacity for luminescence-based chronology

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor R Bailey, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor DSG Thomas, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Dr SL Burrough, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2019 - 31 Mar 2021
Value:
£114,000
NERC Reference:
NE/T008997/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Capital
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Capital Call




Groundwater Risks and Institutional Responses for Poverty Reduction in Rural Africa

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RA Hope, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Olago, University of Nairobi, School of Physical Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor B Mati, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agri & Tech, Research
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Folch, Universitat Politocnica De Catalunya, UNLISTED
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2013 - 31 Jul 2014
Value:
£133,005
NERC Reference:
NE/L001950/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed - International
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UPGro

Human Adaptation to Biodiversity Change: Building and Testing Concepts, Methods, and Tools for Understanding and Supporting Autonomous Adaptation

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor K Willis, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Dr TF Thornton, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor SA Bhagwat, The Open University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sci (FASS)
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2011 - 30 Mar 2012
Value:
£59,655
NERC Reference:
NE/I004254/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
ESPA FRAMEWORK






QUERCC: QUantifying Ecosystem Roles in the Carbon Cycle.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor FI Woodward, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor SP Evans, Forest Research, Centre for Ecosystems Soc and Biosecur
Co-Investigator:
Dr P Levy, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects
Co-Investigator:
Professor RD Bardgett, The University of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Powlson, Rothamsted Research, Sustainable Agriculture Sciences-H
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Ineson, University of York, Biology
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Meir, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor OL Phillips, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Cox, University of Exeter, Mathematics and Statistics
Co-Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor NJ Ostle, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Lloyd, Imperial College London, Life Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Smith, University of Aberdeen, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Foody, University of Nottingham, Sch of Geography
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Split Award
Period of Award:
15 Jun 2006 - 14 Dec 2009
Value:
£68,020
NERC Reference:
NE/C516228/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
QUEST





Role of wetlands in ensuring water-security: an investigation of the source of dry-season streamflow augmentation by two contrasting dambos in Zambia

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M New, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor WM Edmunds, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2004 - 31 Mar 2005
Value:
£25,649
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2003/00771
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Searching for traces of Southern Dispersal: environmental & historical research on evolution of human diversity in southern Asia & Australo-Melanesia

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Mirazon Lahr, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Stokes, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Dr MD Petraglia, University of Oxford, School of Archaeology
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2003 - 30 Jun 2005
Value:
£11,601
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2002/00688
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
EFCHED

Socio-ecological response and resilience to El Ni?o shocks :The case of coffee and cocoa agroforestry landscapes in Africa

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Norris, The Natural History Museum, Life Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
30 Apr 2016 - 31 Aug 2018
Value:
£394,775
NERC Reference:
NE/P00394X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
El Nino


The multi-trophic impact of ash dieback

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Dr EF Cole, University of Oxford, Biology
Co-Investigator:
Dr SCL Knowles, University of Oxford, Biology
Co-Investigator:
Professor MI Disney, University College London, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Oliver, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Professor DW Macdonald, University of Oxford, Biology
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2020 - 31 Mar 2025
Value:
£652,911
NERC Reference:
NE/T007648/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant

The multi-year impacts of the 2015/2016 El Nino on the carbon cycle of tropical forests

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Meir, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr CE Doughty, University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute SoGE
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2016 - 30 Nov 2021
Value:
£650,395
NERC Reference:
NE/P001092/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Tree communities, airborne remote sensing and ecosystem function: new connections through a traits framework applied to a tropical elevation gradient

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
31 Dec 2012 - 30 Jun 2016
Value:
£725,170
NERC Reference:
NE/J023418/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Tropical Biomes in Transition

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Sitch, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Lloyd, Imperial College London, Life Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor M New, University of East Anglia, International Development
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Split Award
Period of Award:
26 Apr 2006 - 1 Oct 2011
Value:
£117,653
NERC Reference:
NE/D003679/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Consortiums Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Consortiums



Valuing, Implementing and Evaluating Payments for Ecosystems Services in rural West Africa

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Norris, The Natural History Museum, Life Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor RA Hope, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor M New, University of East Anglia, International Development
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2010 - 31 Jan 2011
Value:
£45,903
NERC Reference:
NE/I003657/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
ESPA PPD

Why do different Amazonian forests grow at different rates?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor YS Malhi, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Co-Investigator:
Professor OL Phillips, University of Leeds, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Meir, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Ineson, University of York, Biology
Grant held at:
University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Period of Award:
15 Sep 2004 - 14 Jan 2008
Value:
£251,449
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2003/00608/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

58 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £15,976,796   

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