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153 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £50,729,061   

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(MICROMAGN) Magnetism and microstructure: from the nanometre to the planetary scale.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RJ Harrison, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Dunin-Borkowski, Technical University of Denmark, Unlisted
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
16 Jan 2006 - 15 Jan 2009
Value:
£180,815
NERC Reference:
NE/D522203/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Eurocores - Minsci



A multi-geochemical approach to reconstructing past rapid climatic variability in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (ODP Leg 202).

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor Sir N Shackleton, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2002 - 31 Jan 2003
Value:
£2,285
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2002/00403
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Ocean Drilling Programme

A new look at the volatile output from large flood basalt eruptions

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Edmonds, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JC Maclennan, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Turchyn, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2011 - 31 Jan 2014
Value:
£32,337
NERC Reference:
NE/H012648/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

A new view of the thermal structure of continental mountain ranges: the importance of igneous heat transport

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr A Copley, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr OM Weller, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
3 Apr 2023 - 31 Aug 2026
Value:
£399,905
NERC Reference:
NE/W00562X/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant

A reference time scale for the study of Pleistocene orbital and millennial-scale climate variability: IODP Site U1385 ("Shackleton site")

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr LC Skinner, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2013 - 31 Jul 2015
Value:
£229,186
NERC Reference:
NE/K005804/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


A tandem Mg/Ca-clumped isotope approach for palaeotemperature estimation of past climate

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2014 - 31 Jul 2017
Value:
£306,343
NERC Reference:
NE/M003752/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Aftershock study of the 2007 Sumatran earthquakes: aftershocks and stress diffusion

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr F Tilmann, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Rietbrock, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
7 Nov 2007 - 6 Nov 2008
Value:
£23,044
NERC Reference:
NE/F012209/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgency


Analytical development of the use of the isotopic composition of gypsum hydration water as a paleoclimate tool

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Turchyn, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
14 Mar 2011 - 13 Mar 2012
Value:
£41,833
NERC Reference:
NE/I016716/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Anelastic and plastic behaviour of minerals at high-P and T studied by novel portable high-P/T stress cell for synchroton and neutron diffraction.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Redfern, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MT Dove, Queen Mary University of London, Physics
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2007
Value:
£249,133
NERC Reference:
NE/B506086/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Capital Equipment Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Capital Equipment

Application of elemental and isotopic ratios of bulk sediment and detrital carbonate to identify and source Heinrich events in IODP Exp 303/306 sites.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
5 Jan 2009 - 4 Jan 2010
Value:
£37,579
NERC Reference:
NE/G001448/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IODP

Assessing changes in temperature, ice volume and ice sheet dynamics across the Middle Pleistocene Transition

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
29 Mar 2010 - 28 Sep 2013
Value:
£251,191
NERC Reference:
NE/H009930/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Assessing the role of ocean circulation in rapid climate change through the novel integration of high-resolution proxy records

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr AM Piotrowski, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Tripati, University of California Los Angeles, UNLISTED
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
5 Jun 2006 - 4 Dec 2009
Value:
£226,756
NERC Reference:
NE/D002206/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Behaviour of trace element and isotope ratios of sea-ice brine and microalgae: reconstructing the Antarctic sea-ice environment.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Ganeshram, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr C De La Rocha, University of Western Brittany, Lab Microbial Marine
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Rickaby, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2004 - 31 Mar 2008
Value:
£56,012
NERC Reference:
NER/G/S/2002/00018
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
AFI Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
AFI



Catastrophic impact - assessing the damage: 3D tomographic imaging of the Chicxulub crater.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr P Barton, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Maguire, University of Leicester, Geology
Co-Investigator:
Professor JV Morgan, Imperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
11 Feb 2002 - 10 Feb 2006
Value:
£325,965
NERC Reference:
NER/C/S/2000/00571
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
ROPA Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
ROPA

Chemical weathering in Taiwanese catchments: Towards quantification of the controls on chemical weathering fluxes.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr A Galy, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor N Hovius, German Res Ctr for Geosci (Helmholtz), UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Professor J West, University of Southern California, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2007 - 31 Dec 2010
Value:
£368,068
NERC Reference:
NE/E003192/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Computational tools for magma dynamics of subduction zones: finite element models and efficient solvers

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr JF Rudge, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor GN Wells, University of Cambridge, Engineering
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2012 - 30 Jun 2015
Value:
£310,117
NERC Reference:
NE/I023929/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant






Coupled radiocarbon and neodymium isotopes: Improved reconstructions of deep-ocean circulation change

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr LC Skinner, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Vance, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
28 Aug 2009 - 27 Aug 2011
Value:
£37,459
NERC Reference:
NE/G010501/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants






Earth's weathering reactor: carbon source or sink over short and long time-scales?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr E Tipper, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor RG Hilton, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Turchyn, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr RAJ Robinson, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
13 Jul 2017 - 31 Dec 2020
Value:
£554,500
NERC Reference:
NE/P011659/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant




Enhancement to: "Earthquakes Without Frontiers: a partnership for increasing resilience to seismic hazard in the continents"

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Jackson, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Priestley, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Copley, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
18 Mar 2015 - 17 Mar 2017
Value:
£25,570
NERC Reference:
NE/M017559/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
IOF
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IOF

Environment from the molecular level: An e-science proposal for modelling the atomistic processes involved in environmental issues.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MT Dove, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr K Wright, University College London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Smith, STFC - Laboratories, Scientific Computing Department
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Parker, University of Bath, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Professor MF Guest, Cardiff University, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Finkelstein, The Alan Turing Institute, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr NH De Leeuw, Birkbeck College, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor V Alexandrov, STFC - Laboratories, The Hartree Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Price, University College London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Emmerich, University College London, Computer Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Catlow, University College London, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Professor JP Brodholt, University College London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr RJ Allan, STFC - Laboratories, Scientific Computing Department
Co-Investigator:
Mrs K Kleese van Dam, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Fundamental&Computational Sci Directorat
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2002 - 31 Jan 2006
Value:
£1,678,661
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2001/00855
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
E-Science





Finding the missing evidence for Earth's magma ocean: a novel stable isotope approach

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor HM Williams, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr O Shorttle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr FE Jenner, The Open University, Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2021 - 31 Mar 2025
Value:
£617,419
NERC Reference:
NE/V000411/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant







Hydrographic and flow changes at sharp climate transitions along the northern edge of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, 0-16ka BP.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor IN McCave, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor IR Hall, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Rickaby, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
14 Apr 2004 - 13 Jan 2008
Value:
£305,998
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2002/00436
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Rapid Climate Change

IODP Site Survey of V-Shaped Ridge Features, North Atlantic Ocean

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr NJ White, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor T Henstock, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor JC Maclennan, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor BJ Murton, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
15 Jul 2009 - 14 Oct 2012
Value:
£178,208
NERC Reference:
NE/G007632/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IODP

IODP Survey of the "Shackleton sites" on the Southwest Iberian Margin

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr LC Skinner, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr NJ White, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2015
Value:
£249,237
NERC Reference:
NE/J00653X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK IODP Phase2

Instantaneous and inverse coupling between the South and North Atlantic during the last glacial period

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor E Wolff, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
5 Feb 2010 - 4 Aug 2011
Value:
£32,092
NERC Reference:
NE/G006105/2
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


International Partnership for Collaboration and Training in Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Mitigation in the Alpine-Himalayan Belt and Central Asia

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor J Jackson, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor TJ Wright, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Ludden, Heriot-Watt University, Sch of Energy, Geosci, Infrast & Society
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Sargeant, British Geological Survey, Earth Hazards & Observatories
Co-Investigator:
Dr B Baptie, British Geological Survey, Earth Hazards & Observatories
Co-Investigator:
Professor RT Walker, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P England, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor B Parsons, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AL Densmore, Durham University, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
31 Dec 2012 - 30 Sep 2016
Value:
£207,837
NERC Reference:
NE/J016322/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
IOF
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IOF



LASER-ENVI - A LASER spectrometer-based ENVIronmental Gas and Gas-Isotope Facility

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Turchyn, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AT Archibald, University of Cambridge, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Dr RH Rhodes, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr T Bauska, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Schmidt, University of Cambridge, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Edmonds, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Oppenheimer, University of Cambridge, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr F Muschitiello, University of Cambridge, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
27 Jan 2021 - 30 Mar 2024
Value:
£884,149
NERC Reference:
NE/V015435/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Completion
Scheme:
Capital
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Capital Call

LeNS UK: Large N Seismology for the UK science community

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor N Rawlinson, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr K Lythgoe, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr T Kettlety, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr MT Ireland, Newcastle University, Sch of Natural & Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr P Koelemeijer, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Hammond, Birkbeck College, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr J H Johnson, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr AM Brisbourne, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
16 May 2024 - 15 May 2028
Value:
£647,331
NERC Reference:
NE/Z503757/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Authorisation
Scheme:
Research Grants
Grant Status:
Approved
Programme:
Capital Call






Mantle dynamics beneath the North Atlantic region from integrated seismic imaging using new regional seafloor data and global datasets

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Lebedev, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Cottaar, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor T Nissen-Meyer, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Wookey, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 May 2023 - 30 Apr 2026
Value:
£635,879
NERC Reference:
NE/X000060/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant

Mapping and modelling heterogeneous stretching and volcanism on the NW European Atlantic margin

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor N Kusznir, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor RS White, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr P Christie, Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Roberts, Badley Geoscience Limited, UNLISTED
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2002 - 31 Mar 2006
Value:
£198,904
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2000/01410
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Ocean Margins LINK

Mass spectrometer & sampling systems for isotopic analysis of oxygen, carbon, hydrogen & deuterium for the environmental sciences.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor IN McCave, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JA Dowdeswell, University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Jones, University of Cambridge, Archaeology
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Griffiths, University of Cambridge, Plant Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2004 - 30 Sep 2005
Value:
£244,441
NERC Reference:
NE/C513485/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Capital Equipment Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Capital Equipment



Migration of CO2 through North Sea Geological Carbon Storage Sites: Impact of Faults, Geological Heterogeneities and Dissolution

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor JA Neufeld, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr NJ White, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 May 2016 - 28 Feb 2021
Value:
£638,526
NERC Reference:
NE/N016084/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Highlights

Millennial-scale variability in North Atlantic superficial and deep water circulation during Marine Isotope Stages 22-20.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor Sir N Shackleton, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor IN McCave, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2006 - 31 Jul 2006
Value:
£3,109
NERC Reference:
NE/D521530/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IODP


Minerals for encapsulation of high-level nuclear waste: simulating damage and durability

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Redfern, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor E Artacho, University of Cambridge, Physics
Co-Investigator:
Professor MT Dove, Queen Mary University of London, Physics
Co-Investigator:
Professor RW Grimes, Imperial College London, Materials
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2006 - 31 Jul 2009
Value:
£199,312
NERC Reference:
NE/C004035/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Muddying the waters: cation exchange processes as a major control on weathering fluxes?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr E Tipper, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Turchyn, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor I Farnan, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor N Tosca, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
Value:
£620,645
NERC Reference:
NE/T007214/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant




NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: Coupling Erosion, Weathering, and Hydrologic Function in an Active Orogenic System

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr E Tipper, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2024
Value:
£244,318
NERC Reference:
NE/V012037/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Lead Agency Grant












Predicting the fate of CO2 in geological reservoirs for modelling geological carbon storage

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Galy, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2008 - 31 Mar 2015
Value:
£889,181
NERC Reference:
NE/F004699/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Consortiums (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Consortiums

Probing Mantle Heterogeneity: A Petrological Reconciliation for Geochemistry and Seismology

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor JC Maclennan, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AF Deuss, Utrecht University, Unlisted
Co-Investigator:
Dr T Holland, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
8 Jul 2013 - 7 Jul 2016
Value:
£316,191
NERC Reference:
NE/J021539/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

QUEST Deglaciation: Climate and Biogeochemical Cycles during the last deglaciation.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor P Valdes, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Prof. S Harrison, University of Reading, Geography and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Shallcross, University of Bristol, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Marsh, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Jenkin, Imperial College London, Centre for Environmental Policy
Co-Investigator:
Professor EJ Rohling, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor TM Lenton, University of Exeter, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2006 - 31 Aug 2009
Value:
£32,158
NERC Reference:
NE/D001706/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
QUEST


Quantifying earthquake hazard and enhancing resilience in India

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr A Copley, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor Y Najman, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Lebedev, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr KR Aryal, Aston University, College of Business and Social Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
14 Feb 2024 - 13 Feb 2028
Value:
£811,727
NERC Reference:
NE/Z503514/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Research Grants
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Solid Earth Hazards



Quaternary QUEST: Regulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide on glacial-interglacial timescales and its coupling to climate change

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor TM Lenton, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JM Gregory, University of Reading, National Centre for Atmospheric Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Le Quere, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Valdes, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor PC Tzedakis, University College London, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Rickaby, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J G Shepherd, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Henderson, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Watson, University of Exeter, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor AJ Payne, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2006 - 31 Dec 2009
Value:
£81,567
NERC Reference:
NE/D001714/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
QUEST


Reconciling coral and marine-atmosphere oxygen isotope estimates of sea level change over the last climate cycle

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 May 2010 - 30 Apr 2011
Value:
£41,940
NERC Reference:
NE/H014292/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK IODP Phase2


Reconstructing magma storage and transport prior to giant Icelandic fissure eruptions

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor JC Maclennan, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Edmonds, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2011 - 31 Oct 2013
Value:
£241,264
NERC Reference:
NE/I012508/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Regime change: convection and crystallisation of magma

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Holness, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JA Neufeld, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr E Mariani, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2016 - 30 Mar 2021
Value:
£456,498
NERC Reference:
NE/N009894/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Revisiting the role of ocean ventilation in glacial CO2 sequestration using radiocarbon (ROGUE14)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr LC Skinner, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Reimer, Queen's University of Belfast, Sch of Natural and Built Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor CB Ramsey, University of Oxford, School of Archaeology
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2021 - 30 Nov 2024
Value:
£575,287
NERC Reference:
NE/V011464/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant


SILICATE WEATHERING FLUXES IN SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE FROM AN ACTIVE MARGIN HIGHLAND: TAIWAN

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor N Hovius, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Galy, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2011 - 31 Jul 2012
Value:
£49,824
NERC Reference:
NE/I017593/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Searching for direct evidence of the consequences of land plant evolution on silicate weathering and continental sediment retention

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor N Davies, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr P Pogge von Strandmann, University College London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr O Shorttle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr E Tipper, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Mar 2021 - 31 Dec 2024
Value:
£554,197
NERC Reference:
NE/T00696X/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant


Selenium in Volcanic Environments (SELVES)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Edmonds, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr BE Kunz, The Open University, Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
Co-Investigator:
Dr FE Jenner, The Open University, Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
Co-Investigator:
Dr E Liu, University College London, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2024
Value:
£80,117
NERC Reference:
NE/X010120/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Exploring the frontiers







Subduction zone segmentation and controls on earthquake rupture: The 2004 and 2005 Sumatra earthquakes

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor T Henstock, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Bull, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor K Priestley, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor L McNeill, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Masson, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr PJ Barton, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr F Tilmann, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Rietbrock, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor RB Wynn, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Professor P England, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor DR Tappin, British Geological Survey, Energy & Marine Geoscience
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Das, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2006 - 30 Nov 2011
Value:
£245,704
NERC Reference:
NE/D003539/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Consortiums Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Consortiums

Summit eruption of Kilauea Volcano: a unique opportunity to test magma degassing models using new spectroscopic methods.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Edmonds, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Oppenheimer, University of Cambridge, Geography
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
5 May 2008 - 4 Jul 2009
Value:
£35,160
NERC Reference:
NE/G001537/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgency








The bi-polar seesaw and CO2: Is there anything special about 'Terminal seesaw events'?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr LC Skinner, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2012 - 31 Oct 2015
Value:
£250,591
NERC Reference:
NE/J010545/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


The influence of lithospheric structure and composition on the distribution of CO2-rich intraplate volcanism and REE mineralisation

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Gibson, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Broom-Fendley, University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Lebedev, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr W Hutchison, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
15 May 2024 - 14 May 2027
Value:
£836,076
NERC Reference:
NE/Y000218/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Pushing the Frontiers

The isotopic fingerprint of sulfidic and ferruginous environments in the sedimentary record

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A Turchyn, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor HM Williams, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor SW Poulton, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2020 - 30 Sep 2023
Value:
£432,259
NERC Reference:
NE/T006838/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

The key to quantifying chemical weathering intensity: clay stable isotope fractionation factors

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr E Tipper, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor N Tosca, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
28 Nov 2014 - 27 Nov 2017
Value:
£466,374
NERC Reference:
NE/M001865/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

The quest for primary magnetisation in Earth's oldest materials

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor RJ Harrison, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Shearing, University of Oxford, Engineering Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor HM Williams, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr PAJ Bagot, University of Oxford, Materials
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Williams, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor PA Midgley, University of Cambridge, Materials Science & Metallurgy
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2017 - 30 Jun 2020
Value:
£639,938
NERC Reference:
NE/P002498/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

The seismic and petrological signature of magma migration beneath the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor N Rawlinson, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JC Maclennan, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
30 Jul 2021 - 29 Jul 2022
Value:
£45,516
NERC Reference:
NE/W004690/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Urgent Grant





Unlocking the C and N budget of the Earth

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr O Shorttle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JC Maclennan, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Mikhail, University of St Andrews, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2021 - 31 Oct 2025
Value:
£477,287
NERC Reference:
NE/V011383/1
Grant Stage:
Awaiting Event/Action
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Active
Programme:
Standard Grant

Unravelling the Ca isotope curve: shoring up global budgets and identifying responses to long- and short-term climatic perturbations.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Tripati, University of California Los Angeles, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Galy, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2008
Value:
£150,801
NERC Reference:
NE/C510583/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Using benthic foraminiferal Mg/Ca at ODP site 982 to assess the climatic response to orbital and greenhouse gas forcing during the late Pleistocene.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Tripati, University of California Los Angeles, UNLISTED
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2005 - 31 Jan 2006
Value:
£19,614
NERC Reference:
NE/C509007/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
IODP


Variations of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation during rapid climate changes: calibration, modelling & palaeoceanographic observations

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor E Jansen, University of Bergen, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Co-Investigator:
Dr T Dokken, University of Bergen, Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Kroon, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Galy, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Andersson, University of Bergen, Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Davies, Free (VU) University of Amsterdam, Faculity of Earth and Life Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr GM Ganssen, Free (VU) University of Amsterdam, Faculity of Earth and Life Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Yung, Free (VU) University of Amsterdam, Faculity of Earth and Life Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Hjollo, Institute of Marine Research (Norway), Headquarters
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Greaves, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J G Shepherd, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Pomies, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr H Kleiven, University of Bergen, Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor IN McCave, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
16 May 2005 - 15 May 2009
Value:
£141,948
NERC Reference:
NE/C509531/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Rapid Climate Change

Weathering inputs in Himalayan flood plains and the oceanic Sr flux from Himalayan rivers.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Galy, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor NB Harris, The Open University, Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Dec 2004 - 30 Nov 2008
Value:
£196,205
NERC Reference:
NE/B503741/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



eMinerals: Applications of GRID enabled science to understand the Environment from the molecular level.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MT Dove, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Mrs K Kleese van Dam, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Fundamental&Computational Sci Directorat
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Emmerich, University College London, Computer Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor JP Brodholt, University College London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr NH De Leeuw, Birkbeck College, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor V Alexandrov, STFC - Laboratories, The Hartree Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor E Artacho, University of Cambridge, Physics
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Murray-Rust, University of Cambridge, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Dr RJ Allan, STFC - Laboratories, Scientific Computing Department
Co-Investigator:
Professor W Smith, STFC - Laboratories, Scientific Computing Department
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Finkelstein, The Alan Turing Institute, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Price, University College London, Office of Vice Provost Research
Co-Investigator:
Dr K Wright, University College London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Parker, University of Bath, Chemistry
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Catlow, University College London, Chemistry
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2006 - 30 Sep 2009
Value:
£803,369
NERC Reference:
NE/C515698/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
E-Science

153 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £50,729,061   

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