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List of grant, fellowship and training grant records showing Professor MJ Leng as Principal Investigator (5 records):

A 500,000-year environmental record from Chew Bahir, south Ethiopia: testing hypotheses of climate-driven human evolution, innovation, and dispersal

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2014 - 30 Sep 2017
Value:
£188,512
NERC Reference:
NE/K011871/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Diatom Silica Oxygen Isotope Records from the Late Quaternary Antarctic Margin

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Professor GEA Swann, University of Nottingham, Sch of Geography
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Split Award
Period of Award:
31 Mar 2009 - 30 Mar 2012
Value:
£226,363
NERC Reference:
NE/G004137/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Microfluorination for Oxygen isotopes in Biogenic Silica (MOBiS)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Dr J H Lacey, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Period of Award:
4 Jul 2022 - 31 Mar 2024
Value:
£381,462
NERC Reference:
NE/X005747/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Capital
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Capital Call

5 grant, fellowship and training grant records a total value of £839,470  

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List of grant, fellowship and training grant records showing Professor MJ Leng as Co-Investigator (12 records):

Assessing human impacts on the Red River system, Vietnam, to enable sustainable management

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr S McGowan, University of Nottingham, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr T Luu, Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Thu Nga, Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute, Nuclear Training Center
Co-Investigator:
Dr T LE, Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Tran, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Dr V Panizzo, University of Nottingham, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Trinh, Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute, Nuclear Training Center
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Vane, British Geological Survey, BGS Laboratories
Grant held at:
University of Nottingham, Sch of Geography
Period of Award:
1 May 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
Value:
£374,540
NERC Reference:
NE/P014577/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Newton Fund
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Newton Fund

Assessing regional climate signals from delta 18 O diatom records in annually laminated lake sediments.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor VJ Jones, University College London, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Professor MC Todd, University of Sussex, Sch of Global Studies
Grant held at:
University College London, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2003 - 31 Oct 2005
Value:
£27,166
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2003/00288
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Bering Sea diatom isotope records during the onset of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor GEA Swann, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Period of Award:
18 Nov 2010 - 2 Jul 2012
Value:
£52,403
NERC Reference:
NE/I005889/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK IODP Phase2

Critically testing the role of delta-30 Si[diatom] as a novel productivity signal in temperate lakes

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr DB Ryves, Loughborough University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Tyler, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Grant held at:
Loughborough University, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2010 - 31 Jul 2012
Value:
£55,397
NERC Reference:
NE/H011978/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Human dispersals and environmental controls during the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene in Mexico: implications for the peopling of the Americas.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Gonzalez, Liverpool John Moores University, Natural Sciences and Psychology
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Huddart, Liverpool John Moores University, School of Education
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Lamb, Liverpool John Moores University, Natural Sciences and Psychology
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Cooper, University of Adelaide, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Grant held at:
Liverpool John Moores University, Natural Sciences and Psychology
Period of Award:
28 Feb 2003 - 27 Feb 2006
Value:
£31,319
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2002/00467
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
EFCHED

Integrated Understanding of the Early Jurassic Earth System and Timescale (JET)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr D Condon, British Geological Survey, Climate & Landscape Change
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Climate & Landscape Change
Split Award
Period of Award:
3 Oct 2016 - 2 Oct 2023
Value:
£463,228
NERC Reference:
NE/N018303/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Large Grant
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Large Grant

Miocene development of the Asian monsoon and oceanographic response in the Bay of Bengal

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr S Kender, University of Nottingham, Sch of Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Grant held at:
University of Nottingham, Sch of Geography
Period of Award:
30 Apr 2015 - 31 May 2016
Value:
£54,003
NERC Reference:
NE/N004795/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK IODP Phase2

Ocean Regulation of Climate by Heat and Carbon Sequestration and Transports (ORCHESTRA)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr A J S Meijers, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Co-Investigator:
Dr EP Abrahamsen, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Yang, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth Marine Lab
Co-Investigator:
Dr TG Bell, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth Marine Lab
Co-Investigator:
Dr JA Brearley, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Luneva, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr J D Harle, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr E Popova, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr HJ Venables, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Co-Investigator:
Dr DI Berry, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr JJ Hirschi, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Mrs S Hartman, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Mr AL Ridout, University College London, Earth Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr BA King, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Shepherd, Northumbria University, Fac of Engineering and Environment
Co-Investigator:
Dr E McDonagh, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Dr C Banks, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Weiss, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Co-Investigator:
Dr Y Firing, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr MJ Yelland, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr Y Aksenov, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Torres-Valdes, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Professor PD Nightingale, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth Marine Lab
Co-Investigator:
Dr AJ Nurser, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Blaker, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr D R Munday, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Goswami, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Co-Investigator:
Dr BI Moat, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Josey, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr AC Coward, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Dr EC Kent, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr V Kitidis, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth Marine Lab
Co-Investigator:
Dr JP Grist, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr AP Megann, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Dr J Polton, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:
Mr EMS Woodward, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth Marine Lab
Co-Investigator:
Professor TJ Smyth, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth Marine Lab
Co-Investigator:
Dr L Boehme, University of St Andrews, Biology
Grant held at:
NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2016 - 31 Mar 2021
Value:
£7,094,230
NERC Reference:
NE/N018095/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (RP) - NR1
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
NCLTS-M

SPLITT separation of diatoms from African crater lake sediments for isotope analysis and palaeoclimate reconstruction.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor P Barker, Lancaster University, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Grant held at:
Lancaster University, Geography
Period of Award:
7 May 2003 - 6 May 2005
Value:
£32,171
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2002/00512
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

Silicon isotope records of recent environmental change and anthropogenic pollution from Lake Baikal, Siberia

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr M Horstwood, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Split Award
Period of Award:
22 May 2012 - 1 Jan 2016
Value:
£155,510
NERC Reference:
NE/J007765/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

THE MID-PALAEOZOIC BIOTIC CRISIS: SETTING THE TRAJECTORY OF TETRAPOD EVOLUTION

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr D Millward, British Geological Survey, Geology & Regional Geophysics
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Grant held at:
British Geological Survey, Geology & Regional Geophysics
Split Award
Period of Award:
16 Jul 2012 - 31 Oct 2016
Value:
£317,110
NERC Reference:
NE/J021067/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Consortiums (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Consortiums

Testing the 'megadrought' hypothesis: the timing, cause and impacts of climate change in equatorial Africa (DeepCHALLA-UK)

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor C Lane, University of Cambridge, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Barker, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Mark, Scottish Universities Env Research Cen, SUERC
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Blaauw, Queen's University of Belfast, Sch of Natural and Built Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Leng, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Professor B.A. Maher, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
Grant held at:
University of Cambridge, Geography
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2017 - 30 Nov 2021
Value:
£665,324
NERC Reference:
NE/P011969/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

12 grant, fellowship and training grant records a total value of £9,322,402  

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