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Grants

CEPSAR has a long and commendable track record in securing research funding from a wide range of sources, nationally and internationally.

Name Dept Project Amount Funded by

2011 start 

       
Dr Andrew Holland  DPS Gaia GDFS  £156,889 STFC
         

2010 start

       
Dr Victoria Pearson  DPS Markers for meteorites  £9,660  Paneth Trust, RAS 
Dr Mahesh Anand  DPS Iron isotopic composition of lunar basalts £2,000  EC FP7 Marie Curie 
Dr Silvio Bergamini  DPS  Cost share with the Russian foundation for basic research  £64,394  The Royal Society 
Dr Ian Parkinson  EEE Chromium isotope signatures in the marine environment £156,457 NERC
Dr Sarah Sherlock  EEE Age and eruption rate of the Malinstindur and Enni Formations in the FIBG  £257,000  Sindri 
Dr Neil Edwards  EEE  GICC £20,000  KANLO 
Dr Ian Parkinson EEE Snowball Earth – the Svalbad exemplar for neoproterozoic glaciation   NERC 
Dr Andrew Holland  EEE IXO OP-XGS Cosmic Vision L Missions   STFC
Dr Vincent Gauci  EEE  Investigation of peatland restoration techniques to achieve best outcome for methane and greenhouse gas emissions £184,541  DEFRA 
Dr Alex Dickson EEE  Influence of the agulhas leakage on south east Atlantic upper ocean hydrography during MIS-11 £985  The Royal Society 
Prof. Nigel Mason  DPS  BCYSP 2010 Smialek-Telega £1,500  British Council
Prof. Nigel Mason  DPS Lassie  £513,209 Marie Curie 
Dr Neil Edwards  EEE  Belong (Genie Lamp)     
Dr Victoria Pearson   DPS Rocks from Space  £1,112 

The Royal Society

Dr Richard Brown  EEE  Kimberlite volcanoes £4000 The Royal Society 
Dr Andrew Holland DPS Euclid    European Space Agency
Prof. Nick Braithwaite  DPS  Electro acoustic coupling  £3,670  The Royal Society 
         

2009 start

       
Dr Geraint Morgan  DPS Cancer detection  £1,500  Amerderm Trust 
Dr Geraint Morgan DPS CAMS replacement feasibility study    £46,771 BAE Systems 
Mr Ben Rozitis  DPS Astex Parabolic flight EXP  £1,500 Royal Astronomical Society 
Dr Vincent Gauci  EEE Urgency Bornean Fires     
Dr Stephen Lewis  DPS  Mars Critical Data   £47,743 NASA via SETI 
Dr Mark Bowden DPS Diamond arrays    EPSRC 
Dr Jim Hague  DPS Hague/grapheme electronics  £86,474  EPSRC
Dr Nick Rogers  EEE  Circumsolar disk environment  £50,460  STFC 
Dr Mike Widdowson  EEE  IODP Leg 234 shatsky Rise  £16,973 NERC 
Prof. Nigel Harris  EEE   £29,999

The Royal Society

Dr Simon Sheridan  DPS  Exomars £157,943  STFC 
Dr Alison Blyth  EEE      NERC 
Dr Vincent Gauci  EEE  MethaneNet £306,512 NERC 
Prof. Monica Grady  DPS  International travel grant  £1,425 The Royal Society 
Prof. Ian Wright  DPS  Rosetta post-launch  £145,256  
Dr William Gosling  EEE  MPRD  £13,185  The Royal Society 
Prof. Nigel Mason  DPS  ESF workshop-Mulhouse  £11,200  European Science Foundation 
Dr Clare Warren  EEE  Rutile Chrono-thermometry  £96,916  NERC 
Dr Matthew Balme  DPS  Surface signatures  £326,718 NERC
Dr Stephen Lewis  DPS  Mars Climate Database     
Prof. Nigel Harris  EEE  Speleothems in India  £6,644  NERC 
Prof. Glenn White  DPS  Physics & Astronomy rolling grant  £1,944,046  STFC 
Dr Simon Green DPS  Marcopolo Technology Readiness  £83,622  
Dr Andrew Holland  DPS Euclid Phase A    
Prof. Nigel Mason  DPS  Europlanets  £304,300  CNRS
Dr William Gosling EEE  BOSPOL     
Dr Carole Haswell  DPS  International Year of Astronomy 2009  £25,199  STFC 
         

2008 start

       
Dr Manish Patel  DPS  Laplace Virs  £25,199  STFC 
Dr Alison Blyth  EEE  Ancient weather stations of Australia  £19,280 Australian Research Council 
Dr Alison Blyth EEE  Biomarkers in speleothems  £260,613  Leverhulme Trust Fellowship 
Dr Alison Blyth  EEE  Biomarkers in speleothems  £14,693  The Royal Society 
Prof. Nigel Mason  DPS  MIND    Marie Curie
Dr Axel Hagermann  DPS  Cornwall-matched Fellowship  £30,000  DLR-PF
Dr Sarah Sherlock  EEE Excess Argon  £660,551  NERC 
Dr Anthony Cohen  EEE  PETM £478,382 NERC
Prof. Nigel Mason  DPS  Leep-nano-astro-rad  £280,829  Marie Curie 
Dr Peter van Calsteren EEE  Climate reconstruction     
Prof. John Zarnecki DPS  Exomars UVIS & AEP   £186,641  STFC 
Prof. John Zarnecki DPS  Exomars AEP bridging 3  £343,785 STFC 
Dr Ian Parkinson EEE Strontium budget    NERC
Prof. Nigel Mason DPS    £33,372 The Royal Society
Dr Andrew Holland DPS  Euclid Phase A bridging £3,125  STFC 
Dr Sarah Sherlock  EEE  Ar/Ar age dating of drillcore  £150,000  Sindri 
Dr Peter van Calsteren  EEE    £563,150  NERC 
Prof. Ian Wright  DPS  PSS rolling grant  £5,523,783  STFC
Prof. John Zarnecki  DPS  Exomars UVIS 3 £613,672 STFC