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Current Research Grants
Institute staff hold competitively-won grants of about £2 million, £1.2 million of which is from the UK Research Councils.
Grants from UK Research Councils
Marine geological processes and sediments beneath floating ice shelves in Greenland and Antarctica: investigations using the Autosub AUV
Source: Natural Environment Research Council, Grant NER/T/S/2000/00986.
£ 369,062 (2001-2007).
Glacial-interglacial changes in the lost drainage basin of the West Antarctic
Source: Natural Environment Research Council, GrantNER/G/S/2002/00192.
£ 84,932 (2004-2007).
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling - Earth Observation Centres of Excellence Initiative
Source: Natural Environment Research Council
£ 213,850 (2000-2005).
Slope stability on Europe's passive continental margins.
Source: Natural Environment Research Council, Ocean Margins Link Programme, Grant NER/T/S/2003/00318
£ 121,322 (2004-2007).
Grants from Other Sources
Spaceborne measurements of Arctic glaciers and implications for sea level.
Source: European Union, Framework 5, Grant EVK2-2002-00152
£ 113,171 (2002-2005).
Environmental change in the Barents Region
Source: European Union, Framework 5, Grant EVK2-2002-00169
£140,797 (2002-2006)
Interferometric evaluation of glacier rheology and change
Source: European Union, Framework 6, Grant SST3-CT-2003-502845
£95,634 (2004-2007)
BOREAS - Histories from the North: environments, movements, narratives
Source: European Science Foundation
£10,488 (2004-2005)
Sediment transfer from the Antarctic continent to deep ocean: a shelf-slope-basin system investigated using the ISIS Remotely Operated Vehicle.
Source: Natural Environment Research Council, Grant NE/C506372/1
£ 143,632 (2004-2007).
Validation and provision of Cryosat measurements of fluctuations in the Earth's land and marine ice fluxes
Source: Natural Environment Research Council
£371,003 (2004-2009)
Trans-sectoral partnerships, sustainability research and the oil and gas industry in Russia
Source: Economic and Social Research Council, Grant RES-451-26-0166
£14,916 (2004-2006)
The First Nations, Inuit, Inupiat and Kalaallit Artefact Collection from Canada, Alaska and Greenland: enhancing documentation and access
Source: Arts and Humanities Research Council
£30,000 (2005-2006)
The Herbert Ponting Archive of Antarctic Photographic Negatives
Source: Heritage Lottery Fund £533,000 (2004-2006)
Swedish Polar Social Science Research
Source: Swedish Academy £14,345 (2005-2006)
Polar Field Stations and IPY
Source: Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Fund £14,173 (2005-2007)
Continuity of scholarly advice and access to the internationally significant archival collections of the Scott Polar Research Institute
Source: Isaac Newton Trust £20,000 (2004-2006)