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Current Research Grants
Institute staff hold competitively won grants of over £2.3 million, almost £1.3 million of which is from three UK Research Councils (NERC, AHRC and ESRC).
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, Grant NER/G/S/2002/00192 £ 84,932 (2004-2007)
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)
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 (2004-2008)
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)
Grants from Other Sources
The Herbert Ponting Archive of Antarctic Photographic Negatives
Source: Heritage Lottery Fund £533,000 (2004-2006)
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)
Swedish Polar Social Science Research
Source: Swedish Academy £14,345 (2005-2006)
Polar Field Stations and IPY History. Culture, Heritage, Present Governance 1882 - Present
Source: Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Grant F2005-1364:1E £14,173 (2006-2007)
Marine geophysical and geological investigations of past flow and stability of a major Greenland ice stream in the late Quaternary
Source: National Environment Research Council, Grant NE/D001986/1 £103,167 (2006-2009)
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 Life of Field Stations. A History of community participation in scientific practice at the Igloolik Laboratory (1974-2004)
Source: Arts and Humanities Research Council, Grant AH/E001106/1 £20,075 (2007)
Arts and Humanities Research Council Research Workshops (Museums and Galleries) Scheme: The Material Culture of Polar Exploration
Source: Arts and Humanities Research Council, Grant AH/E500366/1 £14,849 (2006-2007)
Canadian Studies Interdisciplinary Research Project
Source: Foundation for Canadian Studies £10,500 (2006-2007)
Potential threats to the future of Inuit Beluga Whale hunting in Canadian Arctic
Source: British Academy, Grant BAPDF0508 £67,929 (2006-2008)
BOREAS Inaugural Meeting
Source: European Science Foundation, Grant 06/99/MvD £60,210 (2006-2007)
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)