Research Grants

The following are current grants held by members of the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability that are of particular relevance:

PHD studentship for Heru Rusfiandi
Andrew Leitch
£179,738 Verdant Bioscience Pte Ltd (19-09-2023 - 18-09-2029)
The role of structural variants in rapid adaptation
Richard Nichols
£80,948 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (30-06-2023 - 29-06-2026)
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and engaging antibacterial resistance in anaerobic treated effluen
Ozge Eyice-Broadbent
£14,861 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (01-06-2023 - 31-03-2026)
Mechanisms and prediction of large scale ecological responses to environmental change
Axel Rossberg and Kostya Trachenko
£1,213,084 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (06-01-2020 - 04-04-2025)
Towards multispecies fisheries management
Axel Rossberg
£68,436 DEFRA Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (01-01-2024 - 31-03-2025)
Predicting risk to non-native trees species from potential threats in the UK
Richard Nichols
£13,521 DEFRA Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (01-10-2023 - 31-03-2025)
Invertebrate Monitoring for Affinity Water
John Jones and James Pretty
£332,412 Affinity Water Limited (10-05-2017 - 31-03-2025)
PhD stipend from Kew
Richard Buggs
£120,000 Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) (31-03-2018 - 28-02-2025)
GLobal Insect Threat-Response model: a comprehensive assessment of insect declines
John Jones
£262,181 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (14-11-2020 - 13-11-2024)
Microbial link from organosulfur compounds to methane in anoxic sediments
Ozge Eyice-Broadbent
£279,601 Leverhulme Trust (01-10-2021 - 18-10-2024)
Mediating the first transaction of Biodiversity Impact Credits
Axel Rossberg and Andrew Leitch
£198,029 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (03-01-2023 - 30-06-2024)
The role of sex steroid hormones against global warming in species with temperature-dependent sex determination
Christophe Eizaguirre
£445,712 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (01-10-2020 - 30-06-2024)