Listed below are recent grant winners. If a grant report for the award is available, it can be accessed by clicking on the awardees name.
Click here for a report on our grant funding analysis for the 2013-2019 grant rounds
Spring 2021 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project ECR Grants Guaduneth Chico Leon Geomorphological surface changes on peatlands surfaces and their role in climate change Research Grants Tristram Hales Assessing post-wildfire soil properties to improve landslide triggering models Harry Sanders Rivers in lockdown: Stabilisation of fluvial bed sediments by invasive mussels PG Research Grants Holly Chubb Slope failure mechanisms and catastrophic mass flow processes in British Columbia
Autumn 2020 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project ECR Grants Elizabeth Dingle What goes in, must come out? Particle abrasion in bedrock canyons Research Grants Aayush Srivastava Geomorphic evolution and environmental change along the lower River Dee (Scotland) during the late Quaternary PG Research Grants Alexander Osborne Listening to Rivers: Simulating floods using a white water course
Spring 2020 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project ECR Grants Gaia Stucky de Quay Landscape evolution controls in volcanic ocean islands: constraints from Ribeira Grande valley, Madeira Josh Ahmed Quantifying bank-pull and bar-push processes in the evolution of river bends with changing hydroclimate Research Grants Alastair Curry A field-based evaluation of the Schmidt hammer exposure dating (SHED) technique for reconstructing Late Quaternary landscape change PG Research Grants Charlotte Hipkiss Reconstructing environmental change in the tropical North Pacific: Pu‘u Kuku peat bog and pond sites - Maui, Hawaiian Archipelago Stefan Haselberger Biogeomorphic succession in glacier forelands, Jotunheimen/Norway Rebecca Stewart High-resolution quantification of rock slope debris supply in a deglaciating catchment PG Conference Support Oliver Francis The fate of sediment after a large earthquake Madeleine Hann A catastrophic Late Pleistocene debris flow sourced in the glaciated High Atlas of Morocco Adam Hepburn Ice-mass survival for approximately 800 Myr in the tropical Kasei Valles region, Mars Jesse Zondervan Eccentricity-driven fluvial strath terrace formation in the arid High Atlas Oscar Gilbert The Influence of Angle of Ballistic Impact on Stone Deterioration Due to Weathering Ikenna Osumgborogwu The gullies of southeast Nigeria: an ecogeomorphic investigation Pieter Fourie EGU Grant proposal Conference Session Support Frances Butcher CryoMars Shasta Marrero Cosmo 2020-Scotland: Pushing the Boundaries of Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating Research Networks
Autumn 2019 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project ECR Grants Andrew Newton Glacial geomorphology and hydrology of a dynamically evolving glacial foreland in response to ice margin retreat Toby Tonkin The generation of pro-glacial icings: subglacial taliks, cut and closure channels or thermal lags? Fiona Clubb Determining the topographic signature of debris flows PG Research Grants Tancrede Leger Reconstructing late-Quaternary glacier chronologies in under-studied northern Patagonia (43°S) using cosmogenic radionuclide dating Jonathan Slessor The bio-geomorphology of human impacts on raised bog margins PG Conference Support Melissa Mirinor Morphological classification of inverted channels on Mars: Arabia Terra case of study Hannah Derkum Desert Pavement Dynamics controlled by Precipitation and Pore Gas Pressure Justine Perry Domingo Assessment of the spatial and temporal variation in the sediment and metal fluxes in catchments affected by nickel mining Giulia Magnarini Long runout landslides: Morphological features and internal structures of the final deposit as key to understand mechanisms involved during emplacement Conference Session Support Joanna Nield International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR XI) Research Networks
Spring 2019 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project ECR Grants Daniel Scott Investigating the role of intact rock strength in modulating fracture geometry influences on bedrock river erodibility at the bedform scale Giuditta Trinci Evaluating the utility of recreational echo-sounders (‘fishfinders’) in habitat assessment Cai Ladd Can plant communities engineer saltmarsh morphology to build resilience? PG Research Grants Robert Houseago Flow field hydrodynamics within flexible and rigid aquatic vegetation Will Conley Investigate nature and timing of Waingawa River braidplain abandonment upstream of Masterton Ella Walsh A Systematic Assessment of Late Quaternary Hydrological Change From Valley Fill Complexes in Namibia Guaduneth Chico Geomorphological assessment of unrecognised blanket bogs in North Spain Thomas Vandyk Measurement and interpretation of preserved > 635 million year old subglacial geomorphology from the Mineral Fork Formation, Utah PG Conference Support Katie Miles Aayush Srivastava Ye Chen Julian Martin Conference Session Support David Graham Research Networks
Autumn 2018 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project Research Grants Eliisa Lotsari Defrosting sedimentary systems: the impacts on the evolution and material transport of high-latitude rivers Mark Schuerch A long-term perspective on barrier-marsh interactions Ben Chandler Dynamics of Icelandic glaciers in response to a warming climate (“DYNAMICE”) ECR Grants Shaun Eaves Can deglaciation trigger collapse of entire mountains? Christopher Darvill Geomorphic History of the Falkland Stone Runs PG Research Grants Anne Stefaniak Controls on supraglacial pond formation at the Hinang glacier, Manaslu Madeleine Hann Quaternary River Behaviour in the High Atlas of Morocco: Significance of Mega-boulders in the Tamatert Valley Jesse Zondervan Experimental luminescence dating of Quaternary river terraces, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco Ho Wen Evaluating secondary effects of Natural Flood Management (NFM) techniques PG Conference Support Shiuan-An Chen Robert Houseago Thomas van Veelen Conference Session Support Emilia Guisado-Pintado Ann Rowan Research Networks Tim Marjoribanks Non-Equilibrium Flow and Landform Coupling
Spring 2018 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project Research Grants Gordon Bromley Testing the age and origin of the Chivay subglacial labyrinth, Peru Thomas Smyth Understanding blowout evolution in a 'stabilised' dune landscape David Small Deglaciation of the North Sea Basin: Do we have a Fair I(sle)dea? ECR Grants Holly East Impacts of seagrass expansion on sediment productivity and reef island morphological stability PG Research Grants Harry Sanders Biotic and abiotic drivers of the burrowing behaviour of signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus): USA (native) versus UK (invasive) populations Alex Hughes Investigating the dynamic equilibrium between erosion and tectonic uplift within the Ventura Basin and implications for seismic hazards in southern California Anna Caklais Central California: Validating earthquake ground motion models Matt Tompkins Quantifying long-term processes of moraine evolution: Implications for cosmogenic isotope Jennifer Quye-Sawyer Constraining uplift histories of active faults in southern Italy using cosmogenic nuclide dating PG Conference Support Giulia Magnarini Morwenna Mckenzie Lawrence Eagle Changjia Li Jamie Pollard Richard Mason Andrew Emery Conference Session Support Irene Delgardo-Fernandez Anne Voigtlander Outreach Grants David Milan Making waves for Geomorphology Research Networks Chris Hackney Flood Risk, Resilience and Adaptation Network (FRRAN)
Autumn 2017 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project Research Grants Thorsten Balke Timing of geomorphic disturbance in relation to plant phenology in the Bay of Fundy Simon Cook A test of glacial sediment transfer processes using magnetic fabrics ECR Grants Georgios Maniatis Quantification of erosional processes using inertial sensors across environments Robert Storrar High spatial and temporal resolution UAV-based measurement of glacier 'microvelocity' and surface elevation changes as a tool for understanding the link between glacier hydrology and velocity Alessa Geiger Using Patagonian Ice Sheet geometry changes to track westerly wind shifts in the Southern Hemisphere during Glacial-Interglacial Cycles PG Research Grants Sarah Brown Using Arduinos to monitor fluvial carbon dioxide efflux during erosion events in peatland catchments Katie Miles Dye-tracing on a debris-covered Himalayan glacier Jayne Kamintzis Morphological dynamics of ice-bounded channels PG Conference Support Frances Butcher Guillaume Goodwin Outreach Grants Lucy Kissicky Touchdown on Mars: Up Close and Personal With the Red Planet Research Networks Brian Whalley Establishing a BSG Landscape and Critical Zone Observatory
Spring 2017 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project Conference sponsorship Irene Delgardo-Fernandez Research Grants Anne Mather Integrated fluvial archive approaches to Holocene palaeoflood reconstruction: potential insights for climate change in continental N. Africa Matthew Johnson The power of biology in river environments ECR Grants Fabiano Pupim Late Quaternary variation in erosion rates and landscape changes in the Amazon River basin Rachel Smedley Tracking latitudinal shifts in the southern Westerlies using unstudied ice limits in Patagonia PG Research Grants Alex Hughes Quantification of seismic hazards in southern California using cosmogenic nuclide dating of geomorphic strain markers James Tempest Root growth and decomposition rates in natural and restored saltmarshes Zacchary Larkin Rivers of time: Did an enhanced monsoon affect holocene fluvial systems in the Warrego catchment, eastern Australia? Harry Sanders Biotic versus abiotic forcing of fluvial sediment dynamics: How much sediment do crayfish supply to river systems? Benjamin Taylor Sediment core profiles of a Scottish estuary: The influence of saltmarsh restoration on carbon storage, sequestration rates, and emission potential for sediments Morwenna Mckenzie Improving the knowledge base on the physical effects of fine sediment for macroinvertebrates PG Conference Support Stephen Watkins Sarah Twohig Jack Wright Joel Davis Jessica Moloney Rachel Hurley Sam Brooke Daniel Green Outreach Grants Des McDougall A virtual glacier and glaciated landscape A-Level virtual fieldtrip Stuart Grieve GeoBus River-in-a-Box
Autumn 2016 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project Conference sponsorship Stuart McColl Research Grants Martin Stokes Do alluvial fans on the Cape Verde volcanic islands record pre-Holocene african humid periods? Jeff Warburton Rockfall monitoring and hazard assessment - Casle Rock, Cumbria Giles Wiggs Aeolian dust dynamics: field measurements of emissions at source, Etosha Pan, Namibia Bethan Davies Timing of a newly identified Pleistocene glacial radvance of the Northern Patagonia Icefield (NPI), Chile Stephanie Mills Geomorphological and sedimentological analyses of outburst flood deposits around Öræfajökull, SE Iceland ECR Grants Edwin Baynes Isolating the control of sediment on knickpoint dynamics in the Rangitikei river, New Zealand Mitch D'Arcy Erosion and sedimentation in the Sierra Aconquija, NE Argentinian Andes Cariona Fyffe Ablation and debris cover formation in dirty ice areas Alastair Clement Investigation of geomorphic response to major catchment disturbance using optically-stimulated luminescence dating, Wairarapa Valley, New Zealand PG Research Grants Sybille Knapp Large rock-slope failure impacting on lakes - deciphering mobility processes and reconstructing multistage events Mairi MacArthur Testing the success of an ecologically enhanced seawall design at the Hartlepool Headlands Coastal Protection Scheme Charlotte Holdsworth The controls and drivers of movement on large, soft-rock translational landslides, Taihape, New Zealand Monica Mendelova Reconstructing the timing, extent and significance of late Quaternary glaciations in central Patagonia Andrew Newton Late Cenzoic seismic geomophology offshore NW Greenland PG Conference Support Duna Roda-Baluda Elizabeth Dingle Chloe Morris Owen King Joshua Ahmed Clementine Chirol Leiping Ye Cameron Watson Fiona Clubb Ian Stevens Grigorios Vasilopoulos Chrystiann Lavarini
Spring 2016 round
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Grant Type Awardee and Report Project Conference sponsorship Amy Woodget Research Grants Naomi Holmes Recent environmental change in the Indian Himalaya Iestyn Barr The impact of glacier fluctuations on lake sedimentation rates Catherine Delaney Investigating glacial hummocky terrain using LIDAR and ground-penetrating Radar ECR Grants Peter Rowley Analogue modelling of fluidised pyroclastic density currents Christopher Hackney Quantifying the effects of slump blocks on bank erosion rates across a range of flow stages PG Research Grants Sam Brooke Constraining landscape response to cliamte using alluvial fans in death valley Zui Tao Reconstruction of surface residence times of grains from the stratigraphic record measured using 21Ne; implications for the evolution of the Great Plains, Nebraska Lawrence Eagle Extreme summer flooding and river geomorphology, a meso and microscale approach, across a 200 year chronosequence in Glacier Bay, Alaska Ankit Verma Rock breakdown on Earth and Mars Rachel Hurley Stratigraphies of industrialisation- The fluvial sedimentary record of the first industrial city Jennifer Robertson Using uplift to investigate normal and subduction-related active faulting Anna Schoch Postglacial fan evolution in the Upper Rhone Valley, Switzerland – gradual or catastrophic? Lauren Knight Timings and dynamics of glaciation in the Wicklow Mountains, Ireland Will Higson How do overdeepeings affect glacial dynamics? Paul Weber Ice-marginal processes and retreat dynamics of the plateau icefield Hardangerjøkulen in southern Norway PG Conference Support Janet Richardson Jerome Mayaud Morgan Gibson Kate Mathers Pierre Lardeux Thomas Vincent Carin Cornwall Tom Mockford Akirat Abdulkade Frances Dunn Gary Murphy John Preston Scott Armstrong Research Networks Brian Whalley
Autumn 2015 round
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Conference sponsorship Lucy Clarke Susan Conway Joanna Nield Research Grants Damia Vericat ECR Grants Ann Rowan Emma Vann-Jones Claire Boston Matthew Westoby PG Research Grants Linley Hastewell Sam Higton Alex Horton PG Conference Support Joshua Ahmed Maria Bejar Stephen Brough Frances Butcher Mitch Darcy Holly East Alistair Everett Sebastian Pitman
Spring 2015 round
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Working groups Lucy Clarke Conference sponsorship David Milan Alessa Geiger Research Grants Matthew Baddock Ian Fuller James Lea Simon Cook ECR Grants Dr Josie Geris PG Research Grants Cameron Watson Debra Colarossi Rupert Bainbridge Goldie Walker Niamh Cullen Janet Richardson Samantha Bromfield PG Conference Support Danielle Alderson Ms Karoline Messenzehl Duna Roda-Boluda Alexander Smith
Autumn 2014 round
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Working groups Prof. Stephen Tooth Conference sponsorship Dr Christopher Hackney ECR Grants Dr Lisa Mol Dr Joseph Cook Dr Richard Williams Dr Louise Slater PG Research Grants Mr Bishnu Sharma Miss Cianna Wyshnytzky Miss Elizabeth Dingle Miss Fiona Clubb Mr Jonathan Cripps Mr Tom Mockford Mr Zacchary Larkin PG Conference Support Miss Alexandra Rowell Mr Chris Unsworth Mr Jack Williams Mr David Milodowski Mr Stuart Grieve
Spring 2014 round
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Research Grants Dr Eli Lazarus Dr John Hillier Dr Michael Grenfell Dr Tristram Irvine-Fynn ECR Grants Dr Samuel McColl Dr Rebecca Williams PG Research Grants Miss Siobhan Whadcoat Mr Huw Mithan Mr Thomas Doherty-Bone Ms Karoline Messenzehl Miss Morgan Gibson PG Conference Support Mr Mitch D'Arcy Miss Baoli Liu Mr Daniel Schillereff Mr Andrew Cunliffe Mr Jason Ramsdale
Autumn 2013 round
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Research Grants Dr Joanna Nield Prof. Tim Quine Prof. Brian Whalley Conference sponsorship Dr Arnaud Temme ECR Grants Dr Martin Coombes Dr Hywel Griffiths Dr Lisa Tranel PG Research Grants Mr Mitch D'Arcy Ms Duna Roda-Boluda Mr Pierre Lardeux Mr Andrew Wickert PG Conference Support Mr Edwin Baynes
Spring 2013 round
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Research Grants Dr Susan Conway Dr Alex Henshaw PG Research Grants Mr Alex Barrett Mr Martin Brader Mr Christopher Darvill Mr John Groves Miss Emiko Kent Wiley Awards Dr Matthew Brain Genevieve Marquis PG Conference Support Miss Akirat Abdulkade Miss Anna Lisa Cescon Miss Aldina Piedade Miss Emma Shuttleworth Mr Temitope Oyedotun Miss Na Yan