Projects (263)

Advancing policy and practice on climate action through intergenerational dialogue in Vietnam and beyond across South-East Asia Jan 11, 2023 - May 31, 2024

Esk Fisheries Data Collation and Analysis Dec 1, 2023 - Nov 30, 2024
The Freshwater Pearl Mussel Project aims to improve environmental/habitat conditions for the last surviving population of Freshwater Pearl Mussels (FPMs) in Yorkshire. Salmonid fisheries assessment can be used to support the evaluation of FPM habitat... Read More about Esk Fisheries Data Collation and Analysis.

Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Impact Hub 2023 Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2027

Hedgerows: Mapping the gaps with a combination of citizen science and artificial intelligence Nov 1, 2020 - Nov 1, 2021
The HedgeHunters project was an interdisciplinary project developed to support and inform its sister project Hedgerows: Mapping the Gaps, where researchers led by Josh Wolstenholme developed a deep learning model and associated workflow capable of au... Read More about Hedgerows: Mapping the gaps with a combination of citizen science and artificial intelligence.

INtergenerational Stories of Erosion and Coastal community Understanding of REsilience Mar 1, 2020 - Dec 1, 2021
The East Yorkshire Holderness coast has some of the most rapidly eroding coastline in the world, due to the soft composition of the boulder clay cliffs. However, due to climate change, which has accelerated sea level rise and the frequency and intens... Read More about INtergenerational Stories of Erosion and Coastal community Understanding of REsilience.

Long-PCR Study of Root-knot Nematodes Nov 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are endo-parasites that cause significant economic damage to almost all food crops. There are several quarantine, regulated and EPPO listed species and this group of pathogenic nematodes are routinely intercepte... Read More about Long-PCR Study of Root-knot Nematodes.

A comprehensive offshore wind resource assessment for a smooth near-term transition towards offshore wind farm deployment in Kuwait Nov 2, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025
Total Project Value: £27,085

Roleplay Evaluation for the Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme Jan 4, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022

THYME: Improvement of an AD biogas production by application of a biogas upgrading process. Jul 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022
The proposal addresses one of the possible options to improve an anaerobic digestion (AD) biogas generation efficiency by development, optimisation and application of a biogas upgrading process.
A biogas upgrading process proposed for development i... Read More about THYME: Improvement of an AD biogas production by application of a biogas upgrading process..

Implementing Measures For Sustainable Estuaries Oct 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2023
Building on previous EU funded projects, IMMERSE aims, through a series of research strands, to deliver: a range of practical solutions to key areas of estuairne management (e.g. methods for compensating habitat loss, reduction in tidal amplitude fro... Read More about Implementing Measures For Sustainable Estuaries.

Green Toolkit for a New Space Economy May 16, 2022 - Aug 15, 2022
*Retrospective award from successful pitch*

To design a rigorous toolkit enabling industry to evaluate the social and environmental impact of the entire lifecycle of space projects. The toolkit would benefit industry, governments and users by offe... Read More about Green Toolkit for a New Space Economy.

Novel pigmentation genes prevent sexual harassment in swarming locusts. Dec 1, 2023 - Nov 30, 2024
A small pilot project to gather sequence data for locust pigmentation genes.

Development of ultrasound enabled highly efficient technologies for hydrogen production and storage Oct 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2027
This is a fully funded international PhD Studentship with a total fund of 7,239,369 Philippine peso (~£103,780) for a duration of 3 years 7 months, i.e., from 10 September 2023 to 15 April 2027.

This PhD Studentship is awarded to Mr Khareljoy Sung... Read More about Development of ultrasound enabled highly efficient technologies for hydrogen production and storage.

ECPE PPF: Getting the Plastics Circular Economy Message Out: Arts Research and Performance as a Route to Shared Arts and Science Impact and Engagement Nov 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020

HedgeHunters book research Sep 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2022
This project is working with the Volunteen section of East Riding Voluntary Action Service (ERVAS) and the Green Influencers team which is funded by iWill and Ernest Cook Trust.
It is an aligned research project of the broader Hedgerows funded proje... Read More about HedgeHunters book research.

NERC Researcher Engaged Academy Mar 15, 2022 - Jan 12, 2023
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Researcher Engage Academy is a 9-month online and experiential learning academy for environmental science researchers and project staff, either funded by NERC or working in research teams and/or institu... Read More about NERC Researcher Engaged Academy.

On the Edge: a co-created exploration of young people’s eco-anxiety in the face of climate uncertainty Jul 1, 2021 - May 30, 2022
On the Edge is an innovation theatrical and digital intervention which brings together research experts, artists and young people in order to explore young people’s eco-anxiety and empower them in the face of human-induced climate change. It stems fr... Read More about On the Edge: a co-created exploration of young people’s eco-anxiety in the face of climate uncertainty.

INSITE Synthesis - Connectivity of Hard Substrate Assemblages in the North Sea (CHASANS) Jan 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022

Barcoding Magmas: applying machine learning in zircon geochemistry to increase provenance accuracy Nov 1, 2022 - Apr 30, 2024
Provenance studies analyse minerals in sedimentary successions to ascertain the source of that material in order to reconstruct past environments & climate as well as assessing the suitability of the sediment for resource exploration or carbon captur... Read More about Barcoding Magmas: applying machine learning in zircon geochemistry to increase provenance accuracy.

Meltwater driven sediment delivery into a glacier-fed fjord, Greenland (MELT) Jan 31, 2022 - Jan 30, 2023
We endeavor to investigate the impact of the increase in glacial meltwater discharge from the Greenland Ice Sheet upon the glaciated fjord estuaries in southern Greenland where Greenland’s largest turbid meltwater plume persists each summer. Our rese... Read More about Meltwater driven sediment delivery into a glacier-fed fjord, Greenland (MELT).