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Current projects

Title Funder Start date End date
Quantifying the impact of restoration on peatland aquatic organic matter, microbial communities and greenhouse gas emissions NERC 1 December 2023 28 February 2030
Digital Twinning Research Hub for Decarbonising Transport EPSRC 1 July 2024 30 June 2029
The Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET) NERC 1 April 2002 31 March 2029
Climate Recovery and Adaptation potential of Forests in the Tropics (CRAFT) UK Research and Innovation 1 March 2024 31 December 2028
Supergen Energy Networks Hub 2023 EPSRC 1 October 2023 30 September 2028
Antheia: Multi-decadal monitoring of open water cover on northern peatlands NERC 17 February 2025 16 August 2028
INFUZE (Inspiring Futures for Zero Carbon Mobility) EPSRC 1 August 2024 1 August 2028
Place Theme - Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 July 2023 1 July 2028
Governance Theme - Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 July 2023 1 July 2028
Examining the biological mechanisms that underlie the drive to eat in humans UK Research and Innovation 1 June 2024 31 May 2028
ESRC IAA 2023-2028 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 April 2023 31 March 2028
The Indigenous Peoples Observatory Network (IPON): The Climate-Food-Health Nexus 1 October 2024 1 October 2027
The End of the Amazon Carbon Sink? (AMSINK) NERC 1 October 2023 30 September 2027
Novel satellite and modelling studies to assess wildfire emission impacts on air quality and climate 1 October 2023 30 September 2027
Transforming essential provision systems through eco-social corridors (HABITATION-CORRIDORS) 15 September 2024 31 August 2027
AI-Optimised Fermentation for Sustainable Protein Production from Food Side Streams 1 February 2024 31 July 2027
Amazon-SOS: a Safe Operating Space for Amazonian Forests NERC 1 February 2024 31 July 2027
Deconstructing landscape legacies of cataclysmic mass flows (SuperSlug) NERC 1 July 2024 30 July 2027
Enhancing Novice Drivers' Safety: Innovative Training to Improve Hazard Anticipation Skills 1 June 2024 30 May 2027
Biodiversity and Community Resilience in the Omo Valley (BIOM) Alliance 16 May 2022 15 May 2027
Elucidating mechanisms underlying multivalency modulating lectin-glycan binding and assembly properties-implications for lectin function regulation 1 May 2024 30 April 2027
The first self-consistent dynamical simulations of asteroid dynamos 1 April 2024 31 March 2027
COMMONPATHS. Commonification: transition pathways for urban sustainability 1 April 2023 31 March 2027
Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 February 2022 31 January 2027
Synergy European Research Council (ERC) 1 February 2022 31 January 2027
iSPARK: innovation in sustainability, policy, adaptation and resilience in Kenya 1 January 2024 31 December 2026
Contrail Assessment of Future Aircraft and Propulsion Architectures NERC 10 May 2024 31 December 2026
Air-pollution innovation in regional-forecasts utilising operational satellite applications and technologies (AIRSAT) NERC 1 January 2024 31 December 2026
MAGICA - Modelling Aviation Global climate Impacts from Contrails and Aerosols NERC 10 May 2024 31 December 2026
Tackling the Arctic Cloud Problem NERC 1 January 2022 31 December 2026
UK SWAIS 2C NERC 1 January 2024 31 December 2026
Investigating HALocarbon impacts on the global Environment (InHALE) NERC 1 December 2022 30 November 2026
WaterLANDS EU Horizon 2020 1 December 2021 30 November 2026
Gender, Generation and Climate Change (GENERATE): Creative Approaches to Building Inclusive and Climate-Resilient Cities in Uganda and Indonesia UK Research and Innovation 1 May 2019 14 November 2026
Breaking the plate – intraslab earthquakes Royal Society 8 November 2023 8 November 2026
Analytics for Demand Responsive Online Intelligent Transport EPSRC 4 September 2023 4 September 2026
Analytics for Demand Responsive Online Intelligent Transport (ADROIT) EPSRC 4 September 2023 3 September 2026
Sink or swim – threats to earthworm diversity due to flooding Leverhulme Trust 1 September 2024 31 August 2026
Greenland ice marginal lake evolution as a driver of ice sheet change - how important are rising lake temperatures? NERC 9 January 2023 31 August 2026
Gigante: Quantifying and upscaling the causes and drivers of death for giant tropical trees NERC 9 January 2023 31 August 2026
Convective Cloud Dynamics and Turbulence Interactions with Microphysical Processes and the Atmospheric Environment (CLOUDY TIME) UK Research and Innovation 10 February 2023 9 August 2026
Soil carbon and climate warming in tropical forests: using experimentation and elevation to reveal responses across space and time NERC 15 June 2021 15 June 2026
Constraining the current and future carbon dynamics of the dry tropics NERC 1 May 2021 30 April 2026
Co-creating visions and pathways for integrated urban heat systems EPSRC 1 August 2018 31 March 2026
Improving Soil Health and Water Quality through increased farmer awareness and adoption of best management practices 1 June 2022 30 March 2026
Towards an economy for sustainable well-being: Integrated policies and transformative indicators (ToBe) 1 March 2023 28 February 2026
Food in Primary Schools – studying children’s real-world food choice and dietary behaviour (FiPS study) 8 February 2024 7 February 2026
Green AWARE: Greenspace Access, Wellbeing, and Resident Equality ESRC 1 June 2024 31 January 2026
Improving Resilience in Supply Chains (as part of the H3 – Healthy Soil, Healthy Food, Healthy People Consortium) UK Research and Innovation 1 February 2023 31 December 2025
Beyond 1D Structure of Earth's Core - Reconciling Inferences from Seismic and Geomagnetic Observations NERC 1 January 2023 31 December 2025
Monitoring and characterising three subglacial Lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet (SLIDE) NERC 1 January 2023 31 December 2025
Smart assessment, management and optimisation of urban geothermal resources (SmartRes) NERC 1 December 2022 30 November 2025
Increasing UK Dietary Fibre - The Case for the Great White British Loaf BBSRC/NERC, Molecules to Landscapes 1 October 2022 31 October 2025
Integrated Analysis of Social Media and Hedonic House Prices for Neighbourhood Change (INTEGRATE) ESRC 1 October 2024 1 October 2025
AdvanceYeastProt- Advanced and sustainable yeast-based novel food, grown in bio-scaffolds for a high- structured and protein rich product 1 October 2023 30 September 2025
UK-EONS 18 January 2024 30 September 2025
MOAP NG-ARCH 1 April 2024 30 September 2025
City-centered approach to catalyze nature-based solutions through the EU Regenerative Urban Lighthouse for pollution alleviation and regenerative development (UPSURGE) EU Horizon 2020 1 September 2021 31 August 2025
Building UK capability to deliver innovative alternative proteins Innovate UK 1 September 2023 31 August 2025
Development of an innovative plant-based burger with properties like a beef burger for the plant-based and flexitarian market Innovate UK 1 September 2023 31 August 2025
PolarRes EU Horizon 2020 1 September 2021 31 August 2025
SusProFood: Optimising development of SUStainable functional fibre-rich FOODs fortified with plant PROteins Innovate UK 1 September 2023 31 August 2025
FoSTA Health 1 October 2022 30 August 2025
AI-Optimised Fermentation for Sustainable Protein Production from Food Waste 14 February 2024 13 August 2025
Utilising open data to enhance park safety for women and girls in Bradford 1 October 2024 31 July 2025
Sustaining tropical forest monitoring for biomass flux estimation and prediction 6 January 2023 30 June 2025
FAME 1 July 2023 30 June 2025
Productive & Inclusive Net Zero (PRINZ) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 July 2022 26 June 2025
Elements and Architecture in Deep Water Turbidite Systems Wintershall Dea 1 June 2021 31 May 2025
ARCWISE: Arctic Resilience, Climate Adaptation, and Indigenous Wisdom for Sustainable Ecosystems NERC 1 April 2024 31 March 2025
Traffic safety culture to improve road safety in West Yorkshire UK Research and Innovation 1 April 2024 31 March 2025
AerosoL heterogeneous Processing as a source of oxidants in Cold winter Atmospheres: application to Alaska and UK (ALPACA-UK) NERC 1 April 2022 31 March 2025
Community-based monitoring of emission reductions from sustainable management of Amazonian peatlands to support Peru's Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement 1 March 2024 31 March 2025
GreenSpace 1 January 2023 31 March 2025
SNAPP – Sustainable Nutrition for Animal Protein Productivity. Innovate UK 1 April 2023 31 March 2025
Plant physiological Effect on Amazon Moisture Budget 1 October 2024 31 March 2025
Hydrological cycle responses to land use change and climate change over Brazil 1 April 2024 31 March 2025
Earth's core as a layered system NERC 1 April 2021 31 March 2025
Capture, recycling and societal management of phosphorus in the environment (ReCAP) EU Marie Curie 1 March 2021 1 March 2025
Creating a low carbon, environmentally sustainable and socially just value chain for rare earth magnets Innovate UK 1 March 2024 28 February 2025
Healthy and environmentally sustainable foods for infants and young children: taking a close look at commercial babyfoods and listening to families 1 June 2024 28 February 2025
RecaP: Capture, recycling and societal management of phosphorus in the environment EU Marie Curie 1 March 2021 28 February 2025
RoboHog: developing an in vitro gut model system of the porcine hindgut 1 February 2023 31 January 2025
Compositional analysis of Southern high latitude ice-nucleating particles NERC 22 July 2024 17 January 2025
Drivers and Repercussions of UK Insect Declines (DRUID) NERC 4 January 2021 3 January 2025
Health Inequalities in the Food System; Fibre intake in Adolescents 3 July 2023 31 December 2024
Building Systemic Resilience against Climate Variability and Extremes (ClimBeR) 20 September 2021 31 December 2024
Assessing Legacies of Past Human Activities in Amazonia 1 January 2020 31 December 2024
JOSTICE Natural and societal consequences of climate-forced changes of Jostedalsbreen Ice Cap 1 January 2020 31 December 2024
Enhancing Agri-Food Transparent Sustainability (EATS) EPSRC 1 January 2022 31 December 2024
ESCoE: Net-zero, climate change and the environment - measurement of environmental footprints and the circular economy 10 January 2024 31 December 2024
Nanoparticle Emissions From The Transport Sector: Health and Policy Impacts EU Horizon 2020 1 June 2021 30 November 2024

Past projects

Title Funder Start date End date
Transnational Families in Europe: Care, inequalities and wellbeing ESRC 1 June 2021 20 November 2024
TOZCA – Towards Zero Carbon Aviation EPSRC 1 November 2021 1 November 2024
Future Flight in Place Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 October 2023 31 October 2024
Correction of the Phase Bias in the Sentinel-1 Generated Interferograms European Space Agency 1 May 2023 31 October 2024
NEXt generation activity and travel behavioUr modelS: Bringing together choice modelling, data science and ubiquitous computing (NEXUS) UK Research and Innovation 15 October 2020 14 October 2024
Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) ESRC 1 April 2022 30 September 2024
Barriers to more and better translocations 4 March 2024 1 September 2024
4D Earth Swarm European Space Agency 1 September 2019 31 August 2024
Network for Innovative Sustainable Transportation Co-Simulation (NIST-CS) - Second Stage 1 April 2013 31 August 2024
Evaluation of the Ministry of Food Schools programme on cooking confidence, food literacy and dietary behaviour 1 July 2023 31 August 2024
Meeting the Paris Agreement on Climate: Exploiting Earth System Models to determine the role of future land-use change NERC 1 September 2019 31 August 2024
ADVANCE NERC 1 June 2020 31 August 2024
Can Antarctic dust and biology be aerosolised and affect the region’s clouds and climate? NERC 8 July 2024 16 August 2024
Scaling up place-based food initiatives 1 October 2023 31 July 2024
EMBARC: Enhancing Models of Behavioural and Attitudinal Relative Changes 1 September 2023 31 July 2024
Tipping points of traffic delay 1 October 2023 31 July 2024
Finding Healthy Online 22 January 2024 22 July 2024
E-Drone EPSRC 1 January 2021 30 June 2024
Species Responses to Climate Change in the Amazon To Andes Region 1 October 2020 9 June 2024
Ecosystem Recovery Following the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction NERC 1 June 2023 31 May 2024
Acousto-optic cell for off-line SAXS instrument 4 May 2022 3 May 2024
Woodland biodiversity for human health and wellbeing across Britain 17 April 2023 31 March 2024
Connected Everything II: Accelerating Digital Manufacturing Research Collaboration and Innovation EPSRC 1 December 2019 29 February 2024
Contaminants of emerging concern in agricultural systems: a risk to soil and plant health? UK Research and Innovation 31 January 2020 30 January 2024
COMMOTIONS (Computational Models of Traffic Interactions for Testing of Automated Vehicles) EPSRC 1 July 2019 31 December 2023
Food Systems Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa) UK Research and Innovation 1 January 2021 31 December 2023
Adaptation to Imperfect Steering Assistant (AISA) 1 March 2023 31 December 2023
A microfluidic device for quantification of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles (FluidIce) NERC 1 November 2022 31 October 2023
SELECTAR - Selection for antimicrobial resistance by antimicrobial production waste NERC 31 October 2020 31 October 2023
The impact of the Environment and Pollution On Cognitive Health (EPOCH): Building the knowledge base through international collaboration 1 October 2020 1 October 2023
Train unit capacity strengthening optimisation using RS-opt 1 February 2023 30 September 2023
Contrasting the ice-nucleating activity of Northern and Southern high latitude dusts NERC 3 July 2023 27 September 2023
SO-ICE European Space Agency 1 September 2021 31 August 2023
TRANSITION Clean Air Network, Leeds Subcontract NERC 1 September 2020 31 August 2023
BESTMAP - Behavioural, Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy EU Horizon 2020 1 September 2019 31 August 2023
Does dust from Antarctica make ice in clouds and influence global climate? NERC 12 July 2023 22 August 2023
Addressing health inequalities in Leeds: A pilot healthy eating intervention evaluation with a Third Sector Community Organisation and people from African Caribbean communities 1 December 2022 31 July 2023
Food hubs for Food Security, Health, Inclusive Growth and Sustainability Research England 1 November 2021 29 July 2023
Assessing Agroecology Benefits and Novel Chemical and AMR Risks in Adopting a Sanitation-Agriculture Circular Economy BBSRC/NERC, Molecules to Landscapes 1 July 2022 1 July 2023
Assessing the opportunities for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) to transform terrestrial biodiversity monitoring EPSRC 1 March 2023 30 June 2023
Documenting Climate Change at the Margins Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 14 June 2022 14 June 2023
ADAS User Attentiveness Department for Transport 1 July 2022 11 June 2023
Understanding rising seas and ice by linking coupled models and past climates (RISICMAP19) NERC 1 December 2020 31 May 2023
No.10 Data Science Fellowship ESRC 1 November 2021 30 April 2023
CruSHH - Crustacean Shell protein-derived Peptides for Hearth Health 1 April 2022 31 March 2023
Cascading consequences of hunting and fishing for ecosystem services in Amazonian forest Research Council of Norway 1 April 2019 31 March 2023
Tropospheric Ozone and Climate Interactions in the Satellite Era (TOCISE) European Space Agency 1 March 2021 28 February 2023
Responsible Automation for Inclusive Mobility (RAIM): Using AI to Develop Future Transport Systems that Meet the Needs of Ageing Populations Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 February 2020 31 January 2023
Financial Inclusion and Digital Connectivity in Refugee Governance ESRC 13 January 2020 12 January 2023
Plant-based egg Innovate UK 5 July 2021 4 January 2023
SPADE – Soil Pollution Assessment Delivery Research England 1 January 2022 30 November 2022
Assisted Very Short Term Planning RSSB 1 April 2020 30 November 2022
Knowledge Exchange Fellowship in Community Resilience ESRC 1 June 2022 18 November 2022
Study and characterization of cushuro proteins and polysaccharides ('Nostoc commune') from the Cotaparaco-Recuay lagoon, Áncash, for the development of functional foods and contribution to reduce children malnutrition National Programme for Innovation in Fisheries and Aquaculture (PNIPA) Peru 1 October 2020 30 September 2022
Aflatoxin exposure assessment in home-based peanut oil consumers and biomarkers of early health effects The Academy of Medical Sciences 1 February 2020 31 July 2022
Rail Openings Appraisal: Review and development of appraisal practice for new railway lines, stations and services RSSB 1 August 2020 30 June 2022
HiTRANS Mobility as a Service 1 April 2020 30 June 2022
Optimising the Design, Maintenance and Operation of Branch Lines RSSB 1 March 2021 30 June 2022
Urban Transport Modelling for Sustainable Well-Being in Hanoi British Academy 18 November 2019 8 June 2022
WatPop: understanding seasonal population change - Spatiotemporal population research utilising water meter data ESRC 1 June 2020 31 May 2022
CONSOLE: CONtract SOLutions for Effective and lasting delivery of agri-environmental-climate public goods by EU agriculture and forestry EU Horizon 2020 1 May 2019 30 April 2022
Towards an adaptive and Intelligent automatic train operations (A.I. – ATO) Royal Academy of Engineering 15 April 2020 15 April 2022
Interoperable Simulator Phase 3 EPSRC 1 June 2021 31 March 2022
Farmers' perspectives on challenges in the food system: a collaborative research partnership AHRC 11 December 2019 31 March 2022
Severe Precipitation In South East Asia (SPISEA) Newton Fund 1 April 2020 31 March 2022
Strategy and action plan for electrification of public transport and intermediate public transport in India cities 15 February 2021 28 February 2022
Corridor Talk: Conservation Humanities and the Future of Europe’s National Parks AHRC 1 March 2019 28 February 2022
ARBOLES: A trait-based Understanding of LATAM Forest Biodiversity and Resilience NERC 1 February 2019 31 January 2022
Research skills for nutrition-sensitive food systems to reduce hunger, malnutrition and health inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa 1 February 2020 31 December 2021
Peruvian Glacier Retreat and its Impact on Water Security (Peru GROWS) NERC 10 February 2019 9 December 2021
PEGASUS: Producing EnerGy and preventing hAzards from SUrface water Storage in Peru NERC 10 February 2019 9 December 2021
Peruvian Glacier Retreat and its Impact on Water Security (Peru GROWS) NERC 1 February 2019 9 December 2021
YES TO Net Zero (Youth, Education, Skills and Training to Operationalise Net Zero) UK Research and Innovation 20 November 2020 19 November 2021
Modelling the exposure risk tradeoff between public transit and private paratransit for transport decision making in the era of Covid19 EPSRC 27 October 2020 26 October 2021
ARCADE EU Horizon 2020 1 October 2018 1 October 2021
Strategies to attract rail passengers back after the COVID pandemic RSSB 1 October 2020 30 June 2021
The Green Path to Recovery: Towards a Participatory and Place-Based Economy 1 October 2020 31 May 2021
CHN19/3: Aerosol effects on Chinese regional climate dynamics; RG.EVEA.119934 1 April 2020 31 May 2021
Residual values and appraisal period in multimodal transport appraisal Department for Transport 1 January 2021 30 April 2021
Optimising the FIT Food online game app to promote the acquisition of skills and knowledge in nutrition and healthy food choice behaviours among users ESRC 1 October 2020 31 March 2021
NCS project (National Covid Study) 1 November 2020 31 March 2021
Modelling the links between transport, air quality and COVID-19 spread using naturalistic data from Dhaka, Bangladesh DFID 15 October 2020 15 March 2021
Harnessing multiple benefits from resilient mangrove systems Newton Fund 1 September 2017 28 February 2021
Analysis of ice-nucleating particles and their biological content in the eastern Mediterranean using microfluidic devices 12 June 2017 11 June 2019
FAmiSHEd: Interactions between Food wAste, Surplus and HungEr 1 December 2018 31 May 2019
Using Minecraft to teach microanalytical chemistry to school students 4 April 2016 1 July 2016
TRANSAS: COVID-19 Transport, Travel and Social Adaptation Study UK Research and Innovation May 2020 July 2023
Sustainable ingredients for the plant-based food market Innovate UK 1 November 2021 01.04.2023
Plant sterols as modifiers of oxysterol metabolism in triple negative breast cancer relapse 1 October 2017 ongoing
Optimization and demonstration of a sustainable bioprocess for extraction of value-added food supplements and ingredients from crustacean waste resource (TAMFI) Innovate UK 01/11/2019 31/10/2021
OASES (Outcomes Assessment of Sensory Education in Schools) EU Horizon 2020 1 October 2018 12 October 2022
Developing healthy eating recipe resources for African Caribbean multicultural communities in Leeds LeedsACTS! June 2021 March 2022
Cholesterol metabolism as a functional biomarker of triple negative breast cancer relapse 1 January 2017 open
System-science Informed Public Health and Economic Research for Non-communicable Disease Prevention (the SIPHER Consortium) 16 September 0019 15 September 0024