Recent Grants
Recent Grants & Fellowships
Current
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2010-2011 |
Enhancing Water for Food: poverty reduction through improved management of ecosystem services for sustainable food production in sub-Saharan Africa awarding body: Natural Environment Research Council (ESPA PPD, No. NE/I00386X/1) PIs: Professor Nuwagaba (Makerere University) & Dr. R.G. Taylor (UCL) amount awarded: £48K |
| 2010-2011 | Groundwater resilience to climate change in Africa awarding body: Department for International Development (Ref. GA/09F/094) PIs: Dr. A. MacDonald (BGS), R. Calow (ODI), Dr. R.G. Taylor (UCL) amount awarded: £284K |
| 2007-2010 | Global-scale impacts of climate change: an integrated multi-sectoral assessment awarding body: Natural Environment Research Council (QUEST Theme 3, No. NE/E001890/1) PIs: Dr. R. Taylor, Dr. M. Todd, J. Thompson (UCL) (consortium led by Professor N. Arnell, Walker Institute, University of Reading) amount awarded: £1750K (£177K to UCL) |
Completed
| 2007-2008 | Hydrological implications of deglaciation in the Rwenzori Mountains of East Africa awarding body: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Small Research Grants Programme with the Royal Geographical Society, Ref. 01/07) PI: Dr. R. Taylor amount awarded: £2.9K |
| 2004-2005 | Assessing the impacts of climate change and variability on water resources in Uganda: developing an integrated approach at the sub-regional scale awarding body: START Africa Small Grants Programme (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, World Climate Research Programme, International Human Dimensions Programme on global environmental change, project ref. 202 457 5859) PIs: Dr. Charles Basalirwa (Makerere University), Dr. R. Taylor (UCL) amount awarded: £12.5K |
| 2003-2004 | Climate change and the aquatic ecosystems of the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda awarding body: Royal Geographical Society (co-winner Ralph Brown Award 2003) PIs: Drs. R. Taylor, N. Rose, A.W. Mackay (UCL) amount awarded: £7.5K |
| 2002-2005 | Assessing and Improving Sustainability of Urban Water Resources and Systems awarding body: European Union (Ref. EVK1-CT-2002-00110-AISUWRS, subcontract from Surrey University) PIs: Dr. Mathias Eiswirth (Universität Karlsruhe) amount awarded: £1070K (£5K to UCL) |
| 2004 | Late Holocene changes in alpine vegetation of the Rwenzori Mountains awarding body: The Royal Society (Study Visit Grant, Dr. I. Ssemmanda, Makerere University) PIs: Drs. A.W. Mackay, R. Taylor (UCL) |
| 2003 | Climate change and the aquatic ecosystems of the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda awarding body: The Royal Society (Study Visit Grant) PIs: Dr. R. Taylor (UCL) |
| 2001-2002 | Canada-UK Millennium Fellowship awarding body: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada PIs: Dr. R. Taylor (UCL) amount awarded: £5K |
| 2000-2002 | Impact and sustainability of intensive groundwater abstraction from deeply weathered aquifer systems awarding body: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Ref. PDF-230770-2000) PIs: Dr. R. Taylor amount awarded: £35K |
| 1999 | Contaminant transport in weathered crystalline rock aquifers awarding body: Department for International Development (supplementary grant to ARGOSS project) PIs: Dr. R. Taylor, Dr. M.H. Barrett (Surrey University), Dr. D. Macdonald (British Geological Survey), Dr. M. Nalubega (Makerere University amount awarded: £15K |
| 1994-1996 | Sustainability and suitability of shallow groundwater development in the weathered overburden of Uganda awarding body: International Development Research Centre Canada, Young Canadian Researcher's Award PIs: Dr. R. Taylor amount awarded: £6K |

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