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Reference Number	NE/H000305/1
Title	The NERC Earth System Science Graduate School
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission, Nuclear supporting technologies) 2%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Other oil and gas) 2%; Not Energy Related 90%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 storage) 2%; Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts) 4%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 90%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 5%; Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 5%;
Principal Investigator	Dr A (Andrea ) Jackson No email address given School of Earth and Environment University of Leeds
Award Type	1
Funding Source	NERC
Start Date	08 May 2009
End Date	07 May 2013
Duration	48 months
Total Grant Value	£156,185
Industrial Sectors	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors; Transport Systems and Vehicles
Region	Yorkshire & Humberside
Programme
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Dr A (Andrea ) Jackson , School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds (99.999%)
	Other Investigator	Prof S (Stephen ) Mobbs , School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds (0.001%)
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Objectives	(a) To provide NERC early career researchers with a broadly-based, multi-disciplinary training in the science of the whole natural Earth System, including the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere and stressing in particular how the components of the system interact. (b) To allow earlycareer researchers to gain an understanding of how how human activities have interacted with the natural environment through time. (c) To provide training (including hands-on experience) to early career researchers of the diversity of scientific research methodologies which have led to and continue to drive development of our understanding of Earth System processes. (d) To build strong and cohesive communities of multi-disciplinary researchers whose members will in the future be well equipped to bring together the range of expertise needed to advance Earth System science.
Abstract	The National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) will coordinate the NERC Earth System Science Graduate School (NESSGS) on behalf of a consortium of NERC Research and Collaborative Centres and strong university departments. The school will provide NERC-funded research students and other early career researchers with a broad and in-depth foundation in the scientific concepts of Earth System Science (ESS) and its applications. The consortium has broad representations across the disciplines of earth, marine, terrestrial, atmospheric and polar science and will draw on its international reputation in integrative science, including earth observation, climate science, whole earth system modelling, the water and biogeochemical cycles, biodiversity, environmental sustainability, energy and policy making. The school will include formal lectures, workshops, group work, presentations, practicalexercises, field observations. There will be a strong emphasis on student participation and community building, with a strong intention of creating lasting networks. As internationally leading research organisations in their own right, the partners are able to be adaptable in varying specific themes from year to year and have large networks of international collaborators available to contribute to the teaching. Through provision of this summer school, the consortium will ensure that NERC can be confident that its research students have access to world leading research training in ESS wherever they are based.
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Added to Database	22/03/11