Grants

Research funding from competitive grants as lead Chief Investigator

Total funding from research grants and fellowships as lead Chief Investigator in excess of $2.7 M since 1996.

 

Major ARC Grants (Lead CI):

ARC Federation Fellowship, 2005-2009: Genesis of Australian climate extremes in the Southern Hemisphere extratropical ocean-atmosphere, $1,515,000 + matching support from UNSW.

ARC-Discovery, 2006-2008: Abrupt Southern Hemisphere climate change: the role of the Southern Ocean thermohaline circulation, $270,000.

ARC Discovery, 2005-2007: Australian climate extremes and predictability in a changing CO2 world: the unique role of the Southern Hemisphere extratropical ocean-atmosphere, $225,000.

ARC-CSIRO Linkage, (APF: B. McNeil), 2003-2005: Southern Ocean anthropogenic CO2 uptake, $193,035.

ARC QEII Fellowship, 1998-2002: Circulation and variability in the Southern Ocean and its influence on Australian climate, $407,902 (Salary + 26% on-costs + $52,500 project costs).

ARC Large Grant, 2001-2003: Midlatitude variability in the Southern Ocean and its influence on Australian climate, $164,200.

 

Other grants (Lead CI):

CSIRO Flagship Fellowship, 2005: The Southern Annular Mode and Australian Climate, $72,000

Australian Antarctic Science Grant, 2004: Variability and stability of Antarctic Bottom Water, $80,000

ARC-Linkage International Award, 2005: Southern Ocean circulation in a ¼ degree global model, (with A-M. Treguier), $14,000

UNSW Goldstar Award, 2004: Natural variability of Southern Ocean water-masses, $30,000.

UNSW Faculty Research Grant, 2003: $15,000

UNSW UPRS, 2002: Southern Ocean water-masses: stability, variability and long-term change, $15,000

ARC Small Grant, 2000: A Southern Ocean Model Intercomparison Project, $11,000

ARC Small Grant, 1999: A Global Ocean Model Intercomparison Project, $9,000

Australian Academy of Science, 1997: Formation and stability of Antarctic Bottom Water, $7,000

ARC Small Grant, 1997: Circulation, dynamics and water-mass formation in the Southern Ocean, $20,000

ARC Small Grant, 1996: Topographic effects in ocean circulation models, $12,000

UNSW VC's Research Fellowship, 1995-1997: $163,000 (Salary + on-costs + $15,000 project costs)

 

Research funding from competitive grants as co-Chief Investigator

ARC Network, 2005-2009: The Australian Research Council Earth System Science Network, (Convenor, A. J. Pitman), $390,000 per annum for 5 years.