Research Grants

Research Grants and other awards

Funding source	Title	Brief summary of role	Value	Start	End
NERC	Using Observational Evidence and Process Understanding to Improve Predictions of Extreme Rainfall Change	Principal Investigator	£415,632	Jan 2011	Jun 2014
EU FP7	ECLISE: Enabling CLimate Information Services for Europe	Principal Investigator at Newcastle University	£180,357	2011	2014
British Council	Development of water scarcity management strategies based on seasonal flow forecasting through improved understanding of snowmelt runoff mechanisms in the Upper Indus Basin	Principal Investigator	£74,908	Apr 2009	Mar 2012
EPSRC Platform Grant	Earth systems engineering: sustainable systems engineering for adapting to global change	Co-Investigator	£1,345,579	Oct 2008	Sep 2013
British Council	Seasonal hydrological forecasting for water resources management in the Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalaya region (upper Indus basin)	Principal Investigator	£35,642	Jul 2008	Mar 2011
EPSRC	SWERVE (Severe Weather Event Risk and Vulnerability Estimator)	Principal Investigator	£558,445	Feb 2008	Nov 2011
DEFRA	UKCIP08 Weather Generator	Co-Investigator	£155,376	Jan 2007	Dec 2009
NERC FREE	FRACAS: a next generation national Flood Risk Assessment under climate ChAnge Scenarios	Co-Investigator	£244,058	Jan 2007	Jul 2010
NERC Postdoctoral Fellowship	Is flood risk increasing? Exploring the relationship between atmospheric circulation, extreme rainfall and flooding	Principal Investigator	£211,710	Oct 2006	Sep 2009
European Framework VI STREP	FOOTPRINT	Principal Investigator at Newcastle University	£27,600	Jan 2006	Dec 2008
European Framework VI Integrated Project (505428 (GOCE))	AquaTerra “Integrated modelling of the river-sediment-soil-groundwater system; advanced tools for the management of catchment areas and river basins in the context of global change”	Principal Investigator at Newcastle University and leading the HYDRO sub-project within the IP (worth €1M). Member of the project Steering Committee.	£250,000	Jun 2004	May 2009
Environment Agency (14490 R&D (X1-045/5)	Environmental Effects of Agriculture & Land Use: Weather Generator Tool	Co-Investigator		Apr 2005	Apr 2006
EPSRC/UKCIP	BETWIXT “Rainfall scenarios for climate change in the Built Environment”	Named Researcher		Dec 2003	Feb 2006
European Framework V	SWURVE “Sustainable Water, Uncertainty, Risk and Vulnerability in Europe”	Named Researcher		Jan 2000	Feb 2004

Other Awards

May 2007, £200 + conference registration, Fowler, BA, Travel Grant to attend a science communication event on Climate Change.
April 2006, £400, Fowler, Travel Grant from BHS to attend the European Geophysical Union meeting in Vienna, April 2006.
Royal Society MP-Scientist pairing scheme awardee, 2004.
CRUCIBLE fellowship, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, 2004.
April 2005, £550, Fowler, Travel Grant from the BHS’s Exeter Fund to attend the VIIth IAHS Scientific Assembly, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 3-9 April 2005.
April 2005, £1360, Fowler, Royal Society Conference Grant to attend the VIIth IAHS Scientific Assembly, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 3-9 April 2005.
January 2004, £450, Fowler, Young Person’s Fellowship from the Environment Agency to attend the BHS International Conference on Hydrology: Science & Practice for the 21st Century, London, 12-16 July 2004.
September 2000, $700, Fowler, American Geophysical Union Travel Grant to attend the AGU Chapman Conference on the North Atlantic Oscillation, Vigo, Spain, 28^th November – 1^st December 2000.
September 2000, £400, Fowler, Royal Academy of Engineering Travel Grant to attend the AGU Chapman Conference on the North Atlantic Oscillation, Vigo, Spain, 28^th November – 1^st December 2000.
March 2000, £250, Fowler, British Hydrological Society Travel Grant to attend Hydrology in Scotland 2000, Dundee University, 22-23^rd March, 2000.