Biodiversity & Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS)

Awards, facts and figures

Timing

2011 - 2015

Can I apply for a grant?

No, there are no current grant funding opportunities for this programme.

Budget

This programme has a budget of £13m.

Programme awards

Consortium Grants

The BESS consortia projects will establish the research platforms and address the core aims of the programme. Five consortium grants were funded. All but one were joint awards, so a total of 27 grants were awarded, detailed below.

BESS funded consortium grants (69KB)

Live grants data

Award details are shown in our online grants browser - Grants on the Web (GOTW).

View details of funded applications

Please note, as GOTW is linked to our live grants system, if there are amendments being made to a grant it will not be shown on the GOTW list during this period of amendment.

Studentships

Five studentships have been awarded:

Plymouth Marine Laboratory and University of St Andrews - The impact of multiple climate stressors on coastal biodiversity and associated ecosystem services
University of Sheffield - Cultural and educational services from green space: Environmental and social determinants (CASE award)
University of York and University of Cardiff - The effects of storminess on coastal ecosystem services and wellbeing
Cranfield University - Matching scales: Impact of natural scales on planning, decision and policy environment
University of Sheffield and University of Bradford - Ecological priorities and real-world governance in the restoration of wetlands in the Humberhead Levels landscape: Do they differ and how can this be overcome?

BESS funded studentships (79KB)