The CRU Gravy Train
October 31, 2011
The Climate Research Unit at the University of Mickey Mouse East Anglia has clocked up grants worth over £1.6 million over the last year or so for various research projects to do with climate change. No prizes for guessing who gets to pay the bill.
I sometimes wonder how we used to manage without them.
Below is the full list of recent grants (as at May 2011).
Climatic Research Unit : Research
Recent CRU Grants
| CONTRACT | PI Full Name | GRANTS.TITLE | VALUE | PMA Ref | STRT_DATE | END_DATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NERC | Dr KR BRIFFA Dr T OSBORN Dr TM MELVIN |
The dendroclimatic divergence phenomenon: reassessment of causes and implications for climate reconstruction. | £231,441.00 | 17289 | 01/05/2010 | 30/10/2012 |
| EPSRC | Dr KR BRIFFA | Climate Change – Fellow 1 -modelling of the Earth’s climate | £125,000.00 | 12218 | 01/10/2004 | 31/03/2011 |
| CEC (Framework 6) | Dr KR BRIFFA | ECOCHANGE- Challenges in assessing and forecasting biodivesity and ecosystem changes in Europe | £106,423.00 | 14637 | 01/01/2007 | 31/12/2011 |
| CEC (Framework 6) | Ms CM GOODESS & Other | CIRCE (Climate Change and Impact Research): The Mediterranean Environment | £150,102.00 | 14679 | 01/04/2007 | 30/06/2011 |
| BRITISH COUNCIL | Ms CM GOODESS | UKIERI- UK-India Education & Research Initiative – Subcontract from Univeristy of Reading. | £14,321.00 | 15882 | 07/06/2007 | 31/03/2011 |
| CEC (Framework 7) | Ms CM GOODESS Dr RF WARREN |
Climatecost – Full costs of Climate Change | £67,876.00 | 15787 | 01/12/2008 | 31/07/2011 |
| EU Framework 7 | Prof PD JONES | EURO4M – European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring | £318,519.00 | 17349 | 01/04/2010 | 31/03/2014 |
| EPSRC | Prof PD JONES Ms CM GOODESS Prof J Hall (NEWCASTLE) Mr C Kilsny (NEWCASTLE) Dr S Barr (NEWCASTLE) Other Prof M Batty (UCL) |
ARCADIA – Adaptation and Resilience in Cities: Analysis and Decision making using Integrated Assessment. | £132,077.00 | 16803 | 03/09/2009 | 02/09/2012 |
| CEC (Framework 7) | Prof PD JONES Ms CM GOODESS |
CLARIS LPB – Europe-Sout America Network for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies in La Plata Basin. | £82,149.00 | 15579 | 01/10/2008 | 30/09/2012 |
| JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMITTEE | Dr T OSBORN Prof PD JONES Dr KR BRIFFA |
Advanced climate research infrastructure for data (ACRID) | £119,773.00 | 18941 | 01/08/2010 | 31/07/2011 |
| NERC | Dr T OSBORN | Hydrological Cycle Understanding via Process-Based Global Detection, Attribution and prediction (Horyuji PAGODA) | £23,026.00 | 18814 | 01/12/2010 | 30/11/2013 |
| NERC | Dr I RENFREW | Southern hemisphere climate change in an era of ozone recovery. | £259,327.00 | 14665 | 01/03/2007 | 30/04/2011 |
Last updated: May 2011
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
What an amusing list.
Research into why treemometers don’t work – probably won’t be any results from that; nearly £250k down the drain.
Southern hemisphere climate change in an era of ozone recovery: it hasn’t! 2011 ozone hole was bigger than it was 20 years ago and the minimum ozone reached was within one Dobson Unit of the value 20 years ago.
There is no sign whatsoever of any recovery so it may be some time before we see the benefit of that £250k.
I wonder how much grant money they would got if they had said ” Climate Change? What Climate Change?”
Well, at least they are not still trying to hide the decline. They just call it the ‘dendroclimatic divergence phenomenon’.
How can we get into this racket?
Call AGW the bane of our existence. Lie, lie,lie, and lie again. Then apply for a grant to prove your lies.
Thats a lot of money wasted… money governments don’t have.
No but us poor taxpayers do.
The governments are doing their best to correct that problem! 😉
At least they seem to think people living from payday to payday have to much extra cash.
The emperor needs new clothes – it’s getting cold!