This page contains a list of currently active grants in which ICARUS staff and students are involved. In some cases further details can be found on project websites. Otherwise further details can be found by contacting the ICARUS project leads.
ICARUS Climate Research Centre
ToggleA4: Aigéin, Aeráid, & athrú Atlantaigh
ICARUS PI | Dr. Gerard McCarthy. Dr.André Düsterhus, Dr.Levke Caesar, Dr. Stephen Ogungbenro, Samuel Diabate, Catherine O'Beirne, Maeve Upton |
---|---|
Project name | A4: Aigéin, Aeráid, & athrú Atlantaigh |
Grant source | Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and European Regional Development Fund |
Grant amount (total across all partners) | €1,581,418 |
Grant duration | 01/02/2019-31/08/2024 |
ICARUS role | Project Coordinator |
AICBRN.All-Ireland Climate and Biodiversity Research Network
ICARUS PI | Prof. Peter Thorne. Paul O'Connor |
Project name | All-Ireland Climate and Biodiversity Research Network (AICBRN) |
Grant source | The Sunflower Foundation, Community Foundation Ireland |
Grant amount | €38,977 |
Grant duration | June-Dec 2022 |
ICARUS role | Partner |
CROSSDRO. Cross-sectoral impact assessment of droughts in complex European basins
ICARUS PI | Prof. Conor Murphy. |
---|---|
Project name | CROSSDRO. Cross-sectoral impact assessment of droughts in complex European basins |
Grant source | Environmental Protection Agency -JPI |
Grant amount | €225,000 |
Grant duration | 01/09/2019-01/04/2023 |
ICARUS role | Investigator |
C3S2 311 Lot1- Access to a comprehensive archive of historical surface observations, with support to data rescue
ICARUS PI | Prof. Peter Thorne |
---|---|
Project name | C3S2 311 Lot1- Access to a comprehensive archive of historical surface observations, with support to data rescue |
Grant Source | Copernicus Climate Change Services (C3S) |
Grant amount (total across all partners) | €2,500,000 |
Grant duration | 01/11/2021-31/10/2025 |
ICARUS role | Project Coordinator |
C3S2 311 Lot2 - Access to Observations from Baseline and Reference Networks, and Comprehensive Upper- air Observations
ICARUS PI | Prof. Peter Thorne |
---|---|
Project name | C3S2 311 Lot2 -Access to Observations from Baseline and Reference Networks |
Grant Source | Copernicus Climate Change Services (C3S) |
Grant amount | €80,000 |
Grant duration | 2021-2025 |
ICARUS role | Partner |
Climate Change and Health Award, Evaluating Health Impacts of Climate Adaptation Strategies
ICARUS PI | Prof. Conor Murphy./Dr Tara Quinn/Dr William Durkan |
---|---|
Project name | Climate Change and Health Award, Evaluating Health Impacts of Climate Adaptation Strategies |
Grant source | Wellcome Trust |
Grant amount | €102,222 |
Grant duration | 01/10/2020-30/09/2022 |
ICARUS role | Principal Investigator |
Deriving high resolution, on-farm, rainfall estimates from terrestrial and satellite radar data: An application for use in real time nutrient management
ICARUS PI | Dr.Rowan Fealy/Azucena Jimenez Castaneda |
---|---|
Project name | Deriving high resolution, on-farm, rainfall estimates from terrestrial and satellite radar data: An application for use in real time nutrient management |
Grant source | Teagasc Walsh PhD Fellowship |
Grant amount ( total across all partners) | €88,000 |
Grant duration | 02/10/2017-31/08/2021 |
ICARUS role | Partner |
Developing regional or Member State- specific support for monitoring and reporting of GHG emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry
ICARUS PI | Dr. Rowan Fealy and Dr Tim McCarthy (NCG) |
---|---|
Project name | Developing regional or Member State-specific support for monitoring and reporting of GHG emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry |
Grant source | Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake (FPCUP) |
Grant amount | €60,000 |
Grant duration | Dec 2019- November 2023 |
ICARUS role | Co-PI |
DeWaPic. Seasonal to decadal sea level and ocean waves predictions through numerical modelling and statistical analysis
ICARUS PI | Dr Andre Duesterhus/ Dr Gerard McCarthy/ Ashly Kalayil Uthaman |
---|---|
Project name | DeWaPic. Seasonal to decadal sea level and ocean waves predictions through numerical modelling and statistical analysis |
Grant source | Marine Institute ,Foras Na Mara , Cullen Scholarship |
Grant amount | €110,000 |
Grant duration | 01/01/2021-31/12/2024 |
ICARUS role | Principal Investigator |
EPA Five Year Assessment Report Research Fellowship
ICARUS PI | Dr David Smyth & Prof. Peter Thorne |
---|---|
Project name | EPA Five Year Assessment Report Research Fellowship |
Grant Source | Environmental Protection Agency |
Grant amount | €253,978 |
Grant duration | 04/01/21-31/12/2023 |
ICARUS role | National PI |
ESA Science Strategy Foundation Study
ICARUS PI | Prof. Peter Thorne |
Project name | ESA Science Strategy Foundation Study |
Grant source | European Space Agency (ESA) |
Grant amount | €16,000 |
Grant duration | 01/12/2023-31/12/2023 |
ICARUS role | Subcontractor |
Five year Assessment Report (5YAR) Academic leaders call.Physical Science
ICARUS PI | Prof. Peter Thorne /Clare Noone |
---|---|
Project name | Five year Assessment Report (5YAR) Academic leaders call. Physical Science. |
Grant source | Environmental Protection Agency |
Grant amount | €196,394.25 |
Grant duration | 04/01/2021 - 03/01/2023 |
ICARUS role | National PI |
Frontiers for the Future grant for project ‘PCARB: Past Carbon Accumulation by Irish Blanket Bogs’
ICARUS PI | Dr Lisa Orme |
Project name | Frontiers for the Future grant for project ‘PCARB: Past Carbon Accumulation by Irish Blanket Bogs’ |
Grant source | Science Foundation Ireland |
Grant amount | €133,949 |
Grant duration | 01/12/2022-30/11/2026 |
ICARUS role | Lead |
HoStlr- Holocene Storminess in Ireland
ICARUS PI | Dr Lisa Orme |
Project name | HoStlr- Holocene Storminess in Ireland |
Grant source | Irish Research Council (IRC), Starting Laureate Award |
Grant amount | €152,089 |
Grant duration | 20/03/2023-19/09/2025 |
ICARUS role | Investigator |
HydroDARE: Detection, Attribution and Reconstruciton of climate and human driven changes in hydrology
ICARUS PI | Prof. Conor Murphy / Dr. Niam Cahill |
Project name | HydroDARE: Detection, Attribution and Reconstruciton of climate and human driven changes in hydrology |
Grant source | Environmental Protection Agency |
Grant amount | €302,804 |
Grant duration | 02/01/2023-01/01/2025 |
ICARUS role | Principal investigator |
HydroPredcit: Ensemble Riverflow Scenarios for Climate Change Adaptation
ICARUS PI | Prof. Conor Murphy |
---|---|
Project name | HydroPredict:Ensemble Riverflow Scenarios for Climate Change Adaptation |
Grant Source | Environmental Protection Agency |
Grant amount (accross all partners) | €268,976 |
Grant duration | 01/04/2019-01/04/2023 |
ICARUS role | Lead |
iGRAG Platform -MACMOMO
ICARUS PI | Dr Gerard McCarthy/ Guillame Hug |
Project name | MACMOMO. -Mid -20th Century Atlantic circulation informed by modern observations and models |
Grant source | Science Foundation Ireland |
Grant amount | €146,176 |
Grant duration | 3/10/2022-31/12/2026 |
ICARUS role | Lead |
ICCA. Irish Climate Change Assessment Report. (5YAR) Volume 3: Being Prepared for Ireland’s Future Climate
ICARUS PI | Prof. Conor Murphy |
---|---|
Project name | Irish Climate Change Assessment Report (ICCA) Volume 3: Being Prepared for Ireland’s Future Climate |
Grant source | Environmental Protection Agency |
Grant amount | €205,951 |
Grant duration | 04/01/2021-04/05/2023 |
ICARUS role | Principal investigator |
IHRN. Irish Hydrometric Reference Network for Climate Monitoring
ICARUS PI | Prof. Conor Murphy/ Dr Paul O'Connor |
Project name | Irish Hydrometric Reference Network (IHRN) for Climate Monitoring |
Grant source | Environmental Protection Agency |
Grant amount | €149,034 |
Grant duration | 02/01/2023-01/01/ 2025 |
ICARUS role | Principal investigator |
Línte na Farraige
ICARUS PI | Dr. Gerard McCarthy |
Project name | Línte na Farraige ( Line of the Sea) |
Grant source | Creative Ireland |
Grant amount | €11,755 |
Grant duration | 01/09/2021-01/12/2022 |
ICARUS role | Partner |
Next Gen Nutrient Efficiency for Sustainability – soil fertility underpinning nutrient use efficiency for sustainability.
ICARUS PI | Dr. Rowan Fealy/ Sudipto Bhowmik |
---|---|
Project name | 2019 Next Gen Nutrient Efficiency for Sustainability – soil fertility underpinning nutrient use efficiency for sustainability. |
Grant source | Teagasc Walsh Fellowship Programme 2019 |
Grant amount | €96,000 |
Grant duration | 01/10/2020-30/09/2024 |
ICARUS role | Partner |
Of land and ocean: Culture and climate on Ireland’s Islands
ICARUS PI | Prof. Conor Murphy/Shirley Howe |
---|---|
Project name | Of land and ocean: Culture and climate on Ireland’s Islands |
Grant source | Postgraduate Scholarship, Irish Research Council |
Grant amount | €72,000 |
Grant duration | 01/09/2019-31/08/2022 |
ICARUS role | Investigator |
ORICA- Operationalising Resilience in Irish Climate Action
ICARUS PI | Prof. Conor Murphy and Dr. Tara Quinn |
Project name | Operationalising Resilience in Irish Climate Action (ORICA) |
Grant source | Environmental Protection Agency |
Grant amount | €100,000 |
Grant duration | 01/01/2023-01/01/2024 |
ICARUS role | Lead |
RACZIW. Sentinel-3 and Cryosat SAR/SARIN radar altimetry for coastal zone and inland water.
ICARUS PI | Prof. Peter Thorne |
---|---|
Project name | Sentinel-3 and Cryosat SAR/SARIN radar altimetry for coastal zone and inland water.(RACZIW) |
Grant Source | European Space Agency-ESA |
Grant amount | €90.635 |
Grant duration | 18/02/2020-01/06/2023 |
ICARUS role | Subcontractor |
Response of tree species to climate change
ICARUS PI | Dr. Rowan Fealy/Dr Catriona Duffy |
---|---|
Project name | Response of tree species to climate change |
Grant source | Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) |
Grant amount | €114,887 |
Grant duration | 01/04/2020-31/03/2024 |
ICARUS role | Partner |
ReTro- Recovering legacy tidal records to elucidate trends in sea level rise in Ireland
ICARUS PI | Dr Gerard McCarthy/ Patrick McLoughlin |
Project name | ReTro- Recovering legacy tidal records to elucidate trends in sea level rise in Ireland |
Grant source | Marine Institute ,Foras Na Mara , Cullen Fellowship |
Grant amount ( total across all partners) | €109,500 |
Grant duration | 01/07/2022-30/06/2026 |
ICARUS role | Lead |
ROADMAP: The Role of ocean dynamics and Ocean-Atmosphere interactions in Driving cliMAte variations and future Projections of impact-relevant extreme events
ICARUS PI | Dr. Gerard McCarthy/ Dr. Samantha Hallam |
---|---|
Project name | ROADMAP: The Role of ocean dynamics and Ocean-Atmosphere interactions in Driving cliMAte variations and future Projections of impact-relevant extreme events |
Grant source | Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans, (JPI Oceans) |
Grant amount | €199,887 |
Grant duration | 01/09/2020-31/08/2023 |
ICARUS role | Principal Investigator |
Soil carbon sequestration in grassland production systems: A process-based approach
ICARUS PI | Dr. Rowan Fealy/ Brendan McGoldrick |
---|---|
Project name | Soil carbon sequestration in grassland production systems: A process-based approach |
Grant source | Teagasc Walsh PhD Fellowship 2019 |
Grant amount | €96,000 |
Grant duration | 01/10/2020-30/09/2024 |
ICARUS role | Partner |
SOMOSAT. Soil Moisture estimates from SATellite based Earth Observations
ICARUS PI | Dr. Rowan Fealy |
---|---|
Project name | SOil MOisture estimates from SATellite based Earth Observations ( SOMOSAT) |
Grant source | EPA Research Programme 2014-2020 |
Grant amount ( total accross all partners) | €349,563 |
Grant duration | March 2020-Sept 2023 |
ICARUS role | Lead applicant |
Spatial Optimisation for Indicative Land Uses; a soil-climate based assessment
ICARUS PI | Dr. Rowan Fealy |
---|---|
Project name | 2019 Spatial Optimisation for Indicative Land Uses; a soil-climate based assessment. |
Grant source | Teagasc Walsh Fellowship Programme 2019 |
Grant amount | €96,000 |
Grant duration | 01/10/2020-30/09/2024 |
ICARUS role | Partner |
Storylines for a climate resilient Ireland
ICARUS PI | Prof Conor Murphy/Csaba Horvath |
Project name | Storylines for a climate resilient Ireland |
Grant source | Irish Research Council (IRC) |
Grant amount | €110,000 |
Grant duration | 01/09/2022-31/08/2026 |
ICARUS role | Investigator |
TCRII- Transboundary Climate Risks for Island of Ireland
ICARUS PI | Prof. Conor Murphy |
---|---|
Project name | TCRII- Transboundary Climate Risks for Island of Ireland |
Grant source | Environmental Protection Agency |
Grant amount | €99,785 |
Grant duration | 04/01/2022-04/04/2023 |
ICARUS role | Partner |
Terrain AI
ICARUS PI | Dr Rowan Fealy and Prof Tim McCarthy (NCG) |
---|---|
Project name | Terrain AI |
Grant source | Microsoft /SFI /Irish Government departments/Irish industry and SMEs |
Grant amount | €5,000,000 |
Grant duration | 01/01/2021-31/12/2022 |
ICARUS role | Co-PI |
Towards Integrated Pest Management for Pine Weevil in Ireland
ICARUS PI | Dr. Rowan Fealy |
---|---|
Project name | Towards Integrated Pest Management for Pine Weevil in Ireland |
Grant source | Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine |
Grant amount | €168,181.25 |
Grant duration | 2020-2022 |
ICARUS role | Investigator |
WFDFutures
ICARUS PI | Prof. Conor Murphy |
Project name | WFDFutures |
Grant source | Environmental Protection Agency |
Grant amount | €133,892 |
Grant duration | 31/03/2021-30/03/2025 |
ICARUS role | Partner |