Awarded projects

 The selection of research projects submitted to the (onetime) subsidy round in the IPY•NL Programme was concluded in June 2006. In total 46 projects were submitted, of which 17 were selected for funding (37%). All funded projects contribute to an international IPY Full proposal endorsed by the international ICSU-WMO Joint Committee. Before March 2007 - the start of IPY - 9 PhD students and 6 Postdocs will start working on these IPY projects. Also 7 projects for the coordination of linked projects were selected.   

The projects are grouped arranged according to the four main research themes for The Netherlands. An overview of the awarded projects is also available in a PDF document. 
 

1. Changes in the cryoshere due to climate change
2. Changes in the Southern and Arctic ocean
3. Polar terrestrial and coastal ecosystems and global change
4. Influence of human activities on polar regions, and influence of climate change on humans  

Changes in the cryoshere due to climate change

• Arctic glaciers, climate and sea level change (coordinating project)
  Prof. dr. J. Oerlemans, Universiteit Utrecht - IMAU 
  IPY Activity: 37 (lead country: The Netherlands), 117, 118
  abstract
  more information: GLACIODYN, IPICS-IPY
  
  • Meltwater input, flow and calving of Arctic glaciers
    Dr. C.H. Tijm-Reijmer, Universiteit Utrecht - IMAU  
    abstract
  • Regional modelling of Greenland surface mass balance for key episodes in the past and future
    Dr. M.R. van den Broeke, Universiteit Utrecht - IMAU 
    abstract
• Automatic weather stations in interior East Antarctica 
  Dr. M.R. van den Broeke, Universiteit Utrecht - IMAU 
  IPY Activity: 152
  abstract 
• Sediment Supply to the Arctic coastal zone
  Dr. ir. I. Overeem, Technische Universiteit Delft
  IPY Activity: 90 (via IPY full proposal no 148)
  abstract
  
  

Changes in the Southern and Arctic ocean 

• The significance of viruses for polar marine ecosystem functioning (VIRPOL)
  Dr. C.P.D. Brussaard, NIOZ
  abstract
  IPY Activity: 71
• Consequences of climate change for Arctic marine pelagic microbial communities. (coordinating project)
  Dr. A.G.J. Buma, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
  abstract
  IPY Activity: 71
  
  • Consequences of climate change for Arctic marine pelagic microbial communities (CAMP)
    Dr. A.G.J. Buma, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
    abstract
  • Pelagic Archaea in the changing coastal Arctic (PACCA)
    Hoofdaanvrager: Prof. dr. G.J. Herndl, NIOZ
    abstract
• IPY-NL-GEOTRACES: Netherlands Contribution to an International Study of the Biogeochemical.  Cycles of Trace Elements and Isotopes in the Arctic and Southern Oceans (coordinating project)
  Prof. dr. ir. H.J.W. de Baar, NIOZ
  IPY Activity: 35 (lead country: The Netherlands)
  abstract
  more information: www.geotraces.org
  
  • Physical and Chemical Speciation of Dissolved Fe in the Polar Oceans
    Dr. L.J.A. Gerringa, NIOZ
    abstract
  • Dissolved Aluminium and Manganese as Source Tracers for Iron in Polar Oceans
    Prof. dr. ir. H.J.W. de Baar, NIOZ 
    abstract

Polar terrestrial and coastal ecosystems and global change 

• How trait spectra of bryophytes, vascular plants and soil invertebrates interact to control carbon turnover in arctic tundra: mechanisms underlying climate change impacts
  Dr. J.H.C. Cornelissen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  IPY Activity: 213
  abstract
• Effects of global warming on ecosystem functioning in Polar habitats. The Dutch involvement in the TARANTELLA project. (coordinating project)
  Dr. A.H.L. Huiskes, NIOO-CEME
  IPY Activity: 59 (lead country: The Netherlands)
  abstract
  
  • Long-lived evergreen shrubs from polar ecosystems as monitors of present and past climate change: reconstruction of annual polar temperature and Arctic Oscillation phase changes with a new climate multiproxy (wintermark T, 18O and 2H in plant segments)
    Prof. dr. J. Rozema, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    abstract
• BIRDHEALTH Health of Arctic and Antarctic bird populations (coordinating project)
  Dr. M.J.J.E. Loonen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen - Arctisch Centrum
  IPY Activity: 172 (lead country: The Netherlands)
  abstract
  more information: www.birdhealth.nl
  
  • Geographical and temporal variation in health issues in Arctic breeding birds
    Dr. M.J.J.E. Loonen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen - Arctisch Centrum
    abstract
  • Contrasting breeding investments in a small arctic shorebird: trade-off between breeding effort and fighting disease?
    Prof. dr. Th. Piersma, NIOZ
    abstract
  • Arctic breeding waterfowl as vectors for avian influenza viruses
    Prof. dr. M.R.J. Klaassen, NIOO-CL
    abstract
  • Combining behaviour-based and epidemiological models to identify the role of Arctic breeding migratory birds in the ecology of diseases, notably Avian Influenza
    Prof. dr. J.A.P. Heesterbeek, Universiteit Utrecht
    abstract

Influence of human activities on polar regions, and influence of climate change on humans

• LASHIPA-NL: The exploitation of the natural resources in Polar Regions, 1600-2000 (coordinating project)
  Prof. dr. L. Hacquebord, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen - Arctisch Centrum
  IPY Activity: 10 (lead country: The Netherlands)
  abstract
  more information: www.lashipa.nl  
  
  • Green Harbour, Spitsbergen, and the international history of exploitation of the polar areas
    Prof. dr. L. Hacquebord, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen - Arctisch Centrum
    abstract
  • The coal exploitation of the Dutch Spitsbergen Coal Company (NESPICO) in Green Harbour, Spitsbergen, in its national and international context
    Prof. dr. L. Hacquebord, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen - Arctisch Centrum
    abstract
• Northern High Latitude Climate variability during the past 2000 years: implications for human settlement. (NORCLIM)
  Dr. S.R. Troelstra, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  IPY Activity: 120 (Netherlands lead country)
  "start subsidy" for coordination NORCLIM

*De volledige tekst van deze Full Proposals is beschikbaar via de internationale IPY online searchable database.