Funding
Modelling how sediment suspension controls the morphology and evolution of sand-bed rivers. NERC (£742,109, of which £271,510 to Brighton; 2015-18) (to Phil Ashworth, with Andrew Nicholas, University of Exeter, Greg Sambrook Smith, University of Birmingham, and Dan Parsons, University of Hull).
Sedimentology of tidally-influenced fluvial bars in high-energy river systems: the modern Columbia River. ExxonMobil (undisclosed amount; 2010-16) (to Phil Ashworth, with Jim Best, University of Illinois).
Quantification and modelling of bedform dynamics in unsteady flows. NERC (£512,000, of which £51,911 to Brighton; 2012-16) (with Dan Parsons and Richard Hardy, University of Hull).
Deep-coring and chronology of fluvial-tidal deposits in the Columbia. ExxonMobil (undisclosed amount) (to Phil Ashworth, with Jim Best, University of Illinois).
Wall, F., Goodenough, K., Smith, M.P., Finch, A., Yardley, B.W.D., Banks, D., Stackhouse, S., Jha, A., Banwart, S., Palumbo-Roe, B., Gregory, S., Romero-Gonzalez, M. (2015) SoS RARE: Multidisciplinary research towards a secure and environmentally sustainable supply of critical rare earth elements (Nd and HREE). NERC Security of Supply of Minerals grant. £2.7million.
Sedimentology of fluvial-tidal meander deposits. ExxonMobil (undisclosed amount; 2012-14) (to Phil Ashworth, with Jim Best, University of Illinois).
X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer Focussed beam and Monochromator (XPS-FOAM). NERC Strategic Equipment Capital Fund (£233,000; 2013-14) (to Martin smith, Andy Cundy and Ray Whitby).
Wall, F., Goodenough, K., Smith, M.P., Finch, A., Yardley, B.W.D., Banks, D., Stackhouse, S., Jha, A. (2013) GEO-CREE: Geology to metallurgy of critical rare earths. NERC Security of Supply of Minerals catalyst grant. £119,824.
Burgess, H., Smith, M.P., Caplin, J. (2013) MAPOMIC: Metagenomics and Physicochemistry of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion. Steel Industry Funded £120,000.
Morphodynamics and sedimentology of the tidally-influenced fluvial zone (TIFZ). NERC (£606,904, of which £296,381 to Brighton; 2010-13) (to Phil Ashworth, with Greg Sambrook Smith, University of Birmingham, and Dan Parsons, University of Hull).
Cundy, A., Smith, M.P., Moles, N. (2011) Karst Associated bauxite deposits of Parnassos-Ghiona, Greece: Ore Genesis and structural Evolution. Elmin Ltd. £100, 000.
Smith, M.P.,., Baraka-Lokmane, S., Pope, D. (2010) CLIMAWAT: Adapting to climate change impacts on ground water quality and quantity. EU RDF-INTEREG III project with University of East Anglia, University of Brest Occidental, University of Rennes 1, CNRS ~ €3million.
Smith, M.P., Hawkins, T., Herrington, R. and Maslenikov, V. (2008) The Valerianovskoe magnetite deposits, Kazakhstan: Genesis and global implications for crustal iron and halogen budgets. NERC Facilities grant IP/1048/0508. £26,000.
Large rivers: Rio Paraná project. ExxonMobil (undisclosed amount; 2008-09) (to Phil Ashworth, with Jim Best, University of Illinois, Greg Sambrook Smith, University of Birmingham, and Dan Parsons, University of Hull).