Andrew Weaver, University of Victoria

Research

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Latest funding

From Catastrophe to Community: A People's History of Climate Change
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Exploring the capacity of the ocean and its deep sediments to sequester atmospheric CO2
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$37,000
Earth system modelling and analysis
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$80,000

No publications available.

From Catastrophe to Community: A People's History of Climate Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: environmental humanities; oral history; creative nonfiction; testimony journalism; museum curation; trauma-informed practice; human rights-based approach; regenerative design; community-engaged research; climate change; policy justice

$20,000

Exploring the capacity of the ocean and its deep sediments to sequester atmospheric CO2

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Weaver, Andrew

Keywords: ocean thermal energy conversion; carbon capture and storage; ocean carbon cycle; climate change; negative emissions; climate modelling and analysis

$37,000

Earth system modelling and analysis

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Weaver, Andrew

$80,000

Earth system modelling and analysis

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Weaver, Andrew

$410,000

ARC3: Arctic research in climate change for communities - Travel

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Frontiers - Northern Earth System Research

Principal investigators: Froese, Duane

$8,761

Enabling climate simulation at extreme scale

Principal investigatorNSERC2010G8 Initiative Research Councils on Multilateral Research Funding

Principal investigators: Weaver, Andrew

$266,900

Dynamical downscaling of western and eastern Canada hydroclimate

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Weaver, Andrew

$572,600

NSERC CREATE Training Program in Interdisciplinary Climate Science

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Weaver, Andrew

$1,587,300

WSCSNet (Canadian Water security and Community Solutions Network) Réseau de sécurité des eaux et des solutions communautaires du Canda

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Networks of Centres of Excellence - Letters of Intent

Principal investigators: Weaver, Andrew

$25,000

Global climate modelling and analysis: high latitude terrestrial feedbacks

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Weaver, Andrew

$350,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Weaver, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Exploring the capacity of the ocean and its deep sediments to sequester atmospheric CO2" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]