Research Grants
 Lukmanier
(Switzerland) Geological Expedition
- Funding Agency:
- University of Exeter
- Duration:
- June, 1985 - August, 1985.
- Awarded:
- £ 350 (Sw. Fr. 828)
- Project Participant:
- Mr. D.A. Spencer (University of Exeter, UK)
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- Lukmanier
(Switzerland) Geological Expedition
- Funding Agency:
- Various
- Duration:
- June, 1985 - August, 1985.
- Awarded:
- £ 650 (Sw. Fr. 1,537)
- Project Participant:
- Mr. D.A. Spencer (University of Exeter, UK)
- Sponsors:
- 27 Grants and Awards (Includes the Royal
Geological Society (SW) Field Award, RTZ Exploration Award, Berkeley
Expedition Grant, Wardell Armstrong Field Award, British Petroleum
Expedition Award, Petroconsultants Exploration Award, Minolta
Award, Dales Field Grant, Scientific Exploration Award etc.).
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 Exeter
University Geological Expedition to China
- Funding Agency:
- Various
- Duration:
- July, 1986 - September, 1986.
- Awarded:
- £ 10,000 (Sw. Fr. 23,653)
- Project Participants:
- D.A. Spencer, N. Garrioch, M. Coxon, G. Brown,
B. Metcalf (University of Exeter, UK)
- Sponsors:
- 43 Grants and Awards (Including the British
Petroleum Expedition Award, Scientific Exploration Society Expedition
Award, Exeter University Foundation Grant, ILEA Travel Award,
University of Exeter Travel Grant, Study China Fellowship, Enterprise
Exploration Award, GAPS Geological Exploration Award etc.).
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 Geological Fieldwork
to Pakistan
- Funding Agency:
- Sir John Cass's Foundation Cass Foundation
- Duration:
- June, 1987 - August, 1987
- Awarded:
- £ 500 (Sw. Fr. 1,183)
- Project Participants:
- D.A. Spencer (Imperial College of Science
and Technology, University of London)
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 Geological Fieldwork
to Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
- Funding Agency:
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- Duration:
- February, 1989 - March, 1989
- Awarded:
- Sw. Fr. 2,000 (Returned unused)
- Project Participants:
- D.A. Spencer (Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology)
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- Tectonics of the
Higher Himalaya of NE Pakistan
- Funding Agency:
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- Project Number:
- 0.330.089.85/5
- Duration:
- August, 1989 - July, 1992.
- Requested:
- Sw. Fr. 195,300
- Awarded:
- Sw. Fr. 110,200
- Project Participants:
- Prof. Dr. J.G. Ramsay (Institute of Geology,
ETH-Zürich, Switzerland)
- Mr. D.A. Spencer (Institute of Geology, ETH-Zürich,
Switzerland)
- In collaboration with:
- Prof. Nawaz Chaudhry (Institute of Geology,
University of the Punjab)
- Prof. Munir Ghazanfar (Institute of Geology,
University of the Punjab)
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 The Permian-Triassic
Sequence of the Zanskar Sedimentary Shelf (India): Structure,
Stratigraphy and Chemo-Stratigraphic Study
- Funding Agency:
- Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (Earth
Sciences, Biology and Zoology)
- Requested:
- Sw. Fr. 6,912
- Awarded:
- Sw. Fr. 7,000
- Duration:
- September, 1992 - October, 1992.
- Project Participants:
- D.A. Spencer and C. Spencer-Cervato (Institute
of Geology, ETH-Zürich)
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- Geological Fieldwork
to Shang La, Pakistan
- Funding Agency:
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- Awarded:
- Sw. Fr. 10,000
- Duration:
- July, 1992 - August, 1992.
- Project Participants:
- D.A. Spencer (Institute of Geology, ETH-Zürich)
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 Collision zone
tectonics in orogenic syntaxial regions and the along-strike
evolution of the Indus Suture in NE Pakistan (The Indus Suture
of Pakistan Project).
- Funding Agency:
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Project Number:
- 2100-039080.93/1
- Duration:
- April, 1994 - May, 1997
- Requested:
- Sw. Fr. 496,793
- Awarded:
- Sw. Fr. 416,438
- Project Participants:
- Prof. Dr. J.P. Burg (Institute of Geology,
ETH-Zürich)
- Prof. Dr. R.H. Steiger (Institut of Isotope
Geology, ETH-Zürich)
- Dr. R. Kündig (Geotechnical Commission,
ETH-Zürich)
- Dr. F. Oberli (Institut of Isotope Geology,
ETH-Zürich)
- Dr. D.A. Spencer (Institute of Geology, ETH-Zürich)
- Mr. R. Anczkiewicz (Institute of Geology,
ETH-Zürich)
- In collaboration with:
- Prof. Nawaz Chaudhry (Institute of Geology,
University of the Punjab)
- Prof. Munir Ghazanfar (Institute of Geology,
University of the Punjab)
- Mr. Shahid Hussain (Pakistan Museum of Natural
History, Islamabad)
- Mr. Hamid Dawood (Pakistan Museum of Natural
History, Islamabad)
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 Collision zone tectonics
in orogenic syntaxial regions and the along-strike evolution
of the Indus Suture in NE Pakistan (The Indus Suture of Pakistan
Project).
- Funding Agency:
- Swiss Development Cooperation (Department
of Foreign Affairs)
- Project Number:
- t. 541 Pakistan-RSU
- Duration:
- April, 1996 - June, 1996
- Requested:
- Sw. Fr. 34,000
- Awarded:
- Sw. Fr. 28,000
- Project Participants:
- Prof. Nawaz Chaudhry (Institute of Geology,
University of the Punjab)
- Prof. Munir Ghazanfar (Institute of Geology,
University of the Punjab)
- Dr. D.A. Spencer (Institute of Geology, ETH-Zürich)
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 Sponsorship for the
10th Himalayan - Karakoram - Tibet Workshop, Ascona, Switzerland
- Duration:
- 4-8 April, 1995
- Sponsors:
- Swiss Academy of Sciences (Sw. Fr. 4,000),
Swiss Development Cooperation (Department of Foreign Affairs)
(Sw. Fr. 8,400), Zeiss AG (Sw. Fr. 250), Association of Geoscientists
for International Development (Sw. Fr. 1,270), Migros Genossenschafts-Bund
(Sw. Fr. 4,000), Sport Eiselin (Sw. Fr. 750), Olympus Optical
(CH) AG (Sw. Fr. 500), Nikon AG (Sw. Fr. 400), International
Lithosphere Program (Sw. Fr. 2,520), Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology, Switzerland / Swiss NSF (Invited Speakers) (Sw.
Fr. 4,000), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
/ Swiss NSF (Travel Grant) (Sw. Fr. 6,000), Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology Workshop Grant (Sw. Fr. 21,020), Municipio del
Borgo di Ascona (Sw. Fr. 500).
- Non-monetary Sponsors:
- Greiter (International) AG (Piz Buin), Victorinox,
Ente Turistico Ascona e Losone, Migros Ticino, Institute of Geology,
ETH-Zürich, Switzerland, University of Maine, USA, Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland, Schweizerische
Verkehrszentrale, Ente Ticinese per il Turismo, Union Bank of
Switzerland, Swiss Bank Corporation, Schweizerische Kreditanstalt,
Film Australia, British Broadcasting Corporation, Society for
Sedimentary Geology, Centro Stefano Franscini, Hotel Ascona,
Hotel Tamero
- Total sponsorship raised:
- Sw. Fr. 53,610
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 Sponsorship for the
International Symposium on Himalayan
Suture Zone of Pakistan
- Sponsors:
- Pakistan Petroleum Limited, Union Texas Pakistan
Inc., Tullow Pakistan (Developments) Ltd., Pakistan Mineral Development
Corporation, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad and
the Pakistan Science Foundation.
- Total sponsorship raised:
- 25,000 Pakistan Rupees (Sw. Fr. 807)
- Duration:
- 30 August, 1995
- Organisers:
- 14 others (mainly from the Pakistan Museum
of Natural History, Pakistan) and David A. Spencer (ETH-Zürich,
Switzerland)
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- Collision zone tectonics
in orogenic syntaxial regions and the along-strike evolution
of the Indus Suture in NE Pakistan (The Indus Suture of Pakistan
Project).
- Funding Agency:
- Swiss Development Cooperation (Department
of Foreign Affairs)
- Project Number:
- t. 541 Pakistan-RSU
- Duration:
- April, 1996 - May, 1996
- Requested:
- Sw. Fr. 6,000
- Awarded:
- Sw. Fr. 6,000
- Project Participant:
- Mr. Shahid Hussain (Pakistan Museum of Natural
history, Pakistan)
- Dr. D.A. Spencer (Institute of Geology, ETH-Zürich)
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- Collision zone tectonics
in orogenic syntaxial regions and the along-strike evolution
of the Indus Suture in NE Pakistan (The Indus Suture of Pakistan
Project).
- Funding Agency:
- Swiss Development Cooperation (Department
of Foreign Affairs)
- Project Number:
- t. 541 Pakistan-RSU
- Duration:
- June, 1996 - July, 1996
- Requested:
- Sw. Fr. 2,000
- Awarded:
- Sw. Fr. 2,000
- Project Participants:
- Mr. Shahid Hussain (Pakistan Museum of Natural
history, Pakistan)
- Dr. D.A. Spencer (Institute of Geology, ETH-Zürich)
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- Analysis of
a Unique Progressive Metamorphic Sequence
- Funding Agency:
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Project Number:
- 8220-050398
- Duration:
- November, 1997 - October, 1999
- Awarded:
- Sw. Fr. 117,350
- Project Participant:
- Dr. D.A. Spencer (Institute of Geology, ETH-Zürich)
- In collaboration with:
- Stanford University, California, USA (Prof.
Dr. J.G. Liou)
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
(Prof. Dr. S. Maruyama)
- University of California, Santa Barbara,
USA (Prof. Dr. B. Hacker)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston,
USA (Prof. Dr. K. Hodges)
- University of Maine, Orono, USA (Prof. Dr.
S. Norton)
- University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (Prof.
Dr. S. Ahmad)
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- Analysis of
a Unique Progressive Metamorphic Sequence
- Funding Agency:
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Project Number:
- 8220-050398
- Duration:
- November, 1997 - October, 1999
- Awarded:
- Sw. Fr. 9,960
- Project Participant:
- Dr. D.A. Spencer (Institute of Geology, ETH-Zürich)
- In collaboration with:
- Stanford University, California, USA (Prof.
Dr. J.G. Liou)
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
(Prof. Dr. S. Maruyama)
- University of California, Santa Barbara,
USA (Prof. Dr. B. Hacker)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston,
USA (Prof. Dr. K. Hodges)
- University of Maine, Orono, USA (Prof. Dr.
S. Norton)
- University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (Prof.
Dr. S. Ahmad)
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 Stress-Controlled
Fault Modeling in the Snorre Field
- Funding Agency:
- Saga Petroleum ASA
- Project Number:
- ASNODR39042
- Duration:
- March, 1999-July, 1999
- Requested:
- NOK 380,000 (Sw. Fr. 373,681)
- Awarded:
- NOK 380,000 (Sw. Fr. 373,681)
- Project Participant:
- Dr. D.A. Spencer (Saga Petroleum ASA)
- In collaboration with:
- Einar Sverdrup, Hugo Harstad, Rolf Bratli,
Eivind-Swensson Aarseth and Lars Grande
- Contractor:
- FEM Engineering, Norway
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- Software
development of PixAt (AttWorks)
- Funding Agency:
- Saga Petroleum ASA
- Project Number:
- D9600
- Duration:
- 1.1.1997 - 1.4.1998 (Extended until 31.12.1998)
- Requested:
- CAD 50,000 (NOK 257,846 / Sw. Fr. 49,171)
- Awarded:
- CAD 50,000 (NOK 257,846 / Sw. Fr. 49,171)
- Project Participant:
- Dr. D.A. Spencer (Saga Petroleum ASA)
- In collaboration with:
- Einar Sverdrup and Eivind-Swensson Aarseth
- Contractor:
- Geomodeling Corporation, Canada
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- Maintenance
and Technical Support Contract of PixAt and FauModel (AttWorks)
- Funding Agency:
- Saga Petroleum ASA
- Project Number:
- D9600
- Duration:
- January, 1999-December, 1999
- Awarded:
- CAD 12,500 (NOK 64,463 / Sw. Fr. 12,293)
- Project Participant:
- Dr. D.A. Spencer (Saga Petroleum ASA)
- In collaboration with:
- Einar Sverdrup and Eivind-Swensson Aarseth
- Contractor:
- Geomodeling Corporation, Canada
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- Deformation
of the Upper Draupne Sandstone (Borg)
- Funding Agency:
- Saga Petroleum ASA
- Project Number:
- A089FF1141000
- Duration:
- October, 1999-December, 1999
- Requested:
- NOK 627,663 (Sw. Fr. 124,422)
- Awarded:
- NOK 627,663 (Sw. Fr. 124,422)
- Project Participant:
- Dr. D.A. Spencer (Saga Petroleum ASA)
- In collaboration with:
- Lars Grande, Vidar Fjerdingstad, Tor Mellem,
Lars Grande, Gareth Archard, Tore Vikaunet
- Contractor:
- SINTEF Petroleum Research Institute and ResLab
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- Structural
core logging of the Gjallar Ridge Structure (Offshore Norway)
- Funding Agency:
- Saga Petroleum ASA
- Project Number:
- A215A00011110
- Duration:
- October, 1999-December, 1999
- Requested:
- NOK 30,000 (Sw. Fr. 5,950)
- Awarded:
- NOK 30,000 (Sw. Fr. 5,950)
- Project Participant:
- Bjorn-T. Larsen (Saga Petroleum ASA)
- In collaboration with:
- Dr. David Spencer, Lars Grande, Cinzia Spencer-Cervato,
Morten Fejerskov, Fredrik Løset/NGI
Total Research Grants Awarded
Sw. Fr. 1,356,083
US $ 855,352
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