Research Funding

Proposals granted

Talisman Energy Inc. Jim Buckee Research Support Program ($300,000). Postdoctoral fellow, graduate student, and undergraduate research assistant support. 2007-2009. PIs- Patterson, W.P. and Holmden, C.

European Science Foundation – EUROCORES (492,473 €/$715,415CAD). Northern Narratives: Social and Geographical Accounts from Norway, Iceland, and Canada. PD- Olgilvie, A., Patterson, W.P., Jonsdottir, I., Einarsson, N. 2006-2009.

SSHRC ($181,970). Northern Narratives: Social and Geographical Accounts from Norway, Iceland, and Canada. PD W.P. Patterson. 2006-2009.

Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences ($299,360). High-resolution Holocene climate derived from lacustrine sediment, tree ring cellulose, and speleothems: stable isotope evidence from organic and inorganic proxy material. PD W.P. Patterson. 2006-2009.

Keck Geology Consortium ($64,000USD).The rise and demise of a Holocene coral reef complex, Dominican Republic: The coral-climate connection. Co-PIs L. Greer, W.P. Patterson, and A. Curran. 2005.

University of Saskatchewan ($5,000). University of Saskatchewan Presidential Grant for international student field research in the Dominican Republic. 2005.

University of Saskatchewan ($20,000). Vice President for Research Grant for proposal development. 2004.

University of Saskatchewan ($15,500). University of Saskatchewan Presidential Grant for an international field course in Mexico. 2004.

University of Saskatchewan ($5,000). University of Saskatchewan Presidential Grant for international student field research in Ireland. 2003.

National Science Foundation ($312,000USD). Warm Times, Cold Times: Quantitative Reconstructions of Near-Shore Environments Over the Last 2000 Years in Vestfirdir, NW Iceland:  Natural Changes and Human Responses. 2003-2006. Co-PIs J.T. Andrews, W.P. Patterson, A. Jennings, and A. Olgilvie.

Canadian Foundation for Innovation ($161,000CAD). Development of micromilling facilities at the University of Saskatchewan. 2003. PI- W.P. Patterson

Natural Sciences Engineering Research Council of Canada ($82,400CAD). High-resolution Holocene climate variability from Western Europe: evidence from stable isotope values of lacustrine carbonate and micromilled molluscs. 2003-2007. PI- W.P. Patterson

Natural Sciences Engineering Research Council of Canada ($24,447CAD) U-series spikes for dating stable isotope time-series records of Holocene climate change in speleothems and marl lakes, Western Ireland. 2003. PIs- W.P. Patterson and C.H. Holmden.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($24,000USD) The effect of El Nino on Pacific Rockfish populations. 2003. PIs C. Harvey and W.P. Patterson.

Keck Geology Consortium ($17,000USD) Holocene climate change in western Ireland: evidence from stable isotope values of carbonate sediment recovered from marl lakes. 2003. Co-PIs A.M. Martini and W.P. Patterson.

Start-up Funds University of Saskatchewan ($60,000CAD). 2002. W.P. Patterson.

Concerted Action of Research (Belgian national funding program) ($1,327,470USD) City and suburbia at Sagalassos, Turkey (700 BC to 100 AD). 2002-2005. Co-PIs M. Waelkens, E. Paulissen, P. Muchez, W. Van Neer, and W.P. Patterson. *Stable isotope laboratory component $10,000.

Keck Geology Consortium ($54,000USD) Holocene climate change in western Ireland: evidence from stable isotope values of carbonate sediment recovered from turloughs (seasonal lakes). 2002. Co-PIs W.P. Patterson and A.M. Martini.

New York SeaGrant-200020 ($928,543USD [$595,103 federal funding and $344,295 institutional matching]). Factors affecting early survival and management of Lake Ontario salmonine populations. 2000-2002. Principal Investigator P.J. Sullivan, Co-PIs (alphabetical order) C. Kraft, E.L. Mills, W.P. Patterson, L. Rudstam, D.J. Stewart.*Stable isotope laboratory component $168,036 + $32,000 fellowship for my graduate student Christopher Wurster.

Great Lakes Fisheries Trust ($356,000USD) Dynamics of Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) Recruitment Variability in Lake Michigan. 2000-2003. Project manager E. Rutherford, Co-PIs (alphabetical order) C. Madenjian, D. Mason, W.P. Patterson, collaborators, D. Jude, M. McCormick, and D. Schwab. *Stable isotope laboratory component $110,000.

Great Lakes Research Consortium ($6,000USD) Identification of naturally produced lake trout. 2001-2002. PIs T. Shaner, R. O'Gorman, W.P. Patterson. *Stable isotope laboratory component $6,000.

Great Lakes Fishery Commission ($14,500USD) Determination of the level of chinook salmon wild production in Lake Ontario from 1991-2000.  2000-2001. Co-PIs W.P. Patterson and T. Stewart. *Stable isotope laboratory component $13,500.

Great Lakes Research Consortium ($17,570USD) Primary productivity of Lake Ontario. Start date 2000-2001. Co-PIs H.T. Mullins, W.P. Patterson, and D.J. Stewart. *Stable isotope laboratory component $17,000.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($13,000USD) Stable oxygen-18 analysis of sablefish and rockfish otoliths. 7/00-1/01. Co-PIs Pinnex, W., and Patterson, W.P.*Stable isotope laboratory component $13,000.

James Cook University of North Queensland ($10,000USD) Validation of fish ages based on presumed annuli in otoliths of marine herbivorous fish from New Zealand and sub-Antarctic islands. 4/00-1/01. Co-PIs J.H. Choat and W.P. Patterson. *Stable isotope laboratory component $10,000.

Great Lakes Research Consortium ($15,240USD) Life history of chinook salmon in Lake Ontario. 2000-2001. Co-PIs T. Stewart, W.P. Patterson and D.J. Stewart. *Stable isotope laboratory component $13,240.

National Science Foundation-EAR -9909151 ($120,000USD) Technician support: Radiogenic Isotope, Stable Isotope, and XRF laboratories at Syracuse University 12/99. S.D. Samson, W.P. Patterson, M.E. Bickford, Co-PIs.

New York SeaGrant-98073 ($213,441USD [$142,084 federal funding, $71,357 institutional matching]). Population dynamics of naturally spawning salmonines in Lake Ontario. Co-PIs D.J. Stewart and W.P. Patterson.

Great Lakes Research Consortium ($18,560USD) Application of otolith microchemistry to in-situ assessment of thermal and metabolic processes in Great Lakes fishes. 1998-1999. Co-PIs D.J. Stewart and W.P. Patterson. *Stable isotope laboratory component $18,260.

Syracuse University equipment funding ($200,000USD)

Syracuse University Start-up funding ($100,000USD)

National Science Foundation-EAR-9528422 ($150,000USD) Technician support: Radiogenic Isotope, Stable Isotope, and XRF laboratories at Syracuse University 6/96. S.D. Samson, W.P. Patterson, M.E. Bickford, Co-PIs

Proposals pending and planned for submission

Canadian Foundation for Innovation, ($5,668,740). Development of an automated femtosecond laser ablation system for micron scale elemental and isotopic analyses. PD W.P. Patterson, Co-PIs C. Holmden and B. Eglington. Pending

Research Council of Norway, Frittstående prosjekter - Naturvitenskap og teknologi (FRINAT) ($1,462,158). Development of a multi-isotope toolkit for studies of ancient environments. PIs Hoie, H., Patterson, W.P., and Holmden, C.E. PendingNational Science Foundation, Collaborative Research/RUI ($190,400). Assessing the Early Triassic Carbon Isotopic Record and Paleoceanographic Processes Acting Along Eastern Panthalassa. PIs A. Woods, and W.P. Patterson.Great Lakes Fisheries Commission ($41,800CND). Using historical collections (1983-2004) to assess the biology and interactions of “hatchery” and “wild-origin” pacific salmon in Lake Ontario. PIs M.R. Gross, J. Bowlby, and W.P. Patterson. Pending