Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 26 ga watan Agusta, 2014, Jami'ar Sheffield ta sanar da cewa ta karbi kyautar £ 2.6m daga Grantham Foundation don kare muhalli don kafa Cibiyar Grantham don Ci gaba da Ci gaba, tare da kudade da jami'ar kanta ta dace. Cibiyar Grantham, tare da Ryan a matsayin Darakta, ta gina aikin Project Sunshine ta hanyar shirin horar da PhD na fannoni daban-daban wanda ke ba wa ɗalibai (wanda aka sani da 'Grantham Scholars') ƙwarewar zama masu ba da shawara ga dorewa, da kuma masana a fannonin binciken su. Cibiyar Grantham tana tallafawa binciken dorewa a Jami'ar Sheffield kuma Ryan ya wakilci Cibiyar Grantham a taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Canjin Yanayi
a birnin Paris a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2015.