CREW welcomes applications from Scottish Higher Education Institutes and Research Institutes on two capacity building projects:

CRW2022_01: Developing risk assessment approaches for watch list parameters under the recast Drinking Water Directive

CRW2022_02: The effect of shellfish, kelp and sea grass beds on flood risk and coastal erosion in Scotland

Call dates: Monday 28th November 2022 - noon Wednesday 18th January 2023.

Summary details are provided below.

Please follow the links to the project pages for full details.

WATER QUALITY & HEALTH 

CRW2022_01: Developing risk assessment approaches for watch list parameters under the recast Drinking Water Directive

Type of project: Capacity Building

Overview: To develop a risk assessment approach for recast Drinking Water Directive watch list parameters and to inform the monitoring requirements for Beta-estradiol, Nonylphenol and PFAS to validate the approach.

Budget: up to a maximum of £75,000.

Call dates: Monday 28th November 2022 - noon Wednesday 18th January 2023.

Please visit the project page for full details.

HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES, COASTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT

CRW2022_02: The effect of shellfish, kelp and sea grass beds on flood risk and coastal erosion in Scotland

Type of project: Capacity building

Overview: To inform whether shellfish (oyster and/or blue mussel beds), kelp and sea grass should be incorporated into natural flood management in Scotland and whether (and which) existing features should be protected or restored for NFM and coastal erosion mitigation.

Budget: up to a maximum of £100,000. 

Call dates: Monday 28th November 2022 - noon Wednesday 18th January 2023.

Please visit the project page for full details.

Further calls for proposals will follow in December 2022!