CALL FOR PROPOSALS SEPTEMBER 2023
LAND AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CRW2023_01: Hydro Sector engagement over environmentally effective and cost-efficient sediment management at impoundments
Type of project: Capacity Building
Aim: The project aims to raise awareness in the hydro sector of the commercial and environmental risks posed by climate change-related increases in the rate of sediment delivery to hydro impoundments.
Project Status: Call for proposals
Budget: Up to a maximum of £155,000.
Application deadline: Friday 20th October 2023, 15:00.
Please visit the Project page for the specification.
HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES, COASTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
CSPF2023: Flood Resilience in Scotland
Type of project: CREW Science Policy Fellowship
Autumn 2023 Call: CREW intends to commission up to three Science Policy Fellowships which are aligned to, and support, the development of Scotland’s first Flood Resilience Strategy.
Project Status: Call for proposals
Budget: up to a maximum of £45,000
Application deadline: Friday 13th October 2023, 15:00
Please visit the Project page for the specification.
CRW2023_07: Increasing flood resilience: residential and community rainwater run-off retention solutions
Type of project: Capacity Building
Aim: The project aim is to evaluate and compare the cost effectiveness and efficacy of residential and community property rainwater run-off retention solutions to increase flood resilience and, develop a decision support infographic to inform future planning and/or development decisions.
Project Status: Call for proposals
Budget: up to a maximum of £90,000
Application deadline: Monday 9th October 2023, 15:00
Please visit the Project page for the project specification.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS AUGUST 2023
HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES, COASTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
CRW2023_05: Future predictions of water scarcity in Scotland: impacts to distilleries and agricultural abstractors
Type of project: Capacity Building
Aim: The aim of this project is to provide summaries of the future predictions of water scarcity in Scotland and the impacts this may have tailored to three groups of abstractors: crop producers, livestock producers and distilleries.
Project Status: Call for proposals
Budget: up to a maximum of £100,000.
Application deadline: Thursday 21st September 2023, 15:00
Please visit the Project page for the project specification.
CRW2023_02: Creating healthy and resilient river systems across Scotland: prioritising research and development gap opportunities for river woodlands.
Type of project: Capacity Building
Aim: The overall aim of this project is to prioritise the research and development (R&D) gap opportunities identified in the Riverwoods evidence review for creating healthy and resilient river systems through improved riparian and floodplain management in Scotland, and identify opportunities to address these gaps to enable investment in new and extended river woodlands, and improved/restored riverscape environments.
Project Status: Call for proposals
Budget: up to a maximum of £195,000.
Application deadline: Monday 2nd October 2023, 15:00
Please visit the Project page for the project specification.
WATER QUALITY AND HEALTH
CRW2023_03: Assessing the impact of forestry on water quality in Scotland: A review of modelling capabilities
Type of project: Capacity Building
Aim: The overall aim of this project is to review the current and potential risks to water quality from commercial forestry operations and the suitability of available models to assess these risks.
Project Status: Call for proposals
Budget: up to a maximum of £95,000.
Application deadline: Monday 2nd October 2023, 15:00
Please visit the Project page for the project specification.
GUIDANCE & DOCUMENTATION
- All feedback and queries related to CREW calls should be emailed to procurement@crew.ac.uk
- All non-confidential queries and answers will be published on this website.
- All applications should be submitted by email to procurement@crew.ac.uk before the deadline.
- Applicants for Capacity Building Projects should use the CREW Application Form.
- Applicants for Science Policy Fellowships should use the CREW Science Policy Fellowship Application Form.
- CREW Funding Terms and Conditions have been provided to all eligible Higher Education Institutes and Research Institutes.
ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-ON PROJECTS
LAND AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CRW2023_04: Quantifying the benefits that ‘healthy soils’ could have on the resilience of crops to water scarcity and extreme rainfall
Type of project: Capacity Building
Project Status: Awaiting preliminary deliverables of CRW2022_04 (project page)
WATER QUALITY AND HEALTH
CRW2023_08: Current and emerging ‘landscape’ affecting contaminants in Scotland’s water environment
Type of project: Capacity Building
Project Status: Awaiting preliminary deliverables of CRW2022_06 (project page)
GUIDANCE & DOCUMENTATION
- All feedback and queries related to CREW calls should be emailed to procurement@crew.ac.uk
- All non-confidential queries and answers will be published on this website.
- All applications should be submitted by email to procurement@crew.ac.uk before the deadline.
- Applicants should use the CREW Application Form when applying for projects.
- CREW Funding Terms and Conditions have been provided to all eligible Higher Education Institutes and Research Institutes.
