Type of project: Capacity Building Project
Overview: CREW invites proposals for a c.7.5 month Capacity Building project to provide a national assessment of future socio-economic demands on Scotland’s water resources, identifying key drivers and patterns.
Budget: Funding available £115,000 exclusive of VAT (where applicable).
Call dates: Tuesday 24th February – Tuesday 21st April, 15:00.
Type of project: Capacity Building Project
Overview: CREW invites proposals for a c.7.5-month Capacity Building project to develop a risk framework to assess the potential impacts of road run-off on Scotland’s water environment and human health.
Budget: Funding available £85,000 exclusive of VAT (where applicable).
Call dates: Tuesday 24th February – Wednesday 22nd April, 15:00.
Water scarcity is an increasing risk across Scotland, particularly during the growing season. Changing rainfall patterns driven by climate change mean water can no longer be relied on as a consistently plentiful resource. This growing pressure affects farm businesses as well as the freshwater habitats and wildlife that depend on them.
Type of project: Capacity Building Project
Overview: CREW invites proposals for a c.9.5-month Capacity Building project to deliver an evidence synthesis and review, a gap analysis, and a methodological review focused on land- and freshwater-based sources of pressures relevant to the sensitivities of key assets in marine and estuarine waters.
Budget: Funding available £90,000 exclusive of VAT (where applicable).
Type of project: Capacity Building Project
Overview: CREW invites proposals for a c.9.5-month Capacity Building project to evaluate the impacts of hydrological drought and intermittent flow recovery on freshwater biota in Scottish river systems, and to assess whether current water scarcity policy provides adequate and practical environmental protection across different river typologies.
Budget: Funding available £80,000 exclusive of VAT (where applicable).
Type of project: Call Down Project
Overview: The project will provide a concise overview of available faecal indicator organism (FIO) models for E. coli and explore opportunities for integration to support catchment-scale source apportionment in Scotland.
Status: Call for proposals now closed
Title: CRW2025_02 Reducing the mental health and wellbeing impacts of flooding: Informing cross-policy action in Scotland
Type of project: Capacity Building Project
Overview: CREW intends to commission a c.5 month Capacity Building project to develop an understanding of effective cross-policy actions that could be implemented in Scotland to mitigate the negative mental health and broader wellbeing impacts of all types of flooding.
Type of project: Capacity Building Project
Overview: This project aims to apply behavioural science evidence to produce a household flood plan template and consider future actions to support uptake.
Project Status: Project in progress.
Project lead: Glasgow Caledonian University
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) was successfully used to monitor infectious disease markers at population level, exemplified by SARS-CoV-2, obtaining near real-time population level data. To merit further investment, policy teams need assurance that improved surveillance benefits health protection in Scotland.
CREW is governed according to key policy areas in Scotland’s water sector including flooding, water scarcity, coastal erosion, catchment management, rural sustainability, water quality and health, and resource recovery. Cross-cutting activities focus on adapting to climate change, land use and urbanisation, promoting the circular economy, a post-COVID green recovery, the move to net zero and a just transition for communities.
All our work has an overarching consideration of maximising the benefits of research to society and the environment.