The Aberdeen Grants Academy Conversations on ……. Series Water Security & Sustainability Promoting Inter-disciplinary Research   Research & Innovation Aberdeen Grants Academy

Promoting Inter-disciplinary Research Grants Academy: Conversations on ……. Promoting Inter-disciplinary Research Working Group reported on how interdisciplinary research is encouraged and supported at Aberdeen. Recommendation to establish a coherent framework for enabling and supporting IDR, under strong academic leadership. The Grants Academy will provide professional support to IDR activities, informing, training, facilitating horizon scanning, challenge and review sessions and supporting the development of bids and collaborations. Aberdeen Grants Academy @UoAResInnov Follow us on Twitter

Grants Academy Support at ALL STAGES of the research grant life cycle: conception of ideas, through development and refinement of an application, to research delivery and realising impact. A comprehensive programme of development. Enhance our research environment. Offer the ability to be better prepared for opportunities and enhance our ability to respond to calls. Aberdeen Grants Academy @UoAResInnov Follow us on Twitter

How the Grants Academy Works Developed as a series of interwoven elements including sandpits to support the development of ideas and projects, grant writing workshops, rebuttal support, support for delivery of outcomes and outcomes management and more. Relevant to today, supports: Effective horizon scanning Facilitation of early ideas development Supporting interdisciplinary working Aberdeen Grants Academy @UoAResInnov Follow us on Twitter

Application Development Conversations Just the Beginning Impact What can we expect from today: Networking New Collaborations Developing Ideas Positioning for Future Calls Forming Draft Applications Outcome Idea Preparation Submission Application Development Application Refinement Aberdeen Grants Academy @UoAResInnov Follow us on Twitter

RESEARCHconnect https://www.researchconnect.co.uk @UoAResInnov Aberdeen Grants Academy @UoAResInnov Follow us on Twitter

Opportunities for Growth Exploring three major areas of funding to achieve growth and impact: International Development Challenges – around the UN SDGs Industrial Partnership funding around technology challenges and enterprise Cultural engagement and enrichment Aberdeen City Deal All of these require interdisciplinary responses Aberdeen Grants Academy @UoAResInnov Follow us on Twitter

What is Water Security?

Research needs

SDG6

Cross-cutting theme through almost all goals

Themes in water security Wide reaching and inherently interdisciplinary The following list can provide a starting point for our conversations, and also highlights the breadth and potential for future collaborative working across the university in this field. Climate change and water security Land and water management and environmental change Sustainable exploitation of natural resources Socio-hydrology Water and health Water governance Aberdeen Grants Academy @UoAResInnov Follow us on Twitter

Themes 1 Climate change and water security Land and water management and environmental change

Themes 2 Water and exploitation of natural resources Socio-hydrology

Themes 3 Water and health Water governance

Some context Aberdeen does water-related research very well Ranked 34 out of 300 for Water Resources in ARWU Others are much more effective and have higher profile https://water.leeds.ac.uk/

Groups Climate change and land/water management Water and health Socio-hydrology and water governance What are our strengths? Existing projects? Opportunities? Collaboration needs? International networks?