HOW CREW WORKS
CREW is a Scottish Government funded partnership between the James Hutton Institute and
Scottish Universities to deliver accessible research and expert opinion to support the development and implementation of water policy in Scotland.
Staff from the Scottish Government, SEPA, SNH and Scottish Water can request CREW to undertake work. The service is free at the point of the user. Requests can be for work with very short time scales via our call down service , through to larger scale projects of a year or more in duration via our themes. Themes are structured around the main water policy areas in Scotland and include River Basin Management Planning, Flood Risk Management and the Hydro Nation Strategy. Requests for call down can be made at any time of year and project requests should be made via theme networks. Requests for both routes should be made via the coordinating point of contact in your organisation.
GUIDANCE FOR REQUESTING CREW WORK
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We use this form to help specify the work and seek appropriate experts to deliver it.
Please fill out the information comprehensively as this will speed up your request
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Please note this approach to research requires you to commit time for comment and steer throughout.
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Please provide information on the following : o The background to the request e.g. to provide evidence for policy and implementation o The intended audience i.e. technical, policy, or wider audience and type of output e.g. workshop and summary report o Is there a specific person you would like to work on your request? If yes please add their name and a brief reason why o Does this request include any IP 1 , data protection, data storage management or confidentiality issues or use of licenced datasets? If yes, please include details o Are there other organisations/individuals who may be interested in this work? o Risks or dependencies to delivery e.g. if this work is reliant on the acquisition of data from a third party
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Please note, CREW work can NOT: o Address operational issues, monitoring, or collection of data which are the responsibility of regulatory agencies, local authorities and/or the water industry. o Duplicate the activity or outputs from other research being funded by RESAS, including the strategic research programmes, CXC, Contract Research Fund o Provide non-expert event or project management services, or fund such activity .
1 CREW ‘s IP policy is available from enquiries@crew.ac.uk

Project title:
Background:
Objectives and research required:
Outputs required:
IP, data management, risks and any other information relevant to the project
Date of request:
Date response needed:
Details of your request and the outputs will be put on the CREW website. Please check this box if you DO NOT wish for these to be made public:
I have read the information overleaf and agree this request conforms to those criteria:
Your name and contact details:
Centre of Expertise for Waters: Project Template
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