1. Duncan Shermer EPSRC – Water-Energy-Food Nexus July 2012

2. EPSRC - Budget • Budget for research will drop dramatically in financial year 2013-14 • There is a relatively large budget for training in 2013-14 • But this reflects the new call for CDTs going live

3. EPSRC – Water Priorities • Water Engineering • Technologies related to water resource management, treatment and distribution systems • Investment in this area will be Grown relative to the rest of the portfolio (current value ~£16m) over the CSR period • Research underpins key global societal challenges • Many reports indicate how important this area is • Multidisciplinary area encompassing chemistry, process engineering, civil engineering as well as social, biological and environmental science • EPSRC will support high quality basic research in this area • Research should be long-term, ambitious and creative • Impacts made by research in this area could be potentially transformative www.epsrc.ac.uk/ourportfolio/researchareas/Pages/watereng.aspx

4. EPSRC – Water Priorities • Coastal and Waterway Engineering • Engineering of coastal and waterway structures, management and defences • Investment in this area will be Maintained relative to the rest of the portfolio (current value ~£16m) over the CSR period • Research underpins key global societal challenges • Key investment in this area has been the FRMRC • There is now an opportunity to take research in this area in new directions • EPSRC will focus on long-term, ambitious and creative research • Will look to broaden the portfolio beyond flooding into integrated water management and form stronger links with the Water Engineering Portfolio www.epsrc.ac.uk/ourportfolio/researchareas/Pages/waterway.aspx

5. EPSRC – Broader Priorities • Living With Environmental Change • Water and Infrastructure highlighted as a priorities • Resilient national infrastructure, water security and protection from extreme events (e.g. flooding) • Energy Challenge Theme • Energy Efficiency (Grow) • Whole Energy Systems (Grow) • Water-Energy Nexus • This is “on our radar” • Potential activity currently being scoped