Flood Risk Management Consortium (FRMRC) Phase 2

本提案是应EPSRC的邀请而起草的，EPSRC与EA/Defra洪水和海岸防御联合研发计划、UKWIR、苏格兰办事处、NI河流管理局和NERC合作，于2003年2月同意资助一个跨学科研究联合体，调查洪水的预测、预防和缓解（FRMRC 1）。这一创新性联合供资安排背后的概念是，它允许一个国家联合体将基础和接近市场的研究人员的长处和研究哲学联合收割机纳入一个真正的多学科方案。FRMRC 1的研究组合旨在通过产生新的和原始的基础科学来解决洪水风险管理中的关键问题，同时与资助机构的商定目标保持一致。这一理念将延续到第二阶段的资助（FRMRC 2）。FRMRC 2将建立在FRMRC 1的结果基础上，以增加对洪水过程的理解，产生新的原创科学，并支持改善洪水风险管理。该联盟由合格的学术机构组成，与公共和私营部门的适当利益攸关方和用户一起工作。联合体的广泛兴趣和技能，加上研究成果的独创性和实用性，将确保联合体方法大大增加其各个组成部分的价值。

This proposal has been drafted in response to an invitation from EPSRC, who in collaboration with the EA/Defra Joint R&D programme on Flood and Coastal Defence, UKWIR, the Scottish Office, the NI Rivers Agency and NERC, agreed in February 2003 to fund an interdisciplinary research consortium investigating the prediction, prevention and mitigation of flooding (FRMRC1). The concept behind this innovative joint funding arrangement was that it allowed a national consortium to combine the strengths of basic and near-market researchers and research philosophies in a truly multi-disciplinary programme. The research portfolio for FRMRC1 was formulated to address key issues in flood risk management by generating new and original under-pinning science, while being consistent within the agreed objectives of the funding agencies. This philosophy is to be carried over into the second phase of funding (FRMRC2).FRMRC2 will build on the results of FRMRC1 to increase understanding of flooding processes, generate new and original science and support improved flood risk management. The consortium consists of eligible academic institutions working alongside appropriate stakeholders and users in both the public and private sectors. The breadth of interests and skills of the consortium, coupled with the originality and utility of the research outcomes, will ensure that the consortium approach significantly adds value to the sum of its various components.