FRESH works closely with academic and non-academic partners to deliver the science that underpins policy and practice across government, NGO and commercial sectors. Together, FRESH academics and stakeholders will co-create and co-design training for the next generation of researchers in freshwater bioscience and sustainability, with the theoretical and applied skills to address real-world freshwater challenges. We are always looking for stakeholders to join us and there are several ways to get involved listed below.
Find out more by downloading our brochure here.
Examples of our Stakeholders include:
There are different levels of partner engagement available, from in-kind support (e.g. co-supervision, access to data and facilities, participation in FRESH activities), to full financial support of a studentship. We are keen to achieve ‘CASE’ status on as many of our projects as possible.
So if your organisation wants to get involved in FRESH, here are a few options:
1. Become a CASE Partner
The central component of the FRESH programme is challenging and original research projects focused on one of the priority themes. Each FRESH project brings together supervisors from two different FRESH research institutions, along with the involvement of an external stakeholder or international colleague. If you think your interests align with one of the projects then get in touch – we would love to have you on board as a ‘CASE partner’; this involves a contribution of a minimum of £1,000 RTSG per annum, and a placement of a minimum of 3 months (and travel and subsistence expenses to support the student attending)
2. Train the next-generation
Stakeholder partners can be involved in more ways than just developing/supervising the project itself, for example, through delivering training at our courses in cross-cutting skills, developing ‘real world’ challenges for students to work on at training event, attending the WSA annual conferences, or sharing job opportunities.
3. Collaborate
Whenever possible or relevant, students will be encouraged to take up collaborative opportunities with stakeholders and end-users. If you think you have a suitable placement and would consider hosting one of our students for a few weeks, then please get in touch.