The Water Institute has awarded Seed Grant Program funding to five research proposals. Members of the Ecohydrology Research Group are involved in two of funded projects:
An award of $11,300 has been granted to the project titled: “Nutrient cycling and contaminant transport in groundwater of Southern Ontario (Canada) and Quintana Roo (Mexico): similarities, differences, collaboration and solutions” that was submitted by Chris Parsons (Earth and Environmental Sciences) Philippe Van Cappellen (Earth and Environmental Sciences), Nandita Basu (Earth and Environmental Sciences/Civil and Environmental Engineering), Laura Hug (Biology), Eduardo Cejudo (Unidad de Ciencias del Agua, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán/Water Sciences Unit - CICY, Mexico).
$20,000 has been awarded to the project: “What do current water quality monitoring programs really tell us, and how can we improve them? Assessing water quality monitoring programs with the aim of improving Ontario’s provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network” that was submitted by Philippe Van Cappellen (Earth and Environmental Science), Nandita Basu (Earth and Environmental Sciences/Civil and Environmental Engineering), Madeline Rosamond (Earth and Environmental Sciences), Kim van Meter (Earth and Environmental Sciences), Sherry Schiff (Earth and Environmental Sciences), Simon Courtenay (Environment, Resources and Sustainability), Georgina Kaltenecker and Mohamed Mohamed (Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change), Christopher Wellen (University of Windsor).
The Water Institute’s Seed Grant Program aims to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration, facilitate interaction with national or international authorities, encourage new areas of research, and encourage the development of research proposals.