- EPW have influenced, through promotion, facilitation of events, direct support on bids and project assessment panels, over £12,000,000 of research funding. This has involved:
- Supporting successful UKRI funding bids worth £8.3m
- Facilitating bids to other funders £243k
- Encouraging and assisting environmentally focused research support from Welsh Govt. of £3.5m
- Since 2021, three major conferences have been delivered by EPW:
- Air Quality Conference (Swansea – 2022)
- Better Water Quality for Wales Conference (Newport – 2023)
- Marine Evidence Conference (Bangor – 2024)
All the conferences were run in hybrid format, attended for free by over 550 individuals from EPW core partners and other external bodies.
- The EPW Researcher Database has been established providing rapid access for potential collaborators to 850 researchers across the EPW partnership.
- EPW have supported Welsh Government and NRW in providing and recruiting over 90 PhD students for three-month environmental research placements with more than 50% of places being filled by students at Welsh universities.
- EPW staff have attended careers fairs at every institution in order to provide advice and guidance to more than 750 students wishing to pursue environmental careers.
- EPW have established eight communities of research, involving academics (and external partners) from across the partner organisations. These include:
- Coal Tip Safety
- Water Quality
- Reservoir Water Management
- Environment and Peace
- Designated Landscapes
- Marine Evidence
- Blue Carbon Forum
- Earth Observation (Satellite Imagery)
In addition to regular routine online meetings of the above groups, EPW have facilitated face-to-face workshops in Cardiff, Aberystwyth and Wrexham.