Open KE Fellowship: Air Quality Science in Support of Government Strategies

开放 KE 奖学金：支持政府战略的空气质量科学

基本信息

批准号：
NE/S00615X/1
负责人：
Sarah Moller
金额：
$ 16.83万
依托单位：
University of York
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FS00615X%2F1
关键词：
Open KE Fellowship Air Quality

项目摘要

Although UK air quality has improved in the past 40 years, it is still a major challenge to predict and control. Air pollution has significant impacts on the environment and human health; the cost to the UK from deaths attributable to air pollution are estimated at £20 billion a year, but this hugely underestimates the overall cost. Air pollution also leads to increased levels of poor health, putting pressure on the health service and reducing our productivity. There are also costs associated with delays to infrastructure projects and reductions in crop yields as well as concern over the role of air pollution in reducing the variety of plant and animal life we see in our environment. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are the Government Department responsible for air pollution. They are committed to developing and maintaining policies that are informed by the very best scientific evidence. The profile of air pollution has increased massively over recent years. There is continuing media interest and heightened public awareness, as well as ambition in Defra to effectively tackle this challenging issue. There is a strong call for action across Government to reduce the impact of air pollution on society, with the Chief Medical Officer saying that we need to see controlling pollution as disease prevention. This is a real opportunity to make sure that UK air quality policy is informed by the world leading science carried out by the NERC research community. This fellowship aims to improve the coordination across the UK research community. It seeks to link experts across subject areas, as well as with innovators and businesses to encourage the production of research that not only improves our understanding of the air pollution issue, but also considers effective and practical solutions. The objectives aim to help researchers to involve Defra and other research users when developing research ideas to ensure that the output produced is both exciting new science and is as useful as it can be for informing policy decisions.Research councils, who fund UK research, are also keen to play their part in improving air pollution and reducing its impacts on health and the environment. Over the next few years there are a number of opportunities to influence how large strategic research funds are used. This fellowship will also look to shape proposals for strategic air pollution science to ensure that it is seen as a priority.Overall, this fellowship aims to make the most of the UK's research strengths to produce information that can inform action on air pollution, thereby reducing the impacts of poor air quality on the environment, human health and the economy.

尽管在过去的40年中，英国的空气质量有所提高，但预测和控制仍然是一个主要挑战。空气污染对环境和人类健康产生重大影响；归因于空气污染的死亡人数估计为每年200亿英镑，但这极大地低估了整体成本。空气污染还导致健康状况不佳，对卫生服务施加压力并降低了我们的生产力。与基础设施项目的延误以及农作物产量的降低以及对空气污染在减少我们在环境中看到的植物和动物生活种类范围的作用的关注，也存在成本。环境，食品和农村事务部（DEFRA）是负责空气污染的政府部门。他们致力于制定和维护由最好的科学证据所告知的政策。近年来，空气污染的概况大大增加。媒体持续的兴趣和公众意识提高，以及在Defra的野心，以有效解决这一挑战问题。在整个政府中，有强有力的呼吁采取行动，以减少空气污染对社会的影响，首席医疗官说我们需要将控制污染视为预防疾病。这是一个真正的机会，以确保NERC研究社区开展的世界领先科学为英国的空气质量政策提供了信息。该奖学金旨在改善英国研究界的协调。它试图将各个主题领域的专家以及创新者和企业联系起来，以鼓励生产研究，不仅可以提高我们对空气污染问题的理解，而且还考虑了有效和实用的解决方案。这些目标旨在帮助研究人员在开发研究思想时让Defra和其他研究用户参与进来，以确保产生的产出既令人兴奋，既令人兴奋，又对政策决策既有用。研究委员会资助英国研究的研究委员会也热衷于改善空气污染和减少其对健康和环境的影响。在接下来的几年中，有很多机会影响着使用大型战略研究基金的机会。该奖学金还将旨在塑造战略空气污染科学的建议，以确保其被视为优先事项。此外，该奖学金旨在充分利用英国的研究优势，以产生可以为空气污染行动提供依据的信息，从而降低空气质量差对环境，人类健康，人类健康和经济的影响。