Consortium Membership

The Flood Risk Management Research Consortium (FRMRC) was formed with the express wish at its inception of linking academic and industrial research partners.  The principal sponsor is the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in collaboration with the Environment Agency (EA), the Northern Ireland Rivers Agency (DARDNI), the United Kingdom Water Industry Research (UKWIR) Organisation, the Scottish Government (via SNIFFER), the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) through the auspices of the Defra/EA and, uniquely, the Office of Public Works (OPW) in the Republic of Ireland. 

The academic members of the Consortium currently comprise 16 Universities whose logos can be seen below.  In addition, a number of key collaborators (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL), Meteorological Office, Halcrow, CIRIA, HR Wallingford and UKWIR) are either heavily committed or form part of the Consortium.

Finally, many consultants and associated parties are involved in assisting with either near-market research collaborations or giving professional advice.  The Consortium has also evolved a strategy of major international collaboration for the second phase and already has formal links with China and several other countries pursuing similar research.