Purpose

The purpose of the Conwy Research Catchment Observatory is to study landscape-scale processes for water, soil and vegetation across a whole river catchment - encompassing an array of land use and soil types from upland mountains and moors to the river-estuary transition zone (RETZ) and coast.  This observatory contributes to the Upland Water Monitoring Network (listed separately below) and also provides an experimental research platform.  It is increasingly recognised that the emergent...

The National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research (NCPHWR) carries out research to improve the health and well-being of people in Wales.

We have two main research areas:

• • Healthy development – understanding the causes and consequences of ill-health, disease, injury and well-being with a focus on giving children and young people a healthy start in life and reducing inequalities.
  • Healthy ageing – improving physical activity and well-being in the general population, key areas...

The Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE) is a multi-million-pound collaboration between ORE Catapult and Welsh universities, funded by the Welsh European Funding Office. Based at Pembroke Dock, the Centre will deliver research, development and demonstration activities to support innovation in the Welsh supply chain, accelerating the commercialisation of the wave, tidal and offshore wind sectors by reducing cost of energy.

The purpose of the MEECE collaboration is to support...

CSA Catapult was established to help the UK become a leader in compound semiconductors through collaboration with both large companies and start-ups to develop and commercialise new applications using this technology. 

We have state of the art equipment available to find out more here CSA Catapult - Equipment & Labs and for our kit list please click here Catapult-Directory-Brochure-A4-landscape-Kit-List.pdf. 

The Wales Asthma Observatory (WAO) is a platform for asthma research and surveillance.

It was developed to explore what is happening to patients with asthma in Wales and to examine this longitudinally in order to support improvements in the quality of treatment and care provided to patients and to also inform health service planning and clinical research.

The WAO includes a cumulative cohort of asthma patients covering most of Wales, totalling over 470,000 people with ever-diagnosed and...

BREATHE – The Health Research Hub for Respiratory Health will enable high quality research and cutting-edge innovation to improve the lives of people living with respiratory conditions, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Everyone in the UK will have a respiratory illness at some point in their life. We have the best datasets in the world – which should be used to improve respiratory health – but these are currently very difficult to find, access and use.

People in...

The Plynlimon Research Catchments (PRC), in the headwaters of the Severn and Wye rivers, are adjacent catchments (19.25 km²) with contrasting land uses: moorland and plantation forest. PRC monitoring and data collection combine the best elements of traditional methods and state-of-the-art technology, and the experimental catchments provide an outdoor laboratory for cross-cutting scientific studies. Three sub-catchments are nested within each main catchment, all with permanent flow gauging...

The Adolescent Data Platform (ADP) for Mental Health Research brings together a huge range of information relating to the mental health of young people aged 10-24 from across the UK.

With core funding from mental health research charity MQ, we provide an unprecedented resource for researchers and policy-makers to improve understanding of mental illness in young people, address historical service challenges, and tackle inequalities in mental health.

The platform, which launched in 2018, brings...

Purpose

The purpose of the Aber experimental exposure facility is to determine the impact of ozone on vegetation such as crops, grassland, heath and small trees.  Ground-level ozone is not only an air pollutant, it is also a greenhouse gas, contributing to global warming.  Background ozone concentrations are rising and average levels are now above thresholds for adverse effects on vegetation (e.g. reduced growth, leaf damage) in many areas of the UK.  The Aber facility enables researchers to...

DATAMIND is the Health Data Research Hub for Mental Health funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Health Data Research (HDR) UK.

Our Mental Health Data Research Hub makes the most of the UK’s rich mental health data and enable coordinated research, with the ultimate aim of improving lives. The Hub will transform mental health research in the UK by providing a central, integrated data infrastructure with findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) mental health data sets...