NESP TWQ Hub: Australian Tropical Water Quality Research Funding 2015-2020

From 2015 to 2020, the National Environmental Science Program Tropical Water Quality Hub funded research to manage and conserve Australia's environment. The program funded 25 short-term projects in its first round and 18 multi-year projects in its second, focusing on three themes: ecosystem impacts, species resilience, and natural resource management. The metadata is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze research funding distribution based on the described project rounds and themes.
• Study the alignment of environmental research priorities based on the seven priorities listed for Round 2.
• Map the transition from past programs based on the mention of lessons learned from the concluded National Environmental Research Program.

Strengths

• Describes a structured program with 43 total funded projects across two distinct rounds.
• Outlines three specific research themes and seven detailed priorities for the second funding round.
• Provides explicit time ranges for funding rounds: June 2015 to March 2016 and January 2016 to December 2018.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Funding program administration and project reporting.

Time Range

2015-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-10 19:14:36.452825; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia, with focus on tropical waters and the Great Barrier Reef region.