Competitive
2023 – 2026. TRANSPONDER: TRANSnational biodiversity and ecosystem assessment approaches for PONDscapes in EuRope. Funded by Biodiversa+ 2022 and Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Coordinator: Tom Davidson, PI (UVic-UCC): Sandra Brucet. Total fund: 1.749.068€
2020 – 2024. PONDERFUL: Pond ecosystems for resilient future landscapes in a changing climate. Funded by European Union H2020, Call: H2020-LC-CLA-2019-2. Total Fund: 6,993,407€. Project Coordinator: Sandra Brucet / Project manager: Diana van Gent Gent (consortium of 18 partners)
2020 – 2021. EGU higher education teaching grant. Funded by the European Geosciences Union. 750€. PI: Gender AIL. Co-PI: Mireia Bartrons
2019 – 2021. SizeEcoFun: Size-based approaches to understand impacts on river ecosystem functioning. Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (contract no. RTI2018-095363-B-I00). 54821.47 €. PI: Lluís Benejam / Sandra Brucet
2018 – 2021. Size spectra of coastland wetland invertebrate communities in Chile: the role of disturbance. Funding entity: Conicyt-Fondecyt Iniciación. €97,131. PI: Cristina Coccia
2019. Estanques temporales mediterráneos: refugios de biodiversidad a conservar. Funded by Fundación Biodiversidad del Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. PI: Sandra Brucet/Anna Badosa.
2016-2021. FISHSIZE: Analysing size-density relationships of aquatic communities in response to strength of predator-prey interactions and resource subsidy (DFG Me 1686/7-1), German Research Foundation. PI: Thomas Mehner, CoPI: Sandra Brucet.
2014-2020. Management and restoration of temporary ponds and wetlands in Can Torres (Albera, Alt Empordà, Spain). Funded by Andrena Foundation. PI: Lluís Benejam/Sandra Brucet.
2019 – 2020. Useminars 2020. Funded by Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología and UVIC. 20,000€. PI: Anna Badosa
2017 – 2020. Grants to support the activities of the research groups (SGR 2017). Funded by Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR). 18,920€. PI: Sandra Brucet.
2018. Project FCT U-Divulga Programme: Annual Programme of activities from the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit (UCC+i) of the UVic-UCC. Funded by Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología. PI: Lluís Benejam.
2018. Project FCT Caretta a la Vista: involving the general public in sea turtle research and conservation. Funded by Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología. PI: Mireia Aguilera.
2016-2018. Project Climate change effects on structure and processes in aquatic communities. Funded by The Swedish Research Council Formas. PI: Peter Eklöv.
2016-2017. SOS-Fartet: improvement of conservation status of fartet, an endangered fish species. Funded by Fundación Biodiversidad del Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. PI: Sandra Brucet/Anna Badosa.
2016-2017. FCT-2016-11577. Caretta a la Vista: involving the general public in sea turtle research and conservation. Funded by Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología. PI: Mireia Aguilera.
2016. Project FCT-15-9503: U-Divulga Programme: Annual Programme of activities from the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit (UCC+i) of the UVic-UCC. Funded by Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología. IP: Mireia Olivella.
2015-2017. Project CGL2015-69311-REDT. Excellence network on inland fish and fisheries. Funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. PI: Emili García-Berthou.
2014-2016. Project CGL2013-48074, NP: Increasing impacts of the increasing environmental imbalance between N and P on organisms, communities and ecosystems. Funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. PI: Josep Peñuelas.
2014-2016. Rivers of salt: Advancing towards a better management of salt-rich Effluents. Funded by Tecniospring programme and COFUND Marie Curie Actions. PI: Sandra Brucet.
2014-2015. Project Myvatn: Will climate-related changes in fish stocks lead to significant ecosystem shifts in the natural eutrofic Lake Myvatn (Iceland)? Funded by Carlsberg Fundation. PI: Sandra Brucet/Erik Jeppesen.
2014-2016. CGL2013-43822-R: Towards a sustainable use of Mediterranean stream ecosystems: direct and indirect effects of hydrological alteration on fish. Funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. 66.550€. PI: Emili García-Berthou.
2013-2015. Climate and nutrient impacts on lake biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Funded by EU FP7 Marie Curie Actions (contract no. 330249). PI: Sandra Brucet.
2013-2020. ERC grant SyG-2013-610028: IMBALANCE-P: Effects of phosphorus limitations on Life, Earth system and Society. 13.600.579,98€. Funded by FP7-IDEAS-ERC. PI: Josep Peñuelas.
2010-2014. Assessing and predicting effects on water quantity and quality in Iberian rivers caused by global change (SCARCE). Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. PI: Damià Barceló.
2010-2013. EU funded project “REFRESH: Adaptive strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change on European freshwater ecosystems”. (contract no. 244121).
2008-2019. Project LTREB-1052160, LTREB: High-amplitude midge fluctuations and the ecosystem dynamics of Lake Myvatn, Iceland. Funded by National Science Foundation (USA). PI: Anthony R. Ives.
Technology transfer
2017-2018. Inventory of the fauna and flora of temporary ponds in Cap de Creus Natural Park. Natural Park of Cap de Creus. Lluís Benejam/Sandra Brucet.
2016-2017. Technology Transfer Contract IGB-Berlin (Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.). Germany. PI: Sandra Brucet
From 2016. Grant Arrangement for climate impacts research capacity and leadership enhancement in Sub-Saharian Africa (CIRCLE)- UK Department for International Development. PI: S Brucet.
2015. Building of artificial streams and experiments to test the effects of salt mining on river salinization. K+S Company. PI: Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles.