{"id":114,"date":"2019-04-23T09:22:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:54:08","slug":"initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Initiatives, Programmes and Collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-research\"><li id=\"menu-item-133\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/research-tracks\/\">Research Tracks<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-134\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/research-tracks\/environmental-surveillance-treatment\/\">Environmental Surveillance and Treatment<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-198\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/environmental-human-health\/\">Environmental and Human Health<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-169\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/resource-recovery-and-circular-economy\/\">Resource Recovery and Circular Economy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/impact-climate-change\/\">Climate Change and the Environment<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-199\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/food-energy-and-water-nexus\/\">Food, Energy and Water Nexus in Urban Farming<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-471\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/initiatives\/\">Programmes<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-754\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/e2s2\/\">E2S2<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-3142\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/covid-19-wastewater-surveillance-programme\/\">Covid-19 wastewater surveillance programme<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-3609\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/intprep-organization\/\">INTPREP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-331\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-332\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/research-features\/\">Research Features<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-602\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/facilities\/\">Laboratory Facilities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\tInitiatives, Programmes and Collaborations\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>NERI is the NUS Point-of-Contact for government agencies, industry, and institutions for environment and water research. 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