GISFI
Funding Organisation: GISFI --- Contact: Jean-Louis Morel, phone: +33 383 59 58 99, email: gisfi@ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr
Country of origin: France
What type of research is funded? Applied, Basic
Projects based on defined research needs (programme driven) or an open call (demand driven)? Programme Driven
Total budget:  1.83 Million EUROs
Funding rate by programme:  50-100%
Programme start year: 2000
Duration of programme: 6 years
Programme open for funding of international participation:  Yes
Programme has ongoing or terminated international projects:  No
Keywords: 
Soil-->Soil Overview
Topics: 
mobility and availability of contaminants, risk assessment, models for contaminants transport, development of new soil treatment technologies, brownfield 
sustainable management, Brownfields Contaminated land, Contaminated land overview Contaminated land, funding Groundwater protection, Groundwater
protection overview
Long Description: 
The French state and local authorities from the Lorraine region financed this programme, that carries out research in the field described below. The work itself 
of the GISFI consortium can be seen as transversal interdisciplinary project. The GISFI - French Scientific Interest Group - Industrial Wasteland develops synergy between different skills, based around a scientific and technological
project dedicated to acquisition of knowledge for sustainable requalification of degraded sites polluted by past industrial activities. The issue of requalification of degraded industrial sites is related to major industrial changes in recent years (in Lorraine these especially concern
steel and coal activities, textiles, small industries, etc.). In addition to their economic consequences, these changes have resulted in the creation of
thousands of hectares of industrial wasteland, the renovation of which almost always involves highly complex pollution problems. The degraded zones, which include mining, industrial, railway, military and urban sites, represent considerable areas in Europe (over 6,000 ha in Lorraine,
for example). The GISFI is a consortium of 11 public research laboratories in Lorraine associated with the INPL, UHP, Nancy II and Metz Universities, INRA, CNRS, INSERM
and BRGM. Its members come from a wide spectrum of disciplines, ranging from geosciences to human sciences. They have joined forces for a transversal interdisciplinary
project contributing to the resolution of pollution-related issues. This group has been joined by two private laboratories, a scientific archaeological association and institutional partners (EPFL*, DRIRE) and the steel
industry (Bail-Industrie), together with the GELFI network. The GISFI has been selected within the framework of the State-Region Plan Contract for the ' After
the Mine Closures ' aspect. The aim of the project is to understand the mechanisms that control the dynamics of pollution in soils, taking into account the multiplicity of pollutants,
their ageing and the highly heterogeneous nature of degraded sites. It will lead to modelling flows of pollutants in soils, in order to characterise their bioavailability
and their impact on organisms and, in the plan applied, to promoting the development of innovative treatment technologies as part of a strategy for requalification
of industrial wasteland. Work will take place in industrial wasteland in Lorraine, focusing on site work thanks to the creation of an experimental station
equipped with instruments for tracking the evolution and impact of pollution.
Eligibility:

       
WEB Link: http:///www.gisfi.prd.fr
Projects Supported by this Programme:

Root WEB Link: http:///www.gisfi.prd.fr
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