BGS Development & Strategy has a number of functions including corporate marketing, strategic planning, supporting the Board and the Executive Committee, maintaining links with clients and stakeholders in the UK and internationally, and managing large multidisciplinary overseas projects.

The Bristol node of the NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility (LSMSF), is located in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol and comprises eight state-of-the-art mass spectrometers and associated instrumentation that are housed within the laboratories of the Organic Geochemistry Unit (OGU). The OGU is a subdivision of the Bristol Biogeochemistry Research Centre and has a record of more than 30 years of international research activity employing mass spectrometry as its principal analytical tool. The Facility provides a specialist service to members of the UK life sciences community providing the separation and mass spectrometric characterisation of complex mixtures of organic compounds found in biological and environmental materials. The strength of the Facility lies in its use of 'hyphenated techniques', i.e. GC/MS and HPLC/MS to resolve these mixtures ('fingerprint' distributions) and identify discrete molecular components (inferred from mass spectra). In addition and where appropriate, compound specific light stable isotope (C, H, N or O) mass spectrometry is also available thereby potentially providing a further stable isotopic dimension to the analysis of samples.

The BGS Groundwater Science programme provides long-term groundwater-related capability in the hydrosciences for the benefit of the UK, and internationally. Research addresses issues related to the sustainability of water resources and quality, the impacts of environmental change on the water cycle, natural hazards in the context of groundwater, and groundwater and human health. We undertake groundwater-related monitoring and surveys and have extensive data and information, much of which is accessible through the BGS website. With our partners, we undertake integrated catchment studies through the development of field sites and novel monitoring technologies, the development of groundwater models, and the provision of supporting services and analytical facilities.

The BGS Energy & Marine Geoscience Programme studies marine environments, both locally and globally, enables us to better understand many of the big challenges facing our planet today, including climate change, coastal erosion and renewable energy. It also allows us to maximise development of our marine resources including oil, gas, marine aggregates, aquaculture, fishing, plus helps conserve our rich biodiversity and marine archaeological inheritance. In the field of Energy, the BGS supports science that seeks to understand and maximise the recovery of dwindling fossil fuel reserves, as well as helping the development of renewable energy such as geothermal power. Security of energy supply and reduction of carbon emissions is central to the UK Government's energy policy, as is maintaining a suitable mix of future energy resources. The UK 's natural resources are declining and will only be partially replaced by indigenous renewables.

Abstracts are not currently available in GtR for all funded research. This is normally because the abstract was not required at the time of proposal submission, but may be because it included sensitive information such as personal details.