JPI Oceans partners and Brazil fund five international joint projects of cutting-edge research on microplastics in the ocean
JPI Oceans partners and Brazil fund five international joint projects of cutting-edge research on microplastics in the ocean
Five projects are selected for funding to conduct research on sources of microplastics, methods for identifying smaller micro- and (nano-) plastics and monitoring their circulation in marine systems and their effects thereon.
- ANDROMEDA - Analysis techniques for quantifying nano-and microplastic particles and their degradation in the marine environment – Coordinator: Dr Richard Sempéré, Université d'Aix-Marseille, France
- HOTMIC - Horizontal and vertical oceanic distribution, transport, and impact of microplastics – Coordinator: Dr Mark Lenz, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany
- FACTS - Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters – Coordinator: Prof Jes Vollertsen, Aalborg University, Denmark
- microplastiX - Integrated approach on the fate of MicroPlastics (MPs) towards healthy marine ecosystems - Prof Luca Brandt KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- i-plastic - Dispersion and impacts of micro- and nano-plastics in the tropical and temperate oceans: from regional land-ocean interface to the open ocean – Coordinator: Prof Patrizia Ziveri, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- Philippe Corvini, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Switzerland
- Thorsten Hüffer, University of Vienna, Austria
- Hrissi Karapanagioti, University of Patras, Greece
- Thomas Maes, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), UK
- Lorena Rios Mendoza, University of Wisconsin Superior, USA
Funding partners
For this joint call for research proposals funding partners from Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden allocated funding.
- Belgium | Belgian Science Policy Office, BELSPO
- Brazil | National Council of State Research Support Foundations, CONFAP
- Denmark | Innovation Fund Denmark, IFD
- Estonia | Ministry of the Environment of the Estonian Republic, MoE
- Estonia | Estonian Research Council, ETAgz
- France| National Research Agency, ANR
- Germany | Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF
- Iceland | The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, MFRI
- Ireland | Marine Institute, MI
- Ireland | Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, DHPLG
- Italy | Ministry of Education, University and Research, MIUR
- Latvia | Ministry of Education and Science, IZM
- Malta | Malta Council for Science and Technology, MCST
- Norway | Research Council of Norway, RCN
- Portugal | Science & Technology Foundation, FCT
- Spain | Spanish State Research Agency, AEI
- Sweden | Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, FORMAS
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