WEATHER-MIC is one of four approved projects following the 2014 JPI-Oceans Pilot Call on ecological effects of microplastics. Five partners from four European countries form the consortium. The project runs from 2016 to 2018 and is funded through the national funding partners Project Management Juelich (ptj, Germany), the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS, Sweden), The Research Council of Norway (RCN, Norway) and the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO, Belgium).