Belgian Federal Science Policy Office

Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO)

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Joint Call for Proposals on Underwater Noise in the Marine Environment

Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania and Spain under the framework of JPI Oceans and together with BANOS, BlueMed, NOAA and the UN Ocean Decade, are pleased to launch this call, with a deadline for proposals on 28 February 2022.

Current Phase: Concluded

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JPI Climate & JPI Oceans Joint Transnational Call on Next Generation Climate Science in Europe for Oceans

JPI Climate & JPI Oceans Joint Transnational Call on Next Generation Climate Science in Europe for Oceans. The joint call is supported by 9 countries with a total budget of 8.6 million EUR.

Current Phase: Concluded

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Joint call for proposals on microplastics in the marine environment

Thirteen JPI Oceans member countries together with Latvia and Brazil launch a call for transnational research projects of approx. 10.5 million EUR to study the sources, distribution and impact of microplastics in the marine environment.

Current Phase: Concluded

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Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership’s first joint transnational call

The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership, a European partnership under the European Commission’s Research & Innovation Framework Programme Horizon Europe, is pleased to announce its first Joint transnational call entitled « The way forward: a thriving sustainable blue economy for a brighter future ».

Current Phase: Project selection

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Announcement: new JPI Oceans Joint Call on the ecological aspects of deep-sea mining (Closed)

With the support of Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania and the UK, JPI Oceans aims to further advance scientific knowledge in support of policy making on deep-sea mining, while facilitating the analysis of related ethical implications and societal consequences. The deadline for submitting pre-proposals in response to the joint call is 1 March 2024.

Current Phase: Concluded

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New JPI Oceans Joint Call on Science for Good Environmental Status (Closed))

With the support of Belgium, Italy, Malta and Ireland, JPI Oceans aims to advance scientific knowledge and methodologies supporting the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) implementation through process-based approaches to environmental status assessment.

Current Phase: Evaluation full proposals

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Linked Joint Actions

Aquatic Pollutants

In an unprecedented collaboration, the three JPIs on Water, Oceans and Antimicrobial Resistance, together with European Commission aim to tackle one of the most pressing issues facing society – the presence of pollutants and pathogens in water resources.

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Underwater Noise in the Marine Environment

The Joint Action Underwater Noise in the Marine Environment aims to decrease the high level of uncertainty about the impact of noise through the promotion of specific lines of scientific research.

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Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining

The Joint Action Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining assesses the long-term impacts of polymetallic nodule mining on the deep-sea environment.

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Climate Science for Oceans

In a joint effort with JPI Climate, this action aimed to fund research on ocean-climate interactions, to improve climate models and inform climate change adaptation policies in Europe.

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Ecological Aspects of Microplastics

The Joint Action Ecological Aspects of Microplastics was launched as one of JPI Oceans’ pilot activities, to study the sources, distribution and impact of microplastics in the marine environment.

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Intercalibration for Water Framework Directive

The scientific intercalibration exercise for the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) brought together scientific experts to perform required analyses in the most cost-efficient way.

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Munition in the Sea

The Knowledge Hub on Munition in the Sea constituted a multi-national expert group which assessed risks, defined priorities and suggested intervention options concerning legacy munitions in the marine environment, resulting in the launch of an information portal on munition in the sea in 2024.

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Sea Level Rise

The Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise is a joint effort between JPI Climate and JPI Oceans operating as a networking platform facilitating the interaction between research and policy on sea level rise.

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Science for Good Environmental Status

The Knowledge Hub constitutes a multi-national expert group that coordinates research and innovation to enable countries to assess and achieve Good Environmental Status.

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Multi Use of Infrastructure for Monitoring

The pilot action Multi use of Infrastructure for Monitoring in the North Sea developed pilot studies to test on current monitoring activities and resulted in a workshop between scientists and funding bodies in 2013 and additional monitoring during various International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS) cruises in 2014.

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Linked Strategic Engagements

Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership

JPI Oceans plays a key role in the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership, referred to as Horizon Europe’s blue arm of the Green Deal.

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