Proposals

The AQUAEXCEL²⁰²⁰ project invites proposals from European research groups for scientific research that utilises the facilities of any of their participating aquaculture research infrastructures. The AQUAEXCEL²⁰²⁰ project unites major aquaculture experimental facilities with capacity to undertake experimental trials on a selection of commercially important fish aquaculture species and system types. 

This year's annual meeting of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) will take place at Guayaquil, Ecuador, 19-23 October 2020. 

As per previous years, SCOR will be accepting proposals for new SCOR Working Groups. 

The consortium of the ERA-NET Cofund MarTERA has launched their third joint call for transnational research and innovation projects on five thematic priority areas:

The Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs) on Water, Oceans and Antimicrobial Resistance have pre-announced a joint transitional call for research and innovation projects on the risks posed to human health and the environment from pollutants and pathogens in water resources.

ASSEMBLE Plus integrates over 30 marine biological stations and installations from various regions of the world's oceans and seas; providing scientists from academia, industry and policy with the services of these marine stations. Prospective users can apply for funding to use these ASSEMBLE Plus facilities to carry out Transnational Access research projects.

The Remote Transnational Access (RTA) Programme will provide researchers with remote access to samples or data from any of the state-of-the-art research vessels (RVs) offered within EUROFLEETS+. This remote access will allow sample or data needs to be addressed remotely, when this can be accomplished with one day of ship time.

For more information on the programme, including how to apply, please visit the EUROFLEETS+ website via the link below.

The Co-Principal Investigator (PI) Programme is specifically aimed at early career researchers, or researchers with no experience in leading a research cruise, to implement their own research together with experienced scientists in EUROFLEETS+ scheduled cruises. Applicants to the Co-PI programme will be able to apply for all research vessels (RVs) offered within Eurofleets+.

ASSEMBLE Plus integrates over 30 marine biological stations and installations from various regions of the world's oceans and seas; providing scientists from academia, industry and policy with the services of these marine stations. Prospective users can apply for funding to use these ASSEMBLE Plus facilities to carry out Transnational Access research projects.

The EU Research Infrastructure project AQUACOSM has opened their 3rd Call for Transnational Access to fund participation or leadership of mesocosm experiments in 2020. This opportunity provides access to more than 33 aquatic mesocosm facilities, located at 15 AQUACOSM partners throughout Europe. AQUACOSM offers more than 3800 person days of Transnational Access in 2020.

CESAB and sDiv are instruments of the French FRB (Foundation for Research on Biodiversity) and German iDiv (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research). These two centers are offering to host groups of researchers to work on a better use of existing data, information and knowledge to foster theoretical, and synthetic thinking in biodiversity research.