Joint call for proposals on microplastics in the marine environment (Closed)
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.
Building on the results from the joint transnational call “Ecological aspects of microplastics in the marine environment” and recent scientific findings this joint transnational call intends to increase the knowledge about the relevant sources of microplastics, analytical methods for identifying smaller micro- and nano-)plastics, monitoring their distribution and abundance in marine systems and their effects thereon as well as concepts to reduce inputs of plastic into the marine environment.
Themes
- Identification, characterisation and quantification of the major microplastic sources, especially mechanisms and time scales of macroplastic fragmentation
- New sampling and analytical methodologies - focusing on the smaller (nano-)particles and in situ measurement methods for all matrices (water, sediment, biota)
- Monitoring and mapping of microplastics in the marine environment including its effects on the marine environment
- Concepts to reduce inputs of plastics into the marine environment including through new recycling methods, raising public awareness, promoting behavioural change, socio-economic analyses
Rules for Participation
Call text
Funding Partners
- 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