Call Oceans Call for Research in the Field of Microplastics

The Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans) has opened, until February 28, the 2nd Joint Call for Research Projects in the field of Microplastics in the Marine Environment, with a budget of €10.5 million.

The Call funded by 13 JPI Oceans member countries, namely Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden, as well as Brazil and Latvia. Researchers from countries not participating in Call may Call join using their own resources.

Through this Call, JPI Oceans aims to promote European and transatlantic cooperation in this area of research, seeking to contribute to regional seas conventions and the implementation of the Belém Declaration, as well as to the G7, G20, and UN goals of reducing pollution from microplastics in the ocean.

Portuguese proposals may be submitted under topic 3 of Call mapping and monitoring microplastics in the marine environment, including their effects on the marine environment. Consortia must be made up of research teams from at least three countries participating in Call projects must have a maximum duration of 36 months. Projects should start in the first quarter of 2020. The maximum amount of funding requested per transnational project is €2 million.