JPI Oceans Call for Research into Microplastics

The Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans) has open until February 28 the 2nd Joint Transnational Call for Research Projects in the area of Microplastics in the Marine Environment, with a financial allocation of 10.5 M€.

The Call is 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 the Call can also join with their own resources.

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

Portuguese proposals can be submitted under topic 3 of the 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 the Call and projects must have a maximum duration of 36 months. Projects must start in the first quarter of 2020. The maximum amount of funding requested per transnational project is 2M