JPI Oceans Joint Call: Science for Good Environmental Status (S4GES)

The Marine Institute is delighted to support the newly launched JPI Oceans Joint Call: on Science for Good Environmental Status (S4GES) with a deadline for proposal submissions on 1 April 2025. This call pools national and regional financial resources totalling €950,000 through the participation of funding organisations from four countries (Belgium, Ireland, Italy and Malta). Italy is also providing access to their research vessels in 2026. The Marine Institute is the national funder for Ireland under this call with a commitment of €300,000.

This joint call addresses critical knowledge gaps and enhances the scientific basis underpinning the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). By consolidating existing knowledge and integrating innovative, process-based monitoring approaches, the joint call further aims to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of environmental assessments.

Call Objectives

1.    Consolidating the Science Base for the implementation of MSFD

  • Build on the achievements of the first phase by integrating new findings with existing knowledge;
  • Enhance the scientific foundation supporting the MSFD to achieve its targets more effectively.

2.    Supporting an improved definition and measurement of Good Environmental Status

  • Specific research on scientific aspects that need further elaboration to better define and measure GES;
  • Develop and implement methodologies and strategies to better define and measure GES.

3.    Supporting the implementation of a process-based approach to GES

  • Define, apply and test process-based monitoring strategies and protocols across different sea basins to improve the relevance and quality of observations and data collection in MFSD with the aim of better using resources more efficiently;
  • Exploit existing and/or propose new augmented observation infrastructure(s) through joint international collaboration aiming to provide sustained common baseline information on key ecosystem parameters conducive to joint assessment on GES at the regional scale

Proposal consortia must include all four countries, with funding available for Irish partners being 300,000 Euro per proposal for Public Research Performing Organisations and for Industry/Private RPOs for three years (max of two Irish partners per proposal), which is being funded by the Marine Institute.

A budget template for Irish partners is available from funding@marine.ie. The full call details including details of national guidelines for Irish partners are published on the JPI Oceans website at: Joint Call on Science for Good Environmental Status (S4GES) | JPI Oceans 

Applicants will have up to 1 April 2025 (17h CET – 16h Irish time) to submit their proposals. Applications should be submitted via the JPI Oceans portal at: Joint Call on Science for Good Environmental Status (S4GES) | JPI Oceans.

Please email the Marine Institute’s Research Funding Office (funding@marine.ie) if you have any queries, with S4GES call in the subject title.
 

 

 

 

 

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