Ocean Knowledge 2030
Ireland’s Strategy for Marine Research, Knowledge & Innovation, 2025-2030 (DRAFT)
The Marine Institute has prepared a draft of Ireland's new Strategy for Marine Research, Knowledge & Innovation for the period 2025-2030, Ocean Knowledge 2030. This draft has been prepared in collaboration with government departments and agencies, including members of the Marine Research Funders' Forum.
Ocean Knowledge 2030 will guide the coordination at national level of marine research and innovation investments, programming and policy, helping to optimise impact, enable the sustainable use of ocean space, and develop a sustainable climate-neutral blue economy.
Ocean Knowledge 2030 will align and integrate with a broader suite of sectoral and Research and Innovation strategies and policies at both national and EU level. Ocean Knowledge 2030 is also designed to advance the Impact 2030 action to ‘position Ireland as a leader for marine research and technology.’
Ocean Knowledge 2030 is currently in advanced draft form. The Ocean Knowledge 2030 Conference is providing a final opportunity for stakeholder engagement, allowing strategic insights and ideas to be gathered from a diverse national ocean community. It is intended to finalise and publish the strategy in early 2025.
The Marine Institute has also prepared a Marine Research Investments dashboard, which will be developed further over the lifetime of the Ocean Knowledge 2030 strategy. The dashboard is linked to the National Marine Research Database, which provides details of Irish participation in marine research projects from 2017 onwards. The data is collected from national research funding bodies participating in the Marine Research Funders' Forum.
For further information please contact MRIS@marine.ie.