AQUASERV, a project that brings together six European research infrastructures has launched an €8.5 million (USD$9 million) access call to support research in sustainable aquaculture, fisheries, ecological restoration, blue biotechnology and the blue economy.
Funded by the Horizon Europe, the program offers access to state-of-the-art facilities in 40 institutions and 70 facilities in 16 European countries, covering the Baltic Sea, the North-East Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and inland waters. It aims to contribute to the Common European Fisheries Policy, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Sustainable Blue Economy, the European Green Deal, and the EU Mission ‘Restore our Oceans and Waters by 2030’.
“This initiative is unique in offering free access to the main European research infrastructures and research institutions in this field, such as EMBRC ERIC, AnaEE ERIC, Metrofood, Aquaexcel 3.0, RISIS and ICES,” said Adelino Canário, Coordinator of AQUASERV, Director of CCMAR and Professor at the University of the Algarve. “This programme provides the flexibility needed to design research projects that explore new ideas or consolidate old ones, bringing new perspectives while contributing to European policy priorities.”
AQUASERV’s services include access to laboratories, experimental facilities, state-of-the-art technological platforms, different ecosystems, and a wide variety of marine biological resources, biobanks, and databases. The project supports researchers in carrying out their research in the network of AQUASERV institutions across Europe, as long as they are in a country other than the researcher’s country of affiliation.
The call runs from 15 November 2024 to December 2028.
