Call: INFRAIA-01-2018-2019 Integrating Activities for Advanced Communities
Type of action: RIA
Duration: 48 M (4 years)

KEY IDEAS

• Facilitate open access to an integrated and advanced research vessel fleet
• Help the European marine research community to meet their evolving and challenging needs
• European and international researchers from academia and industry will be able to apply for several access programmes, through a single-entry system
• Support for research on sustainable, clean and healthy oceans, linking with existing ocean observation infrastructures, and support innovation through working closely with industry
• Enable access to a unique fleet of 27 state-of-the-art research vessels from European and international partners
• Researchers will be able to access the entire North Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Pacific Southern Ocean and Ross Sea
• Researchers will also have access to new Autonomous Underwater Vehicles and Remotely Operated Vehicles.
• A unique portable telepresence system will enable remote access by researchers and diverse end users including the public; a first for Europe
• Undertake joint research activities focused on deep ocean research and exploration, data management, and virtual access.
• Multiple networking activities will ensure robust Call processes aiming at wide stakeholder engagement, development of a strategic roadmap and long-term sustainability plan, diverse training and education activities, management of innovation, and widespread dissemination and communication.
• Facilitate access to unique marine infrastructure, enabling excellent research, increasing ocean literacy, and providing a clear road map for the continued integration and advancement of the European research fleet.

CONSORTIUM

MARINE INSTITUTE - Ireland (Coordinator)
HAVSTOVAN - Faeroe Islands
SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS - Finland
VLAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR DE ZEE VZW - Belgium
MARIENE INFORMATIE SERVICE MARIS BV - Netherlands
FUNDACAO EUROCEAN - Portugal
GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET - Sweden
HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH - Greece
INSTITUT ROYAL DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE BELGIQUE - Belgium
INSTYTUT OCEANOLOGII POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK - Poland
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE - Italy
INSTITUTO PORTUGUES DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA - Portugal
ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR POLAR UND MEERESFORSCHUNG - Germany
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE - Italy
TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU - Turkey
UNIVERSITAET BREMEN - Germany
GEOECOMAR - Romania
INSTITUTO ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA - Spain
UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA - Spain
GRONLANDS NATURINSTITUT - Greenland
HAFRANNSOKNASTOFNUNIN - Iceland
HAFRANNSOKNASTOFNUN, RANNSOKNA - Iceland
DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET - Denmark
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER - France
EMSO ERIC - Italy
HAVFORSKNINGSINSTITUTTET - Norway
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS - Spain
TALLINNA TEHNIKAULIKOOL - Estonia
STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN - Netherlands
NATO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION - Belgium
CORONIS COMPUTING - Spain
BLUE LOBSTER IT LIMITED - United Kingdom
HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM FUR OZEANFORSCHUNG KIEL - Germany
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH - New Zealand
SOCIB - Spain
VOYAGERIP INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED - Ireland
SEAONICS AS - Norway
HAMPIDJAN HF - Iceland
IQUA ROBOTICS - Spain
MACARTNEY A/S - Denmark
THE GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR OCEAN EXPLORATION INC - United States
UNIVERSITE DU QUEBEC A RIMOUSKI - Canada
BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES - United States

WORK PLAN

WP1: Project Management (MI Lead)
WP2: Transnational Access (MI Lead)
WP3: Joint Research Activities (CSIC Lead)
WP4: Call Management & Proposal Evaluation (AWI Lead)
WP5: Stakeholder Engagement (EMSO ERIC Lead)
WP6: Education and Training (OGS Lead)
WP7: Innovation Management and Exploitation (RBINS Lead)
WP8: Legacy and Roadmap (CNR Lead)
WP9: Dissemination and Communication (EurOcean Lead)
WP10: Ethics requirements (MI Lead)

WEBSITE

http://www.eurofleets.eu

SOCIAL MEDIA

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWErQNoZYpJhhkxPa82x5g

EUROCEAN ROLE

Work Package Leader of WP9 (Dissemination and Communication). EurOcean also undertakes activities in WP1 Project Management, WP3 JRA: Joint Research Activities, WP5 Stakeholder engagement, and WP8 Foresight: Legacy and Roadmap.