Through this joint EuroMarine and EMBRC call, over €52,000 worth of services have been awarded to 11 successful applicants. The recipients are all early career researchers belonging to EuroMarine member organisations. Their grants cover the costs of their chosen EMBRC research service.

Each of the successful applicants was deemed to have submitted a proposal demonstrating intrinsic scientific value, novelty and relevance to the general scientific strategy of EuroMarine, as outlined in the EuroMarine Ocean Frontier manifesto.

Note for successful applicants: The visits and services awarded under this call will be honoured until July 2022. Please be in touch with the local access officer of the EMBRC partner you have selected as soon as possible to define a date of access to the institute or to perform your project by remote access (delivery of marine organisms or analysed samples, etc.).

At a glance

Dates: March 2020 to July 2022
EMBRC role: service provider
Contact: access@embrc.eu
Funding: €52,000

Applicant & Project
Home Organisation
Access Provider
Chiara Conte
Investigating Posidonia oceanica microbial associated communities in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: adding a piece to the Posidonia oceanica holobiont assessment
Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
HCMR-IMBBC, Greece
Isabel Casal Porras
Evaluation of carbon stocks in the seagrass Zostera noltei: antropogenic pression, contribution to climate change, and economic impact
University of Cádiz, Spain
CCMAR, Portugal
Jana Efremova
Sponges as Fertilizing agents in Ocean Acidified Systems
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
SBR, France
Andreia T. Pereira
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) feeding ecology in Portuguese waters
Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) - University of Aveiro, Portugal
SBR, France
Andreia T. Pereira
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) feeding ecology in Portuguese waters
Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) - University of Aveiro, Portugal
CoNISMa, Italy
Duarte Frade
Evolution of salt tolerance in Halophytic aquatic plants from the Mediterranean
Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Portugal
ICM Oristano and ICM Capo Granitola, Italy
Elisa Banchi
Water-sediment interface ecosystem in the Venice lagoon: an integrated approach
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Italy
SBR, France
Alina Madita Wieczorek
An investigation into Mesopelagics, Zooplankton and Microplastics
Marine Institute Ireland, Ireland
IMEV, France
Laura Ciriminna
Effect of a sustainable feed on growth and quality of sea cucumber Holothuria arguinensis.
CoNISMa - U. Palermo, Italy
ECIMAT-UVIGO, Spain
Lucía Soliño Alonso
Study of toxicity markers and role of associated bacterial in toxic production by different strains of the harmful microalgae Ostreopsis cf. ovata.
CCMAR (Centre for Marine Sciences-UAlg) and IPMA (Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere), Portugal
ECIMAT-UVIGO, Spain
Sofia Ramalho
Macrofaunal nematode diversity and connectivity in areas targeted for deep-sea mining
Departamento de Biologia e CESAM (Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar), Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
UGENT, Belgium
Ivana Buselic Garber
Transcriptomic approach to enhanced sustainability in finfish aquaculture
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Croatia
HCMR-IMBBC, Greece
Ana Sofia Tavares
Small cetaceans as Persistent Organic Pollutants biomonitoring tools in marine waters of continental Portugal
Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Portugal
SAMS (ask to SOI), United Kingdom