Projects funded by the Marine Research Programme

BlueOcean - Blue whiting recruitment, distribution and Ocean-climate processes in the north Atlantic Ridge area
Project leader: Brian MacKenzie
Cooperation between DTU-Aqua and Faroe Marine Research Institute
Funding: DKK 3,998,000
Project period: 01.02.2022-31.01.2026

TOPLINK - Marine top predators as ecosystem indicators in the central North Atlantic
Project leader: Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Cooperation between Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Faroe Marine Research Institute and University of Copenhagen
Funding: DKK 3,973,000
Project period: 01.01.2022-31.12.2024

COPS - Dynamics of Calanus species linked to Oceanographic processes, Predators and Carbon Sequestration
Project leader: Eilif Gaard
Cooperation between Faroe Marine Research Institute, DTU-Aqua and University of Strathclyde
Funding: DKK 2,366,250
Project period: 01.01.2022-31.09.2024

FjordProcess - Key processes governing pelagic productivity in sub-arctic North Atlantic fjord ecosystems
Project leader: Eydna í Homrum
Cooperation between Faroe Marine Research Institute, Aquaculture Research Station of the Faroe Islands, Aarhus University and Institute of Marine Research in Bergen
Funding: DKK 3,699,024
Project period: 01.01.2022-31.12.2024

BlueCea - Tracing the fate of Macroalgae with a focus on blue carbon processes in sub-arctic North Atlantic fjord ecosystems and beyond
Project leader: Nadescha Zwerschke
Cooperation between Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Department of Ecoscience at Aarhus University, the Aquaculture Research Station in the Faroe Islands, TARI – Faroe Seaweed, and Faroe Marine Research Institute.
Funding: DKK 3,899,358
Project period: 01.05.2023-30.04.2025

ClimeFishLink - Linking 80 years of variation in fish growth to climatic effects on food webs, temperature and field metabolic rates using otolith microchemistry
Project leader: Peter Grønkjær
Cooperation between Department of Biology at Aarhus University and Faroe Marine Research Institute
Funding: DKK 2,844,921
Project period: 01.01.2024-31.12.2026