Four Projects on Marine Research Funded
The Programme Committe for the Marine Research in the North Atlantic Ocean programme - MARiNAO - has granted 14.35 MDKK for four new projects.
This is the fourth round of grants from the programme which is financed by the Danish Government to encourage collaborative research between Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark.
12 applications were submitted prior to the deadline on 17 february, 20255. The Programme Committee appointed a panel of international experts to evaluate the quality of the projects.
The Programme Committee made the decision based on the evaluation and ranking by the expert panel and on the strategic priorities in the call text.
The funded projects of this round are:
AXIS - An extended time series of deep overflow: how variable is the AMOC?
Project Leader: Camilla S. Andersen, GEUS
Cooperation between GEUS, Faroe Marine Research Institute, Faroese Geological Survey, and University of Tromsø
Funding: 3,597,718 DKK
GL Halibut - Genomic Architecture of Sex: exploring the role of environmental clines in the sex determination of Greenland halibut
Project Leader: Daniel Estévez Barcia, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Cooperation between Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, DTU Aqua, University of the Faroe Islands, and Hafrannsóknastofnun - Marine & Freshwater Research Institute
Funding: 3,553,450 DKK
MeDNA - Tracking spatial and temporal distribution of marine mammals in the Atlantic Arctic with environmental DNA
Project Leader: Anni Djurhuus, University of the Faroe Islands
Cooperation between University of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Marine Research Institute, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, GEUS, DHI Group, and Aarhus University
Funding: 3,597,693 DKK
REDADVANCE – Harnessing genomics to improve future sustainable management of redfish on the
Ridgegyre dynamics: consequences for north Atlantic ecological productivity
Project Leader: Einar Eg Nielsen, DTU Aqua
Cooperation between DTU Aqua, University of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Marine Research Institute, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Hafrannsóknastofnun - Marine & Freshwater Research Institute, Institute of Marine Research Norway, and University of Agder.
Funding: 3,598,686 DKK