Research institutes in Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Denmark can now apply for funding for marine research in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The Danish government has allocated DKK 25.5 million over the next 4 years for marine research in the North Atlantic Ocean, especially related to climate change. The major part of the budget will be granted for research projects via open calls. A minor part will be spent on administering the programme.
The aim of the programme is to generate new knowledge on the marine environment in the North Atlantic Ocean which may contribute to create solutions to challenges like the oceanic heat transport towards the North East Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic (the North Atlantic current), the separation between upper and deeper water masses (stratification), geographic distribution and growth and recruitment potential for commercially important fish stocks, and ocean acidification.
The programme also aims to promote cooperation between the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Denmark on marine research. All three countries must benefit from the programme. Research institutions from other countries may participate with their own funding.
Research Council Faroe Islands has been assigned to administer the research programme.
For more information, please visit https://www.gransking.fo/en/resources/news/funding-for-marine-research-in-the-north-atlantic-ocean/.