ITOPF is recognised and respected globally as a source of objective technical expertise in the area of accidental spills of oil and chemicals from ships. ITOPF has encouraged and promoted many R&D projects by the attribution of the creation ITOPF R&D Award since 2011.

 

ITOPF R&D Award 2021 was awarded to the project "MODELRISK - Ecosystem models to support Environmental Risk Assessment of marine ecosystems under HNS spills". This project was submitted by CIIMAR and encompasses a team of CIIMAR researchers: Irene Martins, Miguel Santos, Joana Soares, Teresa Neuparth, Isabel Iglésias and Luisa Bastos.