Highlights
climate change and future marine ecosystem services and biodiversity
diversity and dynamics of atlantic bee resources in relation to climate and pesticide load: data for pollination management and sustainable agriculture
platform for the monitoring of the north atlantic ocean and tools for the sustainable exploitation of the marine resources
toward a risk-based assessment of microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems
pond ecosystems for resilient future landscapes in a changing climate
new solutions for the recovery of marine plastics and litter
freshwater bilvalves at the edge: adaptation genomics under climate-change scenarios 
coordinated cetacean assessment, monitoring and management strategy in the bay of biscay and iberian coast sub-region 
reduce pressures, restore and regenerate the nw-portuguese ocean and waterstechnical cooperation for studying adaptation to environmental change
blue biotechnology and bioengineering for the current and future development of a blue bioeconomy in portugal
metal impacts on deep-sea microbial communities and function
nature-based solutions to reduce antibiotics, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in aquatic ecosystems climate resilient marine forests for a sustainable future
unraveling the role of viperin in the trout and turbot antiviral responses probiotics as novel platforms of oral vaccines for aquaculture
solutions to prevent and mitigate the impacts of habs in aquaculture and fisheries, in the context of global warming
H2020 program / Horizon Europe
MAELSTROM - New solutions for the recovery of marine plastics and litter
PI: Isabel Sousa Pinto
SAFE - SmartAqua4FuturE
PI: Rodrigo Ozorio
GRINNAQUA - Green innovation strategies for animal health management: towards sustainable Aquaculture
PI: Benjamin Costas Refojos
MARCO-BOLO - MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations
PI: Isabel Sousa Pinto
INSPIRE - Innovative Solutions for Plastic Free European Rivers
PI: Isabel Sousa Pinto
DTO-Bioflow - Integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean
PI: Isabel Sousa Pinto
NETTAGPlus - Preventing, avoiding and mitigating environmental impacts of fishing gears and associated marine litter
PI: Sandra Ramos, Marisa Almeida
TRANSNATIONAL R&D
SølKelp - North-South Seaweed Cultivation Partnership
PI: Isabel Costa
CetAMBICion - Coordinated Cetacean Assessment, Monitoring and Management Strategy in the Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast sub-region
PI: Isabel Sousa Pinto, Mafalda Correia
BLUEFORESTING - Climate Resilient Marine Forests for a Sustainable Future
PI: Francisco Arenas
BlueForests - Seaforests for blue carbon - natural capital from nature-based solutions
PI: Isabel Sousa Pinto
MICROBOOST - Microalgae as fish health boosters via aquafeeds
PI: Benjamin Costas Refojos
MOBILIZING PROGRAMS
National R&D
Mites associated with Red Palm Weevil (RPW; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus O.) in Portugal and recombinant anti-RPW endophytic bacteria
PI: Camilo Pardo, Maria João Santos
ConTribuT - Conversion of dietary tributyrin in rainbow trout
PI: Leonardo Magnoni
PT-OPENSCREEN - National Infrastructure for Chemical Biology and Genetics
PI: Ralph Urbatzka, Vitor Vasconcelos
PERMAMERC - Mercury Biogeochemistry, Fate and Impact in Permafrost Thaw Ecosystems
PI: Catarina Magalhães
DEEPRISK - Deep-sea mining and climate change: new modeling tools in support of Environmental risk management
PI: Luísa Bastos, Miguel Santos
CyanoBOX - Beta-oxidation in cyanobacteria
PI: Sandra Figueiredo
ProbioVaccine - Probiotics as novel platforms of oral vaccines for Aquaculture
PI: Cláudia Reis Serra
NoStress - Novel functional feeds for reducing stress effects in aquaculture
PI: Benjamin Costas Refojos
CHLOROPYLL - Hydroxypheophorbide compounds, methods and uses thereof
PI: Ralph Urbatzka
MIWAVES - Modelling Internal solitary WAVES off the Portuguese coast
PI: Jorge Magalhães
PBA - Pacto da Bioeconomia Azul
PI: Vitor Vasconcelos
NanoPlanet - Nanoplastics toxicity assessment: from gene to personality
PI: Alexandre Campos
Infrastructures
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
Ponds with Life - Charcos com Vida
PI: José Teixeira
OceanClass - Do Oceano para a sala de aula
PI: Laura Guimarães
CETUS - CETACEAN MONITORING PROGRAMME IN THE EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC
PI: Isabel Sousa Pinto, Mafalda Correia
Ocean Action - Mar de Plástico
PI: José Teixeira
Concluded Projects
- SpilLess - First line response to oil spills based on native microorganisms cooperation
- MarinEye - A prototype for multitrophic oceanic monitoring
- REWATER - Sustainable and Safe Water Management in Agriculture: Increasing the Efficiency of Water Reuse for Crop Growth While Protecting Ecosystems, Services and Citizens’ Welfare
- NOMORFILM - Novel marine biomolecules against biofilm. Application to medical devices.
- BLUEandGREEN - Boosting scientific excellence and innovation capacity in biorefineries based on marine resources
- AtlantOS - Optimizing and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System
- CORAL - Sustainable Ocean Exploitation: Tools and Sensors
- MarInfo - Integrated Platform for Marine Data Acquisition and Analysis
- ROSM - Robotic Oil Spill Mitigation
- Biological producers of Natural Fluorinated Compounds as a novel source of relevant degrading microorganisms and biosynthetic mechanisms
- NANOBINDERS - NANOpartículas polimétricas Biogenéticas funcionalizadas para absorção de metais em aplicações amigas do ambiente: bioREmedição e bioSensores
- PRE-NEURO-HD - Targeting huntingtin proteostasis and mitochondria to prevent neuronal dysfunction in Huntington
- SENSORY-OMICS - Animal sensory diversity: innovative genomic solutions to enhance perception of environmental stimuli
- SeaChange - Our Ocean | Our Health
- Cadeias Tróficas Marinhas-Conhecer para Comunicar
- OCEANLAB - Oceanlab - Protegendo os Oceanos: vem ao laboratório fazer connosco!
- CIIMAR at school
- MALIA - Marine litter awareness through learning by doing together
