Project partners Marine Institute and Seascape Belgium represented AQUARIUS at the All Atlantic Forum (Brussels, Belgium) on 25-26 September 2025, to promote project and the 2nd AQUARIUS Transnational Access Funding Call. The event brought together this inspiring and welcoming community dedicated to advancing ocean science, innovation, and cooperation from pole to pole.   Bernadette Ní Conghaile…

AQUARIUS was represented by Frank Armstrong from the Marine Institute (Galway, Ireland - project coordinator) at the ICES Annual Science Conference, to promote the 2nd AQUARIUS Transnational Access Funding Call. The event is a flagship event of ICES, bringing together marine scientists from around the world to share innovative research and ideas, and build lasting…

The second AQUARIUS Transnational Access Funding Call opened on 2 September and will remain open until 28 October 2025. To support applicants, AQUARIUS is offering a webinar to inform participants about the updates to this Call’s eligibility criteria and give a demo of the Transnational Access Platform (TAP), the online tool where applications are submitted. …

The first three AQUARIUS funded projects are now underway! The Stream-Danube project in the Black Sea Received FREE Access to the RV Mare Nigrum through the first AQUARIUS Call to study benthic & pelagic processes in the Danube River plume from Romania to Bulgaria. Why RV Mare Nigrum? CTD Rosette for detailed water…

The second AQUARIUS Transnational Access (TA) Funding Call is open from 2 September to 28 October 2025, providing researchers, industry, and citizen science groups with the opportunity to access world-class marine and freshwater research infrastructures free of charge. Building on the experience and feedback from the first call, this call has some updates to eligibility…

The first AQUARIUS Transnational Access (TA) Funding Call closed on 20 January 2025 and, following a robust evaluation phase, we are now moving forward with the selected projects!  In total, 298 days of transnational access across 11 research infrastructures have been granted, with research vessels ⛴️ proving especially popular in the Atlantic-Arctic region. 🔬 Funded…

Meet Bernadette Ní Chonghaile, the AQUARIUS Project Manager based at the Marine Institute in Ireland. With a background in marine operations and EU-funded transnational access projects, Bernadette plays a central role in coordinating activities across the consortium’s 45 partners. She helps ensure that researchers across Europe can benefit from free access to world-class marine and…

AQUARIUS is building a diverse pool of scientific reviewers to evaluate proposals submitted to its Transnational Access Funding Cals, of which the second one is opening on 2 September 2025. We are inviting experienced scientists from fields related to the atmosphere, earth, marine and freshwater, to register in our expert database. Join the AQAURIUS expert…

 As we get ready to launch our second AQUARIUS Funding Call on 2 September 2025, we Spoke with Aodhán Fitzgerald, Research Vessel Operations Manager at the Marine Institute and AQUARIUS Coordinator, to hear all about the outcomes of Call 1 🔍 and how these are helping shape what's next for Call 2! 💡 📌 Watch…

🌍From 23 - 27 June 2025 at the ESA Living Planet Symposium, Ils Reusen from VITO Remote Sensing presented the 2nd AQUARIUS Funding Call – Transnational Access to Research Infrastructure at the VITO booth. 🔬Ils highlighted how researchers can apply for fully funded access to leading marine and freshwater infrastructures across Europe with AQUARIUS 👉If…

AQUARIUS Partners Bernadette Ní Chonghaile (Marine Institute) and Dick Schaap (MARIS B.V.) attended the Oceans 2025 Conference in Brest, France from the 16 - 19 June and informed attendees about the upcoming Transnational Access Funding Call. AQUARIUS was also presented during the Iliad - Digital Twins of the Ocean and BlueCloud workshop. All data collected…

On 10 June 2025, the European Commission presented the Ocean Pact at the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), setting out six strategic objectives for the sustainable use and stewardship of the ocean. One key objective: advancing ocean knowledge, skills and literacy, closely aligns with AQUARIUS’ mission. At a special UNOC event, Preparing the Future of…