AQUARIUS will be participating in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2025, held in Vienna, Austria, from 27 April to 2 May. Organised by Europe’s leading organisation for Earth, planetary, and space science research, the EGU General Assembly is an ideal event to hold the first info session on the second AQUARIUS Funding Call,…

The first AQUARIUS Annual Report has been published marking the end of the first year of the AQUARIUS project. Opening with a foreward from our coordinator, Aodhán Fitzgerald, the report provides a summary overview of activity and key achievements as well as a more detailed breakdown of the individual work areas and progress. AQUARIUS is…

AQUARIUS recognizes the need for a source-to-sea approach to tackle the challenges facing our interconnected aquatic ecosystems. This is why we are integrating and providing access to both marine and freshwater research infrastructures to enable collaborative transnational research and innovation that delivers solutions to these challenges. Project coordinator Aodhán Fitzgerald, Marine Institute (MI), joined the…

Did you spot us a EU Ocean Days? AQUARIUS hosted a booth at the EU Ocean Days. Maybe you picked up a brochure or sticker? AQUARIUS supports the Mission Ocean and Waters with €8.1 Million in funds to provide scientists and researchers free access to an incredible array of research infrastructures in all EU Mission…

AQUARIUS was highlighted at the VLIZ Marine Science Day, an annual one-day event organized by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in West-Flanders, Belgium. Young and senior marine scientists attend the event, which provides them with the opportunity to share their work with the community through oral or poster presentations, hear from keynote speakers, and create…

Marking the end of the first year of the AQUARIUS project, partners gathered in Helsinki, Finland, from the 10-12 February 2025 for the first in-person General Assembly meeting. The meeting opened with a very warm welcome from our local host, the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, with Jukka Seppala providing partners with some “cool” and “warm”…

Europe has an incredible repertoire of research infrastructures that enable research and innovation and contribute to international cooperation in a changing world. With a catalogue of 57 state-of-the-art research infrastructures accessible through our Transnational Access Calls, training is a vital aspect of AQUARIUS, as we are committed to ensuring that the next generation of marine…

The first AQUARIUS Transnational Access Funding Call, the Regional Lighthouse Access Call, officially closed on 20 January 2025 at 23:59 CEST. Open since 11 November 2024, the call aimed to support research aligned with the themes, scientific priorities, and societal challenges identified for the EU Mission Ocean and Waters Lighthouse Regions. Marine and freshwater researchers…

Our first AQUARIUS training Webinar organised by our colleague Andrea Caburlotto, OGS, focused on the AQUARIUS Transnational Access Platform (TAP). The AQUARIUS Transnational Access Platform, or TAP, is a customised, user-friendly platform that will manage the AQUARIUS Transnational Access, both physical and remote, in an integrated online access system. The system will handle the applications…

Register here! Are you thinking of applying to the AQUARIUS Transnational Access Funding Calls? If so, you will not want to miss our first training webinar on Wednesday 27th November, 11.00-12.00 CET. By attending the webinar you will learn how to use the AQUARIUS Transnational Access Platform! What is the AQUARIUS Transnational Access Platform? The…

Applications are now open for the first AQUARIUS Transnational Access Funding Call offering a total of €8.1 million to support scientific projects to access world-class research infrastructures for their marine and freshwater research! Open from 11 November 2024 until midnight on 20 January 2025, the “Regional Lighthouse Access Call” is the first of its kind…

With over 160 registered participants, and almost 100 attendees joining live online, the first AQUARIUS Brokerage Event webinar was a great success.  Led by the Marine Institute, this event is the fourth in a series of Brokerage Events to engage with scientists, introduce the AQUARIUS concept, highlight the funding opportunities and answer questions about the…