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New research opportunities focussing on aquatic pollutants

JPI Water, JPI Oceans and JPI Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) are launching a joint trans-national call for research and innovation projects aimed at investigating the risks to human health and the environment of pollutants and pathogens in water.

New pollutants, pathogens and anitmicrobial pollutants pose a continued risk to our water bodies and oceans. In order to address these challenges in a comprehensive manner and to develop multidisciplinary and practical solutions for the provision of safe drinking water and a healthy aquatic environment, a call for projects will be launched on 17 February by JPI Oceans, JPI Water and JPI Antimicrobial Resistance.

Specifically, the call will support research and innovation projects that develop an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to risk management, combining the research areas of new contaminants (Contaminants of Emerging Concerns), pathogens and antimicrobial resistance. This should take into account the whole water cycle, from source to river basins and ultimately to estuaries and oceans.

Call themes:

  •  Measuring - Research on the environmental behaviour of emerging pollutants (CECs), pathogens and antimicrobial resistant bacteria in aquatic ecosystems;
  •  Evaluating - Risk assessment and management of CECs, pathogens and antimicrobial resistant bacteria of aquatic ecosystems (inland waters and seas) to human health and the environment;
  • Taking action - Strategies to reduce CECs, pathogens and antimicrobial resistant bacteria in aquatic ecosystems (inland and marine).

Provisional timeline:

  • 17 February 2020: Opening of the call
  • 16 April 2020: Deadline pre-proposals
  • June 2020: Selection of pre-proposals
  • August 2020: Deadline for full proposals
  • Late 2020 - early 2021: Start of the project

The proposed budget is approximately 25 million euros and is co-funded by the European Commission. For Belgium, funding is provided by the FWO, FNRS and Belspo.
 

For more information about this call: http://jpi-oceans.eu/calls/proposals/aquaticpollutants-call-pre-announcement