Projects funded by the Marine Research Programme

BlueOcean - Blue whiting recruitment, distribution and Ocean-climate processes in the north Atlantic Ridge area
Project leader: Brian MacKenzie
Cooperation between DTU-Aqua and Faroe Marine Research Institute
Funding: DKK 3,998,000
Project period: 01.02.2022-31.01.2026

TOPLINK - Marine top predators as ecosystem indicators in the central North Atlantic
Project leader: Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Cooperation between Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Faroe Marine Research Institute and University of Copenhagen
Funding: DKK 3,973,000
Project period: 01.01.2022-31.12.2024

COPS - Dynamics of Calanus species linked to Oceanographic processes, Predators and Carbon Sequestration
Project leader: Eilif Gaard
Cooperation between Faroe Marine Research Institute, DTU-Aqua and University of Strathclyde
Funding: DKK 2,366,250
Project period: 01.01.2022-31.09.2024

FjordProcess - Key processes governing pelagic productivity in sub-arctic North Atlantic fjord ecosystems
Project leader: Eydna í Homrum
Cooperation between Faroe Marine Research Institute, Aquaculture Research Station of the Faroe Islands, Aarhus University and Institute of Marine Research in Bergen
Funding: DKK 3,699,024
Project period: 01.01.2022-31.12.2024

BlueCea - Tracing the fate of Macroalgae with a focus on blue carbon processes in sub-arctic North Atlantic fjord ecosystems and beyond
Project leader: Nadescha Zwerschke
Cooperation between Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Department of Ecoscience at Aarhus University, the Aquaculture Research Station in the Faroe Islands, TARI – Faroe Seaweed, and Faroe Marine Research Institute.
Funding: DKK 3,899,358
Project period: 01.05.2023-30.04.2025

ClimeFishLink - Linking 80 years of variation in fish growth to climatic effects on food webs, temperature and field metabolic rates using otolith microchemistry
Project leader: Peter Grønkjær
Cooperation between Department of Biology at Aarhus University and Faroe Marine Research Institute
Funding: DKK 2,844,921
Project period: 01.01.2024-31.12.2026

DolphinUnit - Defining management units and genetic health of cetacean top predators in the Greenland-Iceland-Faroe-Scotland Ridge and beyond
Project Leader: Marie Louis
Cooperation between Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, University of the Faroe Islands, and University of Copenhagen
Funding: 3.036.213 DKK
Project period: 01.11.2024-31.10.2026

PHYTO-TRAITS - Morphological and nutritional traits of phytoplankton blooms in the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Ocean-Shelf systems of the North Atlantic
Project Leader: Ian Salter
Cooperation between Faroe Marine Research Institute, University of the Faroe Islands, Firum, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, DTU Aqua, Finnish Environment Institute, and Research Institute for Water and the Environment (Norway).
Funding: 3.199.852 DKK
Project period: 01.10.2024-30.09.2027

Si-4-Eco - Silicate – gyre dynamics: consequences for north Atlantic ecological productivity
Project Leader: Brian MacKenzie
Cooperation between DTU Aqua, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, and Faroe Marine Research Institute
Funding: 3.200.000 DKK
Project period: 01.10.2024-31.09.2027