1st AMPERA Call for Proposals:

The ERA-NET scheme is an innovative component of the European Union's (EU) Sixth Framework Programme supporting cooperation and coordination of national research activities and thus strengthening the European Research Area (ERA).

The AMPERA network supported under the ERA-Net scheme has set the ambitious goal to establish a transnational programme in accidental marine pollution.

AMPERA is herewith announcing the 1 st transnational call for proposals on the following general topics:

1- Risk assessment studies.
2- Clean-up & response techniques and related environmental considerations, restoration methodologies.
3- Instruments & technologies for detection and forecasting AMP.

A document with detailed information on the topics, eligibility criteria, procedure for submission of proposals, datelines and contact addresses, is available below:

AMPERA Call for Proposals

A pre-proposal shall be first prepared, using the following form:

AMPERA Pre-proposal form

Those applicants invited to submit a full proposal will use the following form:

AMPERA Full-proposal form

According to the results of the international expert panel review, the list of accepted projects by the AMPERA Joint Management Committee (February 08) are indicated below (in alphabetical order):

Project Title

Coordinator

Partners

Buried fuel in the intertidal beach zone: coupling between beach morphodynamic, natural degradation, forcing mechanisms and biological activity (OILDEBEACH)

University of Vigo/GEOMA (Galicia/ES)

CIIMAR (PT); University of Montpellier II / GLADYS (FR); University of Porto/ ICBAS (PT)

Detection and Evaluation of Oil Spills by Optical Methods (DEOSOM)

INOV (PT)

Laser Diagnostic Instruments AS (EE); ACTIMAR (FR); CIIMAR (PT); University of Vigo/LRSIGS (ES)

Ecological Risk Assessment Information Data-mining and Comparison (ECO-RAID)

University of Exeter (UK)

International Research Institute of Stavanger (NO); CEDRE (FR)

HNS, oil and inert pollution: Trajectory modelling and monitoring (DRIFTER)

CETMAR (Galicia/ES)

MeteoGalicia (Galicia/ES); INTECMAR (Galicia/ES); University of Vigo/DFA (Galicia/ES); CEDRE (FR); IST (PT)

Implementation of risk assessment methodologies for oil and chemical spills in the European marine environment (RAMOCS)

CSIC/IIQAB (ES)

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK); NIVA (NO); University of Vigo (Galicia/ES); CIIMAR (PT)

Toxicity profiling of the major EU transported oil types (TOXPROF)

NIVA (NO)

CEFAS (UK); University of Oslo (NO); IEO (ES); CSIC/IIQAB (ES); IFREMER (FR)