Objective
Recent evidence of increasing accumulation of micro- and nanoplastics (MnP) in soils and groundwater raise severe concerns by agricultural and water industries, food manufacturers, regulators, environmental interest groups and citizens. Private and public sectors require detailed understanding of environmental and public health risks posed by MnP in soils and groundwater. The PlasticUnderground Doctoral Network creates supra-disciplinary intersectoral capacity for analysing the fate, transport and impacts of MnP in soils and groundwater to develop solutions for reducing their environmental and public health risks, supporting the EC’s circular plastic economy strategy. The central aim of the PlasticUnderground Doctoral Network is to deliver international scientific excellence through a holistic supra-disciplinary and inter-sectoral research and training network on solutions to the emerging crisis of MnP pollution in subsurface ecosystems in soils and groundwater, integrating knowledge across traditional discipline boundaries to benefit the public and private sectors. The supra-disciplinary research programme includes unique training opportunities for a cohort of 10 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) (plus one individually funded through ETHZ [CH] and three funded through UoB, RU and Polymateria [UKRI] as Associated Partners) in environmental and social science, ecotoxicology, soil science and aquatic ecology, analytical chemistry, agronomy, data science and numerical modelling as well as responsible innovation, method standardization for use in regulatory decision making and risk assessment. The integrated training programme will prepare DCs with skill sets that are urgently required in agricultural, water, chemical, and manufacturing industries, environmental and regulatory agencies, academia, and the public sector and includes training provision by key stakeholders that will directly benefit from the training in this network.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata science
- natural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistry
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic health
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciences
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinator
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14195 Berlin
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80539 MUNCHEN
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56126 Pisa
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25003 Lleida
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8092 Zuerich
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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BS1 5AH Bristol
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67063 Ludwigshafen Am Rhein
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RG1 8DB Reading
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69205 Lyon Cedex 01
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518000 SHENZHEN
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61801 URBANA IL
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37235 Nashville Tenessee
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B3H 4R2 Halifax
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60208 Evanston
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95814 2828 Sacramento
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75007 Paris
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EC4M 7RD London
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SW15 5PJ London
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B15 2TT Birmingham
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