Objective
Marine biological stations have offered services and biological resources to science for more than a century. ASSEMBLE Plus will provide scientists from academia, industry and policy with a quality-assured programme of Transnational Access (TA) and Virtual Access (VA) to marine biological stations offering a wide variety of marine ecosystems, unique marine biological resources, state-of-the-art experimental and analytical facilities with integrated workflows, historical observation data, and advanced training opportunities. The goal is to stimulate European excellence in fundamental and applied research in marine biology and ecology, thereby improving our knowledge- and technology-base for the blue economy, policy and education. ASSEMBLE Plus brings together 33 marine stations and institutes with modern research infrastructure and track-records of unique service provision from 14 European and associated countries under the leadership of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC), an ESFRI consortium developed from the previous ASSEMBLE (FP7) partnership. Joint Research Activities involving all partners aim to develop innovative new technologies and/or methodologies to be offered to users through the TA and VA programmes. A coherent series of Networking Activities (NAs) will strengthen the culture of cooperation within and beyond the consortium, providing benchmarks for refined practices of service provision, disseminating interoperable protocols, engaging with novel user communities, and sharing insights into business strategies. The sum of the actions envisaged in ASSEMBLE Plus will ultimately increase the number of users of marine biological stations and shape novel strategic development perspectives, to be based on effective integration and efficient complementarities, resulting in a key contribution to their long-term sustainability.
Fields of science
Call for proposal
H2020-INFRAIA-2016-1
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
75006 Paris
France
Participants (25)
1000 Ljubljana
3526 KV Utrecht
00014 Helsingin Yliopisto
81 712 Sopot
80309 Gdansk
H91 Galway
405 30 Goeteborg
48940 Leioa
19013 Attikia Anavissos
91904 Jerusalem
80121 Napoli
5020 Bergen
8005 032 Faro
27570 Bremerhaven
80539 Munchen
8400 Oostende
PA37 1QA Dunbeg Oban
KY16 9AJ St Andrews
PL1 2PB Plymouth
SN2 1FL Swindon
AB119DB Aberdeen
8 Dublin
PA37 1QA Oban
75005 Paris