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New research starting on Aquatic Pollutants
The AquaticPollutants joint call of the three Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs) on Water, Oceans and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), in collaboration with European Commission, has resulted in 18 research and innovation projects recommended for funding. In addition, a Scientific Networking and Transfer Project (in short Transfer Project) will be funded to strengthen the European Research Area in the field of clean and healthy aquatic ecosystems, to fund research and development of methods for supporting knowledge transfer, scientific networking and public engagement as well as to support networking of the eighteen scientific projects. Research will revolve around risks posed to human health and the environment by pollutants and pathogens present in the water resources. The total requested funding amounts to EUR 20 million. About 25 EU, Associated and Third countries have contributed funding to this call. The selected projects, that are expected to start in September, are:
- AIHABs - AI-powered Forecast for Harmful Algal Blooms
- AMROCE - Nanoenabled strategies to reduce the presence of contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic environment
- ARENA - Antibiotic REsistaNce and Pathogenic Signature in Marine and Freshwater Aquaculture Systems
- BIOCIDE - Antibacterial biocides in the water cycle – an integrated approach to assess and manage risks for antibiotic resistance development
- CONTACT - Consequences of antimicrobials and antiparasitics administration in fish farming for aquatic ecosystems
- FOREWARN - Development a smart forewarning system to assess the occurrence, fate and behaviour of contaminants of emerging concern and pathogens, in waters
- GreenWaterTech - Green Ultrafiltration Water Cleaning Technologies
- MAPMAR - Marine Plasmids Driving the Spread of Antibiotic Resistances
- NanoTheC-Aba - CECs and AMR bacteria pre-concentration by ultra-nano filtration and Abatement by ThermoCatalytic Nano-powders implementing circular economy solution.
- NATURE - Nature-Based Solutions to Reduce Antibiotics, Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Aquatic Ecosystems
- PAIRWISE - DisPersal of AntIbiotic Resistance and antibiotics in Water ecosystems and Influence on liveStock and aquatic wildlife
- PARRTAE - Probing Antibiotic Residues and Resistance Transfer in Aquatic Environments
- PHARMASEA - Presence, behavior and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in marine ecosystems
- PRESAGE - Potential of decentralized wastewater treatment for preventing the spread of antibiotic resistance, organic micropollutants, pathogens and viruses
- REWA - Reduction and assessment of antimicrobial resistance and emerging pollutants in natural-based water treatment systems
- SARA - Surveillance of Emerging Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistances in Aquatic Ecosystems
- SERPIC - Sustainable Electrochemical Reduction of contaminants of emerging concern and Pathogens in WWTP effluent for Irrigation of Crops
- SPARE-SEA - Environmental Spread and Persistence of Antibiotic REsistances in aquatic Systems Exposed to oyster Aquaculture
Read more on the websites of JPIAMR, JPI Oceans or the Water JPI.