| Programme | Research and Education |
| Selection | Open project |
| Competition title | The restricted call of the project applications under the activity “Baltic Research Programme” |
| National project partner | Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology |
| Donorstate/international project partner | University of Iceland ( Iceland), Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (Iceland), Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia), University of Turku (Finland) |
| Project national Nr. | EEA-RESEARCH-89-RC |
| GrACE project Nr. | LV-RESEARCH-0024 |
| Contract No. | EEZ/BPP/LZP/2023/3 |
| Contract Date | 05.09.2023 |
| Project title | Strategic initiative to improve research performance and strengthen cooperation in microplastic pollution field |
| Project promoter | Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology |
| Start of project eligibility | 19.07.2023 |
| Project end | 30.04.2024 |
| Grant financing | 42 484.06€ |
| National co-financing | 7 497.19€ |
| Project status | In implementation |
| Project goal/description | The aim of the project is to start a strategic initiative among Iceland, Latvia, Estonia and Finland in order to improve research performance and strengthen collaboration in an emerging field – microplastic pollution. The main outcome of the project will be the involvement of participating countries researchers in order to create a high quality, scientifically sound and competitive project application for future fund acquisition to study microplastic pollution. Planned results are to bring together experienced researchers from Latvia, Estonia, Iceland and expert from Finland to prepare together at least one project proposal, ready for submission. The total cost of this project is EUR 49981.25, of which EUR 42484.06 is co-financing from European Economic Area and EUR 7497.19 is National co-finding. |
| Implementation place | Visa Latvija |
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