Strategic Ocean Funding Initiative
The Strategic Ocean Funding Initiative (SOFI) provides support of £6.3m for wider involvement in the Oceans 2025 programme. This is primarily achieved through research grants and studentships, including those awarded by the Sustainable Marine Bioresources programme. Details of these SOFI and SMB awards are given in the News Items below for January and May 2008.
Although no further major SOFI funding rounds are envisaged, there is an ongoing support opportunity through the SOFI Workshop Fund for workshops and similar events that assist the development of UK marine strategic research, through closer linkages between the Oceans 2025 programme, university research and research users.
News Item, October 2008
Studentships available at POLThe Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL) is seeking to recruit two PhD students to be supported under the Strategic Ocean Funding Initiative. More information
News Item, May 2008
Research grants awarded under the Strategic Ocean Funding Initiative (SOFI)SOFI awards totalling £ 3.2m have been made for three small grants and nine standard grants, following international peer review and assessment by a NERC Moderating Panel. As detailed below, a very wide range of topics are covered: these include molecular and genetic studies; land movements affecting relative sea level rise; fault detection in autonomous underwater vehicles; unstructured grid modelling; and an ambitious biogeochemical measurement programme for Oceans 2025 research cruises.
What all awards have in common is that they involve partnerships between university researchers and Oceans 2025 centres, thereby adding value to the programme and complementing the SOFI research studentships. Poster presentations for several of the SOFI research grants will be given at the 2008 Annual Science Meeting for the Oceans 2025 programme.
Further information.News Item, February 2008
Workshops and eventsNERC funds are available through the Oceans 2025 programme and the Strategic Ocean Funding Initiative (SOFI) to assist and stimulate UK-wide engagement in marine environmental research of a strategic nature. Further information.
News Item, January 2008
PhD StudentshipsEleven PhD studentships are available through the Strategic Ocean Funding Initiative [More...]
News Item, January 2008
Sustainable Marine BioresourcesInformation about the outcome of the Sustainable Marine Bioresources initiative is now available on the NERC web site. [More...]