UK Decade Projects
This page provides an overview of all endorsed Decade Projects led by UK institutions. Full descriptions of project aims and objectives can be found in UK-Led Decade Projects (PDF, 168KB).
Decade Call 1: 15 October 2020 - 15 January 2021, Challenges 1 - 10
| Lead Institution | Project Title | Website |
| Ocean Generation | Ocean Generation, Ocean Intelligence | Ocean Generation |
| GOBI and Seascape | Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative | GOBI.org |
Decade Call 2: 15 October 2021 - 31 January 2022, Challenges 1, 2 and 5
| Lead Institution | Project Title | Website |
| Common Seas | Plastic Drawdown | Plastic Drawdown |
| Marine Biological Association (MBA) | WCO Biomolecular Observing Network | WCO - Biomolecular Observing Network |
| University of Strathclyde | One Ocean Hub - Research Programme 4 | One Ocean Hub |
| National Oceanography Centre (NOC) | Seabed Mining and Resilience to Experimental Impact (SMARTEX) | SMARTEX |
| National Oceanography Centre (NOC) | Future Coastal Ocean Climates (FLAME) | FLAME |
| National Oceanography Centre (NOC) | Connecting communities to Atlantic Ocean observing | Atlantic Ocean Observing |
| National Oceanography Centre (NOC) | Ocean Science in Action (OSA) | Ocean Science in Action |
| Lancaster University / AXA Research Fund | Transboundary governance for climate change adaptation in marine socio-ecological systems | AXA Research Fund |
| University College London / AXA Research Fund | Women's livelihoods in vulnerable coastlines | AXA Research Fund |
| University of Leeds / AXA Research Fund | Integrating aquaculture with capture fisheries to avert hunger in coastal communities in Africa | AXA Research Fund |
Decade Call 3: 15 April 2022 - 30 August 2022, Challenges 3 and 4
| Lead Institution | Project Title | Website |
| British Antarctic Survey (BAS) / NERC | Polar Ecosystems, Global Impacts (BIPOLE) | BIPOLE |
Decade Call 4: 15 October 2022 - 31 January 2023, Challenges 6 and 8
| Lead Institution | Project Title | Website |
| National Oceanography Centre (NOC) | BORA: Blue Ocean Research Alliance | Blue Ocean Research Alliance |
| National Oceanography Centre (NOC) | BIO-Carbon: Biological Influence on Future Ocean Storage of Carbon | BIO-Carbon |
| National Oceanography Centre (NOC) | Haig Fras Marine Protected Area Digital Twin | Haig Fras MPA Digital Twin |
| Cardiff University | Global Real-time Early Alarm for Tsunami (GREAT) | GREAT |
Decade Call 5: 15 April 2023 - 31 August 2023, Challenges 1 and 2
| Lead Institution | Project Title | Website |
| University of Edinburgh | COLaB: Coastal Observation Lab in a Box | COLaB |