Annoucement
The Ocean Frontier Institute is delighted to announce that 15 new ocean-related projects have received support through the Seed Fund program.
Projects selected for this round of funding are taking place across Dalhousie University, Université du Québec à Rimouski, and Memorial University.
The Seed Fund program provides financial support and expertise for projects that have high potential for innovation success. The goal is to advance cutting-edge ideas that align with the Transforming Climate Action (TCA) program and pave the way for large scale initiatives, policy development, and commercial investment opportunities.
The projects selected for funding reflect TCA’s three interconnected research themes—reducing critical uncertainty in the climate system, advancing responsible marine carbon dioxide removal science, and supporting just and equitable climate adaptation.
We would like to thank our co-funder, Net Zero Atlantic, who sponsored one of the projects for this round of funding. We also thank our supporting partner, DeepSense, for providing key resources to applicants.
Projects awarded
Here is the full list of projects awarded:
- Glacier tracking and forecasting through AI-driven multi-modal climate modeling
- Turning the tide: Charting Indigenous data sovereignty in marine and climate science
- AI-driven cross-platform mobile app for citizen science engagement
- Linking the ecosystem approach and human rights-based approaches for just and equitable ocean climate action
- Mapping and transforming Canada’s climate-biodiversity-ocean policy nexus
- Investigation of small-scale submarine landslides and turbidity currents along the Scotian Slope
- Blue nano-carbon adsorbent from marine waste for ocean health and climate mitigation
- Impact of tire-derived microplastics and additives on marine phytoplankton photosynthesis and carbon sequestration
- Designing a molecular radar to characterize the ocean surface microlayer
- Measuring turbulent biogeochemical fluxes from gliders to constrain the marine carbon sink: a proof of concept
- Piloting an Interdisciplinary framework on ocean climate-health for seafarers in Atlantic Canada
- Design and optimization of a floating photobioreactor for enhanced marine CO₂ capture using CFD–machine learning hybrid modeling
- Determining how viral lysis controls bacterial chemotaxis in coccolithophore blooms BISCUITS : Development of a biogeochemical imaging system for coastal underwater and intertidal sediments
- Développement d’un protocole d’acquisition et de traitement de données LiDAR pour l'archéologie des milieux côtiers et insulaires
