The Visiting Fellowship program is set to welcome seven new fellows across three host institutions in Canada: Dalhousie University, Université du Québec à Rimouski, and Memorial University. The program will also support one new outgoing fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research.
This latest round of fellowships will start in 2025, providing researchers with an opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and share knowledge about how we use and manage the ocean.
As part of the International Visiting Fellowships stream, researchers will travel to Canada from seven partner institutions:
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (U.S.)
- Walther-Schücking Institute for International Law (Germany)
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Germany)
- Universidade de Vigo (Spain)
- University of Messina (Italy)
- CSIR–National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (India)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)
One researcher at Dalhousie will also travel to the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde in Germany for a three-month collaboration.
Applications for the Visiting Fellowship program are now being accepted on an ongoing basis. The next review period will begin after October 15, 2025.
Please see below for a full list of projects awarded:
Assessing the efficiency and safety of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) for carbon dioxide removal: A combined field and modeling approach
- Led by Dr. Yiming Guo
In search of best practices: mCDR research in Europe and Canada
- Led by Dr. Tony Cabus
Scientometric analysis of citizen science-driven risk governance (SciCS-RG): An integrated approach
- Led by Dr. Madhulika Bhati
Towards better carbon accounting: Establishing unambiguous burial rate estimates of organic carbon on Canadian shelves
- Led by Dr. Stephanie Kienast
Navigating the legal seascape of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR): A comparative study of national and international frameworks
- Led by Dr. Nele Matz-Lück
Perception versus reality of coastal changes: A comparative analysis of impacts on coastal communities and historical cultural heritage in Northern Labrador (Canada) and NW Iberian Peninsula (Spain)
- Led by Dr. Ángela Fontán Bouzas
Quantifying the contribution of kelp to organic carbon in marine sediments
- Led by Dr. Rita Franco-Santos
Modeling plankton biodiversity as an early-warning system for climate-driven coastal vulnerability: A comparative and community-linked approach
- Led by Islem Zerarguia, PhD
