{"id":1960,"date":"2024-12-18T13:25:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T10:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1960"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:57:38","slug":"sos-funds-four-projects-through-2024-booster-call","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/news\/sos-funds-four-projects-through-2024-booster-call\/","title":{"rendered":"SOS funds four innovative projects through the 2024 Project Booster Call\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-166f55dabf969cd70213eeb095ed66d0\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">SOS funds four innovative projects through the 2024 Project Booster Call&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/funding-decisions-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/funding-decisions-edited.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/funding-decisions-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/funding-decisions-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/funding-decisions-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/funding-decisions-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">In an <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/project-booster-2024\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1316\">open call<\/a> for projects focusing on biodiversity-related marine research, the Centre for Sustainable Ocean Science SOS awarded a total sum of 45\u202f800 euros for four projects to be carried out during 2025.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Through the targeted Project Booster funding, SOS aims to foster collaboration and to support the exploration of innovative ideas and preliminary research questions related to the Centre\u2019s mission. In the decisions given out on December 15, 2024, the evaluation board awarded SOS Project Booster funding to the following four projects:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);font-size:18px\"><em>Saving the Baltic Sea with law?<\/em> (10 000 \u20ac)&nbsp;<br>Lead: Laura Ervo, Professor in Procedural Law, \u00d6rebro University and \u00c5AU&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);font-size:18px\"><em>Meanings of archipelago forests. A co-productive art-science project with two archipelago secondary schools<\/em> (10\u202f800 \u20ac)&nbsp;<br>Lead:\u202f Otso Kortekangas, Researcher in History, \u00c5AU and Docent in Nordic Studies, University of Helsinki&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);font-size:18px\"><em>Escape the heat: Microclimates and Heatwaves <\/em>(5 000 \u20ac)&nbsp;<br>Lead: Sarah R\u00fchmkorff, Doctoral Researcher in Environmental and Marine Biology, \u00c5AU&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>Modeling advanced primary production scenarios in coastal seas \u2013 MIMOSA <\/em>(20\u202f000 \u20ac)&nbsp;<br>Lead: Conny Sj\u00f6qvist, Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental and Marine Biology, SOS, \u00c5AU&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">In the call, SOS welcomed applications from both early career and established researchers in all fields. The projects could address any biodiversity-related marine research topic, provided that they boldly explore new avenues, work across at least two disciplines or fields, and include linkages to one or more of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SOS workpackages<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">The 2024 SOS Project Booster Call is partially funded with a private donation from Timo Ketonen, co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apelago.fi\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A\u2019Pelago Experience<\/a>. This was the first of three planned SOS Project Booster calls. The next one is scheduled to take place in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an open call for projects focusing on biodiversity-related marine research, the Centre for Sustainable Ocean Science SOS awarded a total sum of 45\u202f800 euros for four projects to be carried out during 2025. 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