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 UN Ocean Decade Actions (.xslx, 86.2KB).
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 |
| 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 |
| National Oceanography Centre (NOC) | Ocean Science in Action (OSA) | Ocean Science in Action |
| 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 |
| Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) | Sea the Value | Sea the Value |
Decade Call 6: 15 October 2023 - 31 January 2024, Co-Design, All Challenges
| Lead Institution | Project Title | Website |
| Blue Marine Foundation | Solent Seascape Project (SSP) | Solent Seascape |
| Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) | Atlantic Meridional Transect'onomic Network (AMT-omics) | AMT-Omics |
| Women In Ocean | Empower Ocean | Empower Ocean |
| Ocean Voices | My Blue Future - propelling women ECOPs | My Blue Future |
| Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) | Dark Oxygen Production in the Deep Sea | DOP |
Decade Call 7: 17 May 2024 - 31 August 2024, Co-Design, All Challenges
| Lead Institution | Project Title | Website |
| Natural England | WADER: Water and Degraded Ecosystem Restoration | WADER |
| Protect Blue | World Ocean Day for Schools | World Ocean Day for Schools |
| Plymouth Marine Laboratory | Marine Spatial Planning Addressing Climate Effects (MSPACE) | MSPACE |
| POGO | Global Sounds: Low Cost Hydrophone Project | Low Cost Hydrophones |
| The Crown Estate | Whole of Seabed Programme | Whole of Seabed Programme |