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The FMRI programme is pleased to announce the appointment of a new chair and new members to our Science Advisory Group.

Prof Mark Moore appointed as New SAG Chair 

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We are now recruiting for a new Lead Scientist. Come and join the FMRI team to play a leading role in shaping the UK’s future marine research capability.

About the Role

We are looking for someone who can connect with scientists and engineers to help define the best strategies for exploiting new technologies. Someone who is excited about new opportunities for marine…

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Our Lead Scientist, Dr Katy Hill, is leaving the FMRI programme to take up a new role at the Met Office leading on underpinning science and model development critical to both weather and climate prediction. Her contribution to the FMRI programme, most importantly for leading the Science Requirements Framework (SRF) process and engagement with the marine science community,…

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NERC's BIO-Carbon programme, which seeks to gain a better understanding of the role marine organisms play in storing carbon in the ocean, has successfully completed a major research expedition co-funded by the FMRI programme.

FMRI has invested £1.0m over 2-years to enable the deployment of two, long-range autonomous vehicles to support the…

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The FMRI Science Advisory Group (SAG) is now recruiting for up to four new members.

The role of this important group is to provide NERC and the FMRI Board with independent expert advice about the science case for the programme. It helps to ensure that the UK marine science community and international partners will realise the benefit of…

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June is turning out to be a busy month for the FMRI programme. It is one week since our Lead Scientist, Katy Hill, was hosted by the National Oceanography Centre as part of the NOC Association of Marine Science National Capability Beneficiaries Annual Meeting. It was a valuable opportunity to look at the Science Requirements Framework (SRF) with current users of the NERC National Marine…

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The last fortnight has seen our Lead Scientist Katy Hill and our Grand Challenge Champions facilitating the 'Marine Science in 2040' conversation at a series of national Roadshow workshops in Edinburgh, Liverpool and Exeter. Our thanks to the 59 delegates who signed-up to contribute to the Science…

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We are pleased to announce the appointment of the Grand Challenge Champions who will be supporting the development of the Science Requirements Framework.

To discuss any area of the Science Requirements Framework, you can get in touch with the relevant Champions via the FMRI inbox: fmri-at-noc.ac.uk

The Champions

The role of…

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UKRI have announced a £4m Infrastructure Fund investment in Future Marine Research Infrastructure: Accelerating Adoption of Sensor Innovation. This investment aims to demonstrate that sensor innovation can be rapidly developed into deployable solutions for marine science.

You can learn more about this call by…

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Funded by FMRI, a team from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have been collaborating with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to overcome the challenges to securing the MGN 664 certification required for an autonomous platform to operate within territorial waters. As a result of this work, the team have secured the MCA approval for BAS to…