IRISCC: Fully funded climate research at Tjärnö
The research network IRISCC now offers fully funded access to Tjärnö Marine Laboratory and our high-quality facilities for climate research. IRISCC will cover all expenses related to access and use of the services, installations, and facilities, including on-site support from facility staff, training, logistics, and more. Check out IRISCC:s webb to find out when there are open calls for application. Welcome to Tjärnö!
Open calls for access to IRISCC
The IRISCC General Call for Transnational and Virtual Access opens up several times every year. This call allows researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals to access cutting-edge research services and facilities addressing climate change-driven risks.
The IRISCC (Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change Risks) includes 79 partners from 22 European countries representing 14 research infrastructures.
The call invites proposals from various sectors, including academia, industry, and government, with no specific thematic focus. This is an excellent opportunity to access world-class infrastructure and services like Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, supporting a wide range of research related to hazards, exposure, and vulnerabilities.
Check out the IRISCC web page for open calls, and get access to Europe´s leading marine research infrastructure facilities.
Facilities
At Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, research and innovation projects are conducted within a series of marine areas. The research spans from basic issues as understanding functions in the sea to more applied topics as coastal zone management, monitoring and aquaculture.
About 50 scientists are active at the Tjärnö Laboratory year round. Evolution and speciation, restoration of cold water coral reefs and development of Swedish macroalgae cultivation are examples of on-going projects. Guest researchers from all over the world also visit the station to work in laboratories and in the field.
Research resources and services at Tjärnö
- Research vessel Nereus equipped for marine research and education during day-trips in coastal waters, as well as several smaller boats that can be used by visiting scientists.
- Running deep water (40 m deep) with relatively high and stable salinity, and surface water, in which both salinity and temperature varies, directly in to our laboratories.
- ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) for access to great depths, to observe, sample, deploy, move or collect various objects. As well as other equipment for biological sampling and sensors to collect information on sea water and seabed.
- Several laboratories, suited for marine and climate research. Among others we have hydrodynamic lab, marin chemical ecology lab, RNA lab, molecular biology lag, microbiology lab and histology lab.
- Six thermoregulated rooms where both air and water temperature can be regulated.
- Field and diving equipment, both for use in shallow water closer to land, and for diving and research in deeper waters.
Local expertise
About 50 scientists are active at the Tjärnö Marine Laboratory year round. Evolution and speciation, restoration of cold water coral reefs and development of Swedish macroalgae cultivation are examples of on-going projects. Guest researchers from all over the world also visit the station to work in laboratories and in the field. Here you will find a variety of expertise in marine biology, all eager to help and you with your climate research.
See the links for some of research projects at The Department of Marine Sciences and Tjärnö Marine Laboratory:
REEFS – Researching Ecosystem Functioning in Vulnerable Marine Habitats: Cold Corals in Bratten
Eelgrass adaptation to climate change - predicting future survival
SAMSKAG: Marine protected areas as a means of climate adaptation of Skagerrak ecosystems
LIFE Lophelia – coral reef habitat restoration in Sweden
Effects of climate change on seaweeds
Unique environment
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory is located in Sweden's most species-rich marine area, in the northern part of Bohuslän province, next to Kosterhavet National Park and the Koster trench, which reaches a depth of up to 247 meters. The trench is connected to the North Atlantic Ocean, allowing cold, high-salinity water to flow into the Koster fjord. This creates a unique and biodiverse fauna, unusual for waters so close to shore, and opens up a variety of climate research possibilities.
Stay, work and live at Tjärnö
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory offers accommodation, good food and many opportunities for recreation. We have single-rooms, double-rooms and also a few larger apartments for longer stays. There is also possible to find private accommodation in other parts of the island, or in the small but lively city of Strömstad, just 15 minutes away by car or public transport.
Our restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In our residences there are also kitchens for those who want to cook their own food.
Recreation-wise, the islands of Tjärnö and nearby Saltö are wonderful places for hiking, swimming, fishing, or just relaxing in the pristine nature. There is a gym at the laboratory, free of charge.
Strömstad offers good shopping, restaurants and everything needed for a day in the city, with good communication both to Gothenburg (train, bus) and Oslo (bus). The cities are reached in about two hours.
More information
If you need help with the application process, or need more information about the possibilities Tjärnö Marine Laboratory has to offer, please contact our station manager Marina Panova. She can also help you regarding the feasibility of experiments, and put you in contact with the right local expertise.
We are looking forward to meeting you at Tjärnö!
