Support is provided to initiatives proposed by POGO members, which aim to identify and fill gaps in global ocean observation. This call is open to the POGO member institutes, to advance ocean observations while at the same time strengthen the ties of the POGO network.
Members can apply for funding for Projects, Working Groups and/or Training Initiatives which are dedicated to specific priority areas directly relevant to POGO’s core mission, i.e. sustained, long-term ocean observing systems and shared use of infrastructure, data and information. Working Groups should also use other sources of funding where possible and should have a short, pre-determined life-span (e.g. 1-2 years). Working Groups provide a platform for the members to discuss and produce recommendations for addressing key issues. They may also focus on solutions for improving ocean observations, such as new technologies, novel partnerships and funding sources, and improving data access and visualisation. Proposals for joint Working Groups between POGO and its partner organisations are also welcome.
A call for proposals will be issued to the members and scientific community once per year, following approval of budget during the POGO annual meeting. Click here to find out how to apply.
POGO Task Forces are established to address priorities identified by POGO members during the POGO annual meeting.
Current Activities
Years | Type | Activity | POGO Members and Partners involved |
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2023 | Project | Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Symposium | |
2022-2023 | Working group | Action for Sustainable Ocean Acidification Research (ASOAR) | |
2022-2023 | Working group | Gulf of Mexico Oceanographic and Meteorological Observation Group (GMOMOG) | |
2022-2023 | Working group | CEODOS Chile: A consortium for surveying the coastal ocean in the eastern South Pacific | |
2021-2022 | Project | SEAGRASS – South East Asia project for General Regional Awareness of Seagrass by Society | |
2021-2022 | Project | COLLECT – Citizen Observation of Local Litter in Coastal ECosysTems | |
2021 - 2023 | Working group | BEACON – Capacity building for Biochemical obsErvation of AnthropogeniC pollutiOn, tropical traNsitional waters | |
2020-2022 | Working group | ERIKA – Women in Science | |
2020-2021 | Project | BIOTTA (Building CapacIty in Ocean AcidificaTion MoniToring in the Gulf of GuineA) |
Completed activities
Years | Type | Activity | POGO Members and Partners involved |
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2021 | Project | IOC-UNESCO Ocean Best Practices Workshop 5 | |
2020-2022 | Project | Oceanographic Data Acquisition GoG | |
2019 | Working group | DNA sampling tools for the global CPR Survey | |
2018-2022 | Project | OpenMODs – Open Access Marine Observation Devices | |
2018 | Working group | Earth Observation for Ecology and Epidemiology of Water-associated Diseases | |
2018 | Working group | Planning the implementation of a global long-term observing and data sharing strategy for macroalgal communities | |
2017- 2021 | Taskforce | POGO Biological Observations Taskforce | |
2017 | Taskforce | POGO Industrial Liaison Council (PILC) | |
2016 - 2017 | Working group | Observing and Understanding the Ocean below Antarctic Sea Ice and Ice Shelves (OASIIS) | |
2015 | Working group | International Quiet Ocean Experiment (IQOE): Implement Science Recommendations | |
2015 | Working group | Observing and Modelling the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the South Atlantic (SAMOC) |