The European Marine Board invites you to complete a survey about your experiences of research vessels and their equipment, and share your thoughts about their future in Europe.

The survey is aimed at 4 main stakeholder groups:

• Research Groups/University/Marine Station/National Research Institute
• Funding Agencies
• Industry/Public or Private Company/Government or non-academic research vessels/Commercial vessels
• Technology Developers

To complete the survey please click here.

You can view a full PDF version of this survey here should you prefer to read the questions before going into the survey. Please note that you will only be required to answer the questions specifically aimed at your stakeholder group, not the whole thing. It is possible to edit and download your answers after completion.

The deadline for responses is Monday 17 September 2018. If you feel that it will not be possible to respond before this deadline but would like to participate, please do contact the EMB.

About EMB Research Vessel Activity:

In May 2018, and in collaboration with the European Research Vessel Operators (ERVO), the EMB kicked off a working group on “Next generation European Research Vessels”.

The EMB Working Group on Research Vessels will produce an updated foresight report on European Research Vessels. It will assess the progress made towards collaboration and interoperability, taking into account the significant technological advancements in autonomous sampling, wider technology and emerging areas of activity. It will seek to take stock of new developments and capabilities in Research Vessels and heavy equipment, and assess next generation developments and requirements for scientific research going forward.

Further information on the working group and its members can be found here. The main aim of this working group is to produce an updated foresight report on European Research Vessels, updating a previous EMB position paper on this topic, published in 2007. The final report is expected in 2019.

EurOcean´s support to the Research Vessel Community

Providing information on Europe's Marine research infrastructures is a core activity of EurOcean.  Our Research Infrastructures Database (RID) contains more than 800 research infrastructure records. The RID and our other marine infrastructure infobases are currently undergoing a full revamp, both in terms of contents, funcionality and visualition and soon we will be able to provide you a much improved experience when you need to find such information. In the meantime, to find out detailed information on research vessels, check out the  EurOcean_RV infobase here.