GSES Ocean Decade Programme-Associated Project Solicitation - Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025

The Ocean Decade is currently soliciting projects via the Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025 - Project Application, with a deadline of August 31, 2025. On behalf of GSES (Global Subseafloor Ecosystem and Sustainability Programme), we cordially invite you to actively apply for UN Ocean Decade science projects and affiliate them under GSES.

About GSES:

The subseafloor environment, hosting a microbial population comparable to the entire ocean, is Earth’s largest reservoir of organic carbon. It also serves as the interface between the swift carbon dynamics in the upper hydrosphere and gradual carbon sequestration in the deep lithosphere.GSES delves into microbial life, carbon dynamics, and historical records in this critical but vulnerable ocean environment. With global efforts, capacity-building, and inclusive co-design and collaboration, GSES is committed to developing international standard protocols, novel investigation platforms and tools, and ecological indices to facilitate the exploration, monitoring, and management of the subseafloor environment. GSES contributes to ocean science and governance, addressing gaps in the Decade actions with temporal perspectives and environmental threat mitigation, providing innovative solutions for a sustainable blue economy.

Homepage: https://oceandecade.org/actions/global-subseafloor-ecosystem-and-sustainability-gses/

Call for Decade Actions Homepage：

https://oceandecade.org/call-for-decade-actions-09-2025/

Application Process: Project applications can be submitted directly through the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Proj_CFDA9

Important Notice: Please note that final applications must be submitted through the above link by completing the online form, which has strict character limits (including spaces). The Word file is for material preparation purposes only.

Special Opportunity: This project recruitment can simultaneously connect with the new UN Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences (2025-2034) and the International Polar Year (2032-2033). We particularly encourage projects related to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica to participate in the application process.

We look forward to your active participation.

To get more information about GSES Ocean Decade Programme-Associated Project Solicitation, please email icdli-mailing@sjtu.edu.cn, with the subject line:“GSES Ocean Decade Programme-Associated Project Solicitation”.