Title: Coastal ocean and inland water altimetry
Acronym: HYDROCOASTAL
Research Unit Leader ISP: Francesco De Biasio
Leading Institution: Satellite Oceanographic Consultants Ltd.
Funding: European Space Agency - ESA
Period of activity: 2020 - 2022

Title: Interactions between Permafrost and Ecosystems in Continental Antarctica
Acronym: IPECA
Research Unit Leader ISP: Maurizio Azzaro
Leading Institution: Università di Trieste
Funding: Ministero Università e Ricerca - Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (MUR-PNRA)
Period of activity: 2020 - 2022

Title: AsSaYing Marine Benthic invertebrates in the Arctic for the associated BacterIal cOmmunitieS: dIversity and biotechnological potentialS
Acronym: Sym(b)²iosis
Co-Principal Investigator ISP: Angelina Lo Giudice
Leading Institution: Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn and Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP)
Funding: EU Horizon 2020 (H2020)
Period of activity: 2021 - 2022

Title: Robotic-based invESTigation and mOnitoring Ross sEa
Acronym: RESTORE
Research Unit Leader ISP: Maurizio Azzaro
Leading Institution: Università di Genova
Funding: Ministero Università e Ricerca - Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (MUR-PNRA)
Period of activity: 2019 - 2022

Title: Bacterial LPSs and EPSs structural features in response to temperature fluctuations in the Antarctic Sea
Acronym: CryoCarb
Research Unit Leader ISP: Angelina Lo Giudice
Leading Institution: Università di Napoli Federico II
Funding: Ministero Università e Ricerca - Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (MUR-PNRA)
Period of activity: 2020 - 2022

Title: SearChIng for EmeRging Contaminants in Sub-Arctic rivErs
Acronym: CIRCE
Principal Investigator ISP: Angelina Lo Giudice
Leading Institution: Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP)
Funding: INTER-ACT
Period of activity: 2021 - 2025

Title: Atmospheric Black Carbon in Svalbard
Acronym: ABC in Svalbard
Principal Investigator ISP: Stefania Gilardoni
Funding: Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS)
Period of activity: 2020

Title: Probing of the Vertical Structure of the Lower Atmosphere over Svalbard
Acronym: ProVeSAS
Principal Investigator ISP: Mauro Mazzola
Funding: Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS)
Period of activity: 2020

Title: Integrative and Comprehensive Understanding on Polar Environments
Acronym: I-CUPE
Unit Leader ISP: Carlo Barbante
Funding: EU Horizon 2020 (H2020)
Period of activity: 2017 - 2020

Title: Mechanisms of red tides and hypoxia as ecological marine disasters and technologies for its early warning along the Belt and Road Countries
Acronym: RED TIDES
Principal Investigator ISP: Gabriella Caruso
Funding: Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
Period of activity: 2018 - 2021