Title: Diversity of bacteRial communities assOciated with sPonges from wild populations and in coupling with fish aquaculture systems
Acronym: DROP
Co-Principal Investigator ISP: Angelina Lo Giudice
Leading Institution: Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Funding: EU Horizon 2020 (H2020)
Period of activity: 2021 - 2022

Title: Microbial response to human Pollutants in polAr lakeS
Acronym: MicroPolArS
Principal Investigator ISP: Maria Papale
Research Unit Leader ISP: Maurizio Azzaro
Leading Institution: Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP)
Funding: Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA)
Period of activity: 2020 - 2022

Title: Nunataryuk
Acronym: Nunataryuk
Research Unit Leader ISP: Carlo Barbante
Leading Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Potsdam Germany
Funding: EU Horizon 2020 -  H2020 Grant Agreement No. 773421
Period of activity: 2017 - 2022

Title: Re-evaluation and Homogenization of Aerosol Optical Depth Observations in Svalbard
Acronym: ReHearsol
Research Unit Leader ISP: Mauro Mazzola
Funding: RCN-SSF
Period of activity: 2020 - 2021

Title: Innovative Analytical Methods to study biogenic and anthropogenic proxies in Ice COres
Acronym: AMICO
Principal Investigator ISP: Carlo Barbante
Leading Institution: Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP)
Funding: Ministero Università e Ricerca - Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (MUR-PRIN)
Period of activity:5 June 2019 - 5 December 2022

Title: Ross Sea ecosystem and emerging contaminants: new challenges and potential threats in a changing world
Acronym: ROSS'n'ROLL
Research Unit Leader ISP: Nicoletta Ademollo
Leading Institution: University of Siena
Funding: Ministero Università e Ricerca - Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (MUR-PNRA)
Period of activity: 2020 - 2023

Title: Bioconstructional organisms from the Ross Sea under climate change: ecosystems and oasis of biodiversity to monitor and protect
Acronym: BIOROSS
Research Unit Leader ISP: Paolo Montagna
Leading Institution: ENEA
Funding: Ministero Università e Ricerca - Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (MUR-PNRA)
Period of activity: 2020 - 2023

Title: Beyond EPICA Oldest Ice Core: 1,5 Myr of greenhouse gas - climate feedbacks
Acronym: Beyond EPICA
Principal Investigator ISP: Carlo Barbante
Leading Institution: Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP)
Funding: EU Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Action (RIA) under H2020 Grant Agreement No. 815384
Period of activity: 2019 - 2026

Title: Origin and physiological consequences of a neoplasm outbreak in Antarctic fish
Acronym: Orpheo
Research Unit Leader ISP: Mario La Mesa
Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF - USA)
Period of activity: 2020 - 2022

Title: A matter of size: coupling early life history traits of Antarctic fishes and environmental forcing in a warming ocean
Acronym: Mascotte
Co-Principal Investigator ISP: Mario La Mesa
Leading Institution: Universidad de Valparaiso, Fac. de Ciencias del Mar y Recursos Naturales (Chile)
Funding: Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH)
Period of activity: 2020 - 2022