
The first European Centre of Excellence in Croatia: FER and partners establishing CoE MARBLE
Croatia is getting its first centre of excellence funded under the prestigious European Union program Horizon Europe Teaming! " CoE MARBLE - Centre of Excellence in Maritime Robotics and Technologies for Sustainable Blue Economy " is a project coordinated and founded by FER and partners the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the National Research Council of Italy, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Maritime Innovation Cluster, DIH Agrifood Croatia, and the Ministry of Science, Education and Youth of the republic of Croatia. In addition to i nvesting in excellent researchers in the field of marine robotics and technologies from around the world, the infrastructure investments will include the headquarters of the CoE MARBLE at the premises of the Brodarski institut and three pilot sites in Šibenik and Rijeka: a smart mussel farm, a smart marina, and a maritime autonomous vehicles and environmental monitoring testing site in Šibenik. The MARBLE Centre of Excellence has been selected to receive funding of 30 million euros in a competitive evaluation process that lasted almost a year and a half.