EPHEMARE - ECOTOXICICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MICROPLASTICS IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS (Feb 2016 - Jan 2018): Consortium 14 Partner Institutes from Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and microplastics experts from the UK. EPHEMARE was one of four approved projects following the 2014 JPI Oceans Pilot Call on ecological effects of microplastics. Overall funding: 1.9Mill Euro with Irish Partner funding of 150 000 Euro