FMRI is a big project with lots of big ideas on the table, so what actually has to happen to make them a reality? What's the current status of our marine research infrastructure, and how can we think about trade-offs when designing technology for the future?

Join ocean scientist and broadcaster Dr Helen Czerski as she sits down with:

• Leigh Storey, the senior responsible owner for FMRI
• Sophie Fielding, Zooplankton ecologist from the British Antarctic Survey

• Maaten Furlong, Associate Director of the National Marine Facilities at the National Oceanography Centre

Together, they dig into the practicalities of securing funding for the next few decades of ocean research, and discuss whether there really is a battle between ships and autonomous vehicles.

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So what actually is FMRI, why does it matter now, and how can a very diverse community work together to create and then get behind a single vision?

Join ocean scientist and broadcaster Dr Helen Czerski as she sits down with:

• Leigh Storey, the senior responsible owner for FMRI
• Professor Sir Ian Boyd, polar scientist and former Chief Scientific Advisor for DEFRA and member of the FMRI board
• Professor Catherine Heymans, Astronomer Royal for Scotland

Together, they lay out the landscape for the FMRI project, discuss the big picture opportunities and challenges, and try to understand what ocean researchers could learn from how the space sciences achieve similar large funding goals.

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