BNI is involved in various BONUS projects.

HELCOM
The Helsinki Commission, or HELCOM, works to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution through intergovernmental co-operation between the countries bordering the sea - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and also the European Community.

BNI is involved in various HELCOM projects.

EU-projects
The Baltic Nest Institute is involved in the following EU-projects:

EUR-OCEANS  - EURopean research on OCean Ecosystems under Anthropogenic and Natural forcingS.

KNOWNSEAS  - Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe's Seas

WISER - Water bodies in Europe: Integrative Systems to assess Ecological status and Recovery

Swedish Government
The BEAM programme, where BNI has a central role, is funded by the Swedish government. The programme is part of its Strategic Research Initiative on Marine Environmental Research. After 5 years the programme will be evaluated, and if considered a success, its funding will be made a permanent part of Stockholm University’s annual government grant for research.

BEAM - Baltic Ecosystem Adaptive Management
BEAM is a research programme on ecosystem-based management of the Baltic Sea that combines and integrates Stockholm University’s successful research on Baltic ecosystems, contaminants, natural resource management and ecological models for environmental management. It is a collaboration of nine research units at Stockholm University, supported by the resources of the Stockholm University Marine Research Centre.

FORMAS-projects
Formas, The Swedish Research Council, aims to promote and support basic research and need-driven research in the areas Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning. The research that is funded should be of the highest scientific quality and relevance to the areas of responsibility of the Council.

BNI is involved in the project Regime Shifts in the Baltic Sea Ecosystem - Modelling Complex Adaptive Ecosystems and Governance Implications

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
BalticSTERN - Systems Tools and Ecological-economic evaluation - a Research Network
BalticSTERN is an international research network with the purpose of doing cost-benefit analysis regarding the environmental problems of the Baltic Sea and give guidance toward cost-effective measures and policy instruments.

The Baltic Nest Institute is one of several international partners carrying out research within the network, mainly regarding values and costs of fisheries, as well as cost functions for measures to mitigate and abate eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.

ICES/HELCOM Working Group on Integrated Assessments of the Baltic Sea
WGIAB was setup in 2007 as a forum for developing and combining ecosystem-based management efforts for the Baltic Sea. The general approach of WGIAB is to assess the state and development of the different Baltic Sea sub ecosystems considering all trophic levels and the impact of climate, fisheries and eutrophication.

WGIAB therefore is intended to serve as a counterpart and support for the ICES Baltic Fisheries Assessment Working Group (WGBFAS), but also to support related HELCOM assessment efforts such as HELCOM BIO and HELCOM FISH.

Nordic Centre of Excellence
NorMER- Nordic Centre for Research on Marine Ecosystems and Resources under Climate Change is a new Nordic Centre of Excellence supported by the Top-level Research Initiative (TRI), Nordforsk.

This cross-Nordic collaborative project combines the expertise of internationally recognized research teams from all of the Nordic countries to implement a broad international and multidisciplinary research strategy to explore the biological, economic, and societal consequences of global climate change on fisheries resources in the Nordic region, with a primary focus on the Atlantic cod.

Mistra
Mistra, the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research
The aim of the foundation is to support research of strategic importance for a good living environment, promoting the development of robust research environments of the highest international class that will have a positive impact on Sweden's future competitiveness.

BNI have received funding for the project "BalticViz", aiming to develop an animated environmental interpretation tool aimed at increasing the public understanding of the Baltic Sea. This work is done in collaboration with the University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre.

Danish Strategic Research Council
MAFIA - Integrated management of agriculture, fishery, environment and economy
The MAFIA alliance is a research consortium funded by the Danish Strategic Research Council. With a wide range of partners from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the USA, MAFIA examines the interplay between agriculture, fisheries, aquatic environmental qualities and economy.

The project runs during the period 1 February 2010 to 1 February 2014.