After 4 years of preparation, consortium building and writing our proposal, in January 2024 the Floating Future research project will finally start. Yesterday we already met at Utrecht University with the academic partners and workpackage leaders to prepare our Kickoff Meeting and have a good start next year. Exciting! MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands)Blue Revolution Foundation Delft University of Technology Utrecht University Open Universiteit Erasmus University Rotterdam Hogeschool Rotterdam University of Groningen Deltares NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Hanzehogeschool Groningen / Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN)