Many projects and numerical methods cut across the theme boundaries. PHAB also embraces other projects, not directly funded through the Centre of Excellence scheme of the Research Council of Norway (RCN), but through individual grants from RCN or European funding agencies.
Projects/grants (with leaders and timeframes) are listed as ‘linked projects’ under the appropriate PHAB theme.
Theme 1: Planets and the Early Earth
- Timelines
- Planet Formation
- Atmosphere Evolution
- Early Oceans
- Magnetic Fields
- Tectonic Regimes & Interior
- Snowball Earths & Tipping Points
- Conditions for Early Life
Linked projects:
Past projects: Planet formation in the solar system (Brasser, 2020-2024), HIDDEN (Caracas, 2021-2025), BOULDERING (Prieur, 2021-2024).
Current projects: Mars Missions Analogue Sample Library (Werner, 2024-2026), GOE-PHAB and GOE-DEEP (Torsvik, 2025-2029), MET-SIL-SEP (Sanderson, 2025-2028), HABITAT (Jodder, 2023-2026), BLIMP (Tonti-Filippini, 2025-2026), FirstLAND (Gromov, 2024-2027), BALCONY (Paul 2024-2027), GIANTS (Asphaug, 2026-2030).
Theme 2: The modern Earth
- Plate Tectonics & Paleogeography
- Volatile Cycles
- Paleoclimate Proxies
- Paleoclimate Models
- Drivers of Biodiversity
Linked projects:
Past projects: DYPOLE (Gaina, 2022-2025), MAPLES (Callegaro, 2020-2024), ANIMA (Király, 2021-2025), POLARIS (Shephard, 2021-2025), 4D Dynamic Earth (Conrad, 2023-2025), Fracture Zones (Beloša, 2020-2024), MAGPIE (Conrad, 2019-2023), MELTS (Anzulovic, 2022-2025), Patagonia (Maupin, 2022-2025).
Current projects: CLIMATE (Marcilly, 2022-2026), PANDA (van der Boon, 2023-2026), BRAVO (Shepard/Lasabuda, 2023-2026), DEPROX (Jahren, 2023-2026), FUGLA (Conrad, 2025-2026), EPIC (Domeier, 2022-2028), PATCH (Straume, 2025-2028), LINK (Liow, 2025-2028), DEFORM (Heyn, 2026-2030).
Theme 3: Exo-Earths
- Observational Constraints
- Asteroseismology
- Exo-Planet Formation
- Exo-Planet Structure
- Exo-Planet Evolution
- Space Weather Impact
Fate of Habitable Planets
Linked projects:
Past projects: Ser3ne (Werner, 2025).
Current projects: PLATO (Participation ESA mission consortium, Werner), EXOATMO (Mamonova, 2023-2026), Ariel (Participation ESA mission consortium), GREP (Werner, Herbst, 2026-2030), Exoplanetary atmospheres (Kofman, 2025-2028), Stellar Winds and Atmospheric Escape in an Energetic Particle Environment (Evensberget, 2025-2029), Dating planetary systems by dating their central star (Maupin, Herbst, 2025-2033), Space weather and its Impact on Exoplanetary Habitability (Herbst, 2025-2033).