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Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership’s Third Joint Transnational Call

Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership’s Third Joint Transnational Call

Funding Amount

Amount not specified

Deadline

17/11/2025

Eligible Organization Types

Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution

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What is the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership’s Third Joint Transnational Call Call?

Grant Description
The call supports 36-month transnational research and innovation projects to develop knowledge and solutions for a regenerative, resilient and sustainable blue economy. It addresses five priority areas—ocean digital twins, multi-use marine infrastructures, climate-smart sea-use planning, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, and resilient coastal communities—to boost ocean health and the social, environmental and economic well-being of people under the Horizon Europe framework.
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

• Accelerated transformation towards a climate-neutral, sustainable and competitive blue economy by 2030.

• Co-designed, co-delivered digital twin models at sub-basin scale to support management and policy decisions.

• Innovative marine multi-use infrastructures enabling coexistence of activities and reducing user conflicts.

• Regional-scale, climate-smart maritime spatial planning tools and management frameworks.

• Sustainable exploitation of bioresources through improved fisheries, aquaculture practices and new bio-based products.

• Enhanced resilience and adaptive capacity of coastal communities and blue economy businesses.

• Strengthened ocean health and social, environmental and economic well-being by 2050, in line with SBEP’s vision and the UN Ocean Decade Action Framework.
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

• Projects must run for up to 36 months and clearly address one of the five defined priority areas.

• Consortium composition:
– At least three eligible partners requesting funding from three different participating funding organisations.
– At least two independent legal entities located in two different EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries eligible for EU funding.

• Stakeholder involvement is strongly encouraged: SMEs, industries, public authorities, civil society organisations may participate as funded or self-funded partners, per national/regional eligibility rules.

• Proposals should consider and assess impacts across a minimum of two European sea-basins (Baltic, Black, Mediterranean, North Sea, Atlantic, or defined regional seas).

• Pre-proposal submission deadline: 17 November 2025 (15:00 CEST); call opens 15 September 2025 (15:00 CEST).

• Total indicative budget: ~€44 million, co-funded by 38 national/regional organisations across 28 countries plus EU contribution.
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

• Funded priority areas are subject to the budgets and eligibility criteria of each participating funding organisation (see Annex for country-specific budgets and supported areas).

• Each partner must comply with its national/regional regulations on eligible costs, funding rates, and self-funded contributions.

• Consortia must actively use the SBEP Partner Search Tool or equivalent matchmaking platforms before submission.

• Information is provisional; final terms may change in the official call text.

• Contact points: sbep.call-secretariat@uefiscdi.ro (Call Secretariat) and SBEP-CallsFR@agencerecherche.fr (ANR).
Important dates

Open from: 15/09/2025

Deadline:17/11/2025

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