Building a sustainable and innovative Blue Economy: mastering digital opportunities and fostering resilience
Building a sustainable and innovative Blue Economy: mastering digital opportunities and fostering resilience supports marine and maritime research teams advancing a sustainable, resilient blue economy.
Funder: European Commission
Due Dates: November 16, 2026 (Pre-proposal) | June 14, 2027 (Invited full proposal)
Funding Amounts: €37,723,260 total funding; projects last 36 months
Summary: Supports transnational marine and maritime research and innovation advancing a sustainable, digitally enabled and resilient blue economy.
Key Information: Consortia need eligible partners from at least three participating countries requesting support from three participating funding organisations.
Description
The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership’s fourth Joint Transnational Co-funded Call supports research, innovation and collaboration across marine and maritime sectors. Run by the Partnership under Horizon Europe with European Commission support, it pools resources from 33 funding organisations across 28 countries alongside EU contributions. Its goal is a climate-neutral, sustainable and innovative European blue economy.
Projects must deliver impact-driven contributions to blue economy transformation and carbon neutrality through an impact pathway approach. The call supports actionable knowledge, policy uptake, capacity development and inclusive innovation. Proposals address one main priority area, spanning sustainable sector transitions, digital and ecosystem-based sea-use management, sustainable blue bioresources, or coastal resilience. Cross-basin collaboration and assessing the potential for impacts, replication and scaling across sea basins are central to the call’s scope.
