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Water, oceans and seas funding
Water management, marine research, coasts and the blue economy.
116 current calls · European Union 66 · United States 34 · Netherlands 5 · United Kingdom 5 · Germany 2 · Denmark 2 · Sweden 1 · Norway 1 · 15 close in the next 30 days
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Förderaufruf: Digitalisierung und Innovation zur Erhaltung resilienter mariner Ökosysteme zur Stärkung der…
Förderaufruf "Digitalisierung und Innovation zur Erhaltung resilienter mariner Ökosysteme zur Stärkung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Blauen Wirtschaft". BAnz vom 14.09.202…
SBEP: Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership Call 4 2026
Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership is launching a new call for proposals in 2026. The aim of the call is to support international research and innovation projects that …
Integrated Surveillance mechanism: Regional Cable hubs
• A consolidated reference on private situational data relevant for submarine-cable security A structured description of the main categories of private situational data a…
Native American Affairs: Fiscal Year 2025 Colorado River Basin Tribal Drought Resiliency Program
The objectives of this NAA/TAP funding opportunity are to provide funding for drought relief actions/projects that mitigate drought impacts for designated federally recog…
F26AS00023 FY2026 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program
The John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program (Prescott program) provides financial assistance to eligible marine mammal stranding participants and…
5th Innowwide call for market feasibility projects – Autumn 2026
By participating, SMEs can carry out market feasibility projects for their innovative solutions over a six-month period in collaboration with local organisations in the s…
Demonstration of solid biofuel supply and conversion to high efficiency CHP from fully sustainable regional value chains
Fully sustainable regional bioenergy value chains and efficient conversion can play an important role in renewable efficient power and heating generation and for reaching…
Improved system design for innovative PV applications (EUPI-PV Partnership)
Agrivoltaics or the co-location of agricultural activity and PV electricity production is a novel form of PV deployment which could provide farmers with diversified reven…
Innowwide
Do you own or work for an innovative SME and do you have international ambitions? The Innowwide programme issues grants to explore whether international markets are ripe …
John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant
NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (MMHSRP) is authorized under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) t…
The Baltic Marine Watchdog Challenge
We are looking for bold, innovative teams to accelerate breakthrough innovations.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of the Navy (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority…
Key programmatic objectives of the DoN HBCU/MI Program are achieved through the implementation and performance of three program goals: • enhancing the research and educat…
Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Innovative Restoration Grants
This announcement requests full proposals from Indian Tribes, State & Local Governments, Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), Interstate Agencies and Nonprofit organi…
FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
ONR, ONRG, and MCWL are interested in receiving proposals for Long-Range S&T Projects that offer potential for advancement and improvement of Navy and Marine Corps operat…
Solid Waste Management Grant Program
Funds may be used to: (a) Provide technical assistance and/or training to reduce the solid waste stream through reduction, recycling, and reuse. (b) Provide training to e…
Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to: Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems relating to s…
Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support
Oceanographic facilities and equipment are supported by the Integrative Programs Section (IPS) of the Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE), Directorate for Geosciences (GEO).…
Information measures for the EU Cohesion policy for 2026
The expected results and outputs are the following: • to increase media coverage on Cohesion policy, in particular at regional level • to enhance people's awareness of th…
Assessing direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity decline of invertebrates
Proposals are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: • stakeholders involved in biodiversity conservation and restoration activities have an impro…
Better understanding, anticipating and addressing the biodiversity benefits and impacts of the clean and…
Proposals are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: • society, end-users, industry and decision makers better understand, anticipate and addre…
Cost-effective biodiversity monitoring for EU policies
Proposals are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: • more precise and more efficient biodiversity monitoring schemes, building on advanced techn…
Innovative solutions to fight wildlife trafficking and to reduce invasion of invasive alien species
Proposals are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: • custom officers, border guards and relevant law enforcement officers and civil servants fro…
Living labs co-creating solutions for the restoration of ecosystems addressing implementation bottlenecks and…
Proposals are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: • stakeholders are empowered to co-create, deploy and replicate viable ecosystem restorati…
Networking to scale up living labs for nature restoration solutions and to address bottlenecks to implementation
Proposals are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: • Living labs working on nature restoration [1] are better connected, they are better invo…
Strengthening European Cybersecurity Technologies, Capacities and Preparedness — Regional Cable Hubs
The Regional cable hubs will contribute to enhancing and consolidating collective situational awareness and capabilities in detection, supporting the development of an op…
Understanding the nature and the extent of the effects of PFAS on biodiversity and ecosystem services
Proposals are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: • the mechanistic understanding of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) effects on biod…
Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Support
Through this solicitation, the Antarctic Sciences Section (ANT) of the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) funds cutting-edge research that: • Improves understanding of intera…
Innovation Impact Challenge QDNL
Are you an innovative entrepreneur in quantum computing & simulation, quantum communication & networks, or quantum sensing with ground-breaking ideas you want to transfor…
Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program for Non-Federal Lands
The Forest Service is offering this one LSR non-federal lands Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) which replaces the three regional (Southern/IITF, Western, and Northeas…
Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program for Tribes
The purpose of the Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Program is to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes. This competitive gran…
Healthy soils and water for a sustainable environment
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £28 million for soil, water and environmental management.
Arctic frontier: accelerating innovation in ocean autonomy
Apply for funding to develop technological solutions to address the challenges of operating marine autonomous vehicles in remote and exceptionally harsh environments.
Arctic frontier: shifts in science
Apply for funding to support a large-scale deployment of autonomy in the high Arctic Ocean, demonstrating how integrated surface and subsurface autonomy, AI-enabled missi…
Infrastructure Priority Programme “International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP3)” (SPP 527)
The present call invites proposals for up to three years of project funding starting in 2027. The Priority Programme will publish an open call for proposals each year. Ov…
Technologies for innovative processing of raw materials (IA)
• Increased recovery rates of valuable raw materials, particularly critical raw materials from low grade or complex ores and/or from mining waste; • Increased economic pe…
Climate Program Office FY 2027
Through this Notice of Federal Funding Opportunity, the NOAA Climate Program Office ( https://cpo.noaa.gov/funding-opportunities/ ) is soliciting proposals for a FY 2027 …
A stronger Global Ocean Observing System to enhance Europe’s strategic autonomy, climate resilience and…
Proposals are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes, in full alignment with the OceanEye initiative: • scientists, public authorities and business…
Detection, monitoring, modelling, and attribution capabilities for Solar Radiation Modification (SRM)…
Projects are to contribute to all of the following outcomes: European Union’s, Member States’ and Associated Countries’ policy making is supported with robust evidence an…
Improving scientific knowledge to strengthen the science-basis of management decisions under the CFP
Objective: One of the main principles of good governance applied to the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is that management measures must be based on the the best available …
Better understanding and attribution of land and ocean carbon sources and sinks
Project results are expected to contribute to some of the following expected outcomes: • Better understanding of oceanic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) sources and sinks, their d…
Palaeoclimate science for a better understanding of Earth system dynamics
Project results are expected to contribute to some of the following outcomes: • Better process understanding of past climate changes at different time scales, their varia…
Innovative technologies and solutions to improve wave and tidal energy systems
Project results are expected to contribute to all following expected outcomes: • Advance in the realisation of the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan’s research and i…
Water4All 2026 call: sustainable water management
Apply for funding to increase our understanding, assessment, management, and governance of water across scales, from catchment to groundwater and from source to sea. Enab…
Agroforestry for soil health at landscape level
Activities should support the objectives and targets of the Mission Soil and of the common agricultural policy (CAP), the European Green Deal ambitions and targets and mo…
Deploying circular systemic solutions through living labs in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions…
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: • increased circularity and reduced emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants…
Living Labs for co-creating solutions to reduce eutrophication from agriculture
Activities under this topic respond directly to the goal of the Mission Soil to set up 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition to healthy soils by 2030 and…
Living labs to enhance soil health in Continental, Black Sea, Pannonian and Steppic biogeographical regions
Activities under this topic respond directly to the goal of the Mission Soil to set up 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition to healthy soils by 2030 and…
Long-term drivers and consequences of soil degradation: learning from the past to improve future soil health
Activities under this topic will help progress towards the objectives and targets of the Mission Soil and the EU Soil Strategy for 2030 . Moreover, activities should also…
Open topic: Innovative solutions for the European Water Resilience Strategy
Project results are expected to contribute to one or more of the following expected outcomes corresponding to the European Water Resilience Strategy objectives: • the wat…
Optimising the water-nutrient-energy nexus for sustainable and climate smart agriculture in Africa (FNSSA)
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: • agricultural actors implement sustainable practices for resource-efficient and cli…
Participatory research on the health of communities in contact with polluted soils
Activities under this topic will help progress towards the objectives and targets of the Mission Soil and should contribute to meeting the relevant targets of the EU Soil…
Assessing the effect of airport operations on air quality and noise in nearby communities
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: • Assessment of the impact of airport operations on air quality and water bodies (in…
Autonomous vessels in short sea shipping and inland waterways
Project outputs and results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: • Demonstration of remote-control operation of vessels without crew, contro…
Enhanced electric operation and battery durability (ZEWT Partnership)
Project outputs and results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: • Demonstrate autonomy, of at least 150 nm (or 277.8 KM for inland navigati…
Innovative Solutions for mitigating the environmental impact of waterborne transport in… (ZEWT Partnership)
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes. • Improved water resilience and good environmental and good ecological status in Eur…
Onboard renewable energy solutions and energy saving measures to reduce the fuel… (ZEWT Partnership)
Project’s results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: • Full-scale demonstration of the combined solutions aiming to reduce ship GHG intensity …
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