Calls for Funding

Check the source pages of each of these calls for more information. You can also ask the National Hub in your country to check what funding and matchmaking opportunities might be applicable to your project(idea).

CIHEAM Youth Innovation Award for Green and Blue Transition in the Mediterranean : Deadline 15 August 2024

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Deadline: 15 August 2024
Budget:  winner: 10.000 € / one-year scholarship for a master’s degree in open innovation and youth entrepreneurship at CIHEAM Bari; and in the form of an internship in one of the partner companies.
Information: Check CIHAEM website

 

The CIHEAM launched the Youth Innovation Award in 2022 to reward innovative solutions, designed and implemented by young people, to accelerate green and blue transition processes towards more sustainable, inclusive and equitable food systems in the Mediterranean (SFS Med).

The 2024 edition is launched with the support of three partners who share common objectives and a common vision for the Mediterranean, namely, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) and the Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BusinessMed).

The “CIHEAM Youth Innovation Award for Green and Blue Transition in the Mediterranean” will reward an innovative solution (scientific or entrepreneurial product/service) at least in the pilot phase, developed by a Mediterranean young woman or man aged under 39 years and implemented in a country of the region. The innovation must demonstrate its ability to contribute to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of Mediterranean food systems.

The selected awardee will receive a financial grant of 10.000 €, a CIHEAM medal and a Certificate. Other recognitions will also be awarded in the form of a one-year scholarship for a master’s degree in open innovation and youth entrepreneurship at CIHEAM Bari; and in the form of an internship in one of the partner companies.

The Award ceremony will take place on the occasion of a CIHEAM special session held during the ECOMONDO – The Green Technology Expo, one of the most important fairs in the world dedicated to green and circular economy hosted in Rimini, Italy, on 5-8 November, 2024.

The CIHEAM launched the Youth Innovation Award in 2022 to reward innovative solutions, designed and implemented by young people, to accelerate green and blue transition processes towards more sustainable, inclusive and equitable food systems in the Mediterranean (SFS Med).

Demonstrations of innovative floating wind concepts | Deadline: 4 February 2025

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Deadline: 4 February 2025
Budget:  Total €30 M
Countries: European/ All WestMED countries

 

The overall aim is to accelerate the cost-effective construction and deployment of floating wind farms, facilitating their rapid and sustainable deployment across Europe and lower their overall costs.

The transition of the energy system will rely on reducing the overall energy demand and making the energy supply side climate neutral, in current and future climate conditions. R&I actions will help to make the energy supply side cleaner, more secure, and competitive by boosting cost performance and reliability of a broad portfolio of renewable energy solutions, in line with societal needs and preferences. Furthermore, R&I activities will underpin the modernisation of the energy networks to support energy system integration, including the progressive electrification of demand side sectors (buildings, mobility, industry) and integration of other climate neutral, renewable energy carriers, such as clean hydrogen.

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

  • Increased knowledge about design, construction, assembly and operation and maintenance of floating wind farms.
  • Improved overall constructability, reliability, installability, operability and maintainability of floating offshore wind systems.
  • Demonstrated efficient, low-cost and sustainable emerging technologies for floating wind turbines; reduction of the LCoE.
  • Reinforced European offshore wind turbine value chain and skills.
  • Data for future optimisation of industry scale commissioning of the floater, mooring and anchor system.

All information to apply can be found here!

Horizon 2020 – 4 Mediterranean calls related to Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters | Deadline 18 September 2024

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With a 2030 target, the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters” aims to protect and restore the health of our ocean and waters through research and innovation, citizen engagement and blue investments. The Mission’s new approach will address the ocean and waters as one and play a key role in achieving climate neutrality and restoring nature.

Cross-cutting enabling actions will support this objective, in particular broad public mobilisation and engagement and a digital ocean and water knowledge system, known as Digital Twin Ocean

The Mission supports regional engagement and cooperation through area-based “lighthouses” in major sea/river basins: Atlantic-Arctic, Mediterranean Sea, Baltic-North Sea, and Danube-Black Sea. Mission lighthouses are sites to pilot, demonstrate, develop  and deploy the Mission activities across EU seas and river basins.

Funding opportunities
On 17 April 2024, the Commission adopted an amendment to the 2023-24 Work Programme of Horizon Europe to mobilise previously unallocated Horizon Europe funding to increase the 2024 budget by nearly €1.4 billion to a total of €7.3 billion. This amendment includes an investment of nearly €650 million in the EU Missions to enable the implementation of the Communication “EU Missions two years on: assessment of progress and way forward”, adopted on 19 July 2023.

Under the Mission Restore our Ocean and waters, there are new 4 Mediterranean related opportunities to support your work and that are now published on the Funding and Tenders Portal, under the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024.

They all have a closing date date of 18 September 2024.

  1. HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-01-01: European Blue Parks – Offshore marine protected areas
  2. HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-02-01: Community-led actions to restore our ocean, seas and waters
  3. HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-01-03​ Reducing the environmental impacts of fisheries on marine species and habitats Atlantic and Arctic, Mediterranean, Baltic and North Sea basin lighthouses
  4. HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-01-04: Science for Community – Building the marine Citizen Science data network of the future to valorise data coming from the ocean and increase engagement

MedBAN 2 open calls for Blue Economy SMEs (internationalisation and innovation) | Deadline 28 August 2024

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Deadline: 28 August 2024
Budget:  Total €1.4 M | 8.965 per SME for Consulting or Training Services
Countries: EU-27, except Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, and Italy

MedBAN (the Mediterranean Blue Acceleration Network) deployed two simultaneous but separate open calls for EU Blue Economy SMEs.

These open calls are awarded financial support that funds two different sets of services: one for innovation, training and twin transformation of businesses and one for internationalisation actions.

Read all details by clicking the respective links

Innovation, Training and Twin Transition in the Blue Economy
Internationalisation in the Blue Economy

For more information about the MedBan project visit the project website

IMERMAID Open Call to safeguard the Mediterranean Sea from chemical pollution | Deadline: 17 September 2024

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Deadline:  17 Sept 2024
Budget/ Technical Assistance: € 400.000 (100.000 per project) | 9 months technical assistance
Countries/ regions: a.o. Algeria, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Portugal Tunisia
More information: website

 

The iMERMAID project is thrilled to announce the launch of an open call for Associated Regions to participate in its groundbreaking initiative aimed at protecting the Mediterranean Sea basin from chemical pollution.

This open call invites regional and local public authorities located in EU Member States and Associated Regions to propose use cases that address their specific challenges and objectives, aligning with the goals of iMERMAID.

The selected projects should demonstrate the feasibility, replicability, and scalability of the iMERMAID solutions. In total, €400,000 will be invested in Open Call #1 to fund and support four associated regions projects that will join this vital mission.

 

Community-led actions to restore our ocean, seas and waters | Deadline 18 Sept 2024

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Deadline:  18 Sept 2024
Budget/ Technical Assistance: € 50.000.000
Countries/ regions: a.o. all WestMED countries
More information: website


This call aims to mobilize communities of actors across the European Union to take decisive action in restoring, protecting, and preserving our ocean, seas, and waters. The call will support community-led pilot actions and transition agendas, as well as provide technical assistance tailored to the needs of Mission communities. Community-led actions will focus on implementing innovative solutions that transcend traditional approaches, incorporating technological, nature-based, social, cultural, regulatory, and financial innovations.

Additionally, the call encourages collaboration with scientific institutions and the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) disciplines to ensure the societal impact of innovation activities. Applicants are encouraged to foster partnerships with local stakeholders, NGOs, government agencies, and relevant actors to maximize the impact and scalability of their initiatives.

Technical assistance to support communities of actors to achieve the EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters objectives | Deadline 22 May 2024

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Deadline:  24 May 2024
Budget: technical assistance (non financial)
Countries: European/ Mission lighthouses basins (Mediterranean,  Atlantic and Arctic basin,Baltic and North Sea basin, Danube River basin)
More information: dedicated funding page


Objective
The objective of the technical assistance is to support selected applicants in developing and strengthening their actions contributing to one or more of the targets of the Mission Ocean and Waters. By participating in this call for technical assistance, selected projects will gain access to technical assessments and feasibility studies. The technical assistance shall match the needs, capacity, and interests of applicants, providing tailored expert support for applicants’ projects on key dimensions such as regulatory, technical, economic, operational, environmental, and commercial feasibility. The feasibility studies will provide an assessment of the overall viability of projects, defining risks, opportunities, and probability of success and analysing whether the planned projects are legally, technically, financially, economically, operationally, environmentally, and commercially justifiable and feasible. The studies shall also provide recommendations on how to improve the feasibility of selected actions. Through the technical assistance, selected beneficiaries will gain a clearer understanding of the project feasibility and/or requirements to scale up and further develop the project. 

Eligibility
The Call for Expression of Interest seeks to collect applications from relevant communities of actors, who wish to contribute to the objectives of the Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’ in one of the EU Mission lighthouses basins. Applicants must be from one of the three target communities: ports, fisheries, islands. Actions must be located within the Mission lighthouses basins (Mediterranean, Atlantic, Arctic, Danube, and North & Baltic Sea). 

Duration
The typical duration of the technical assistance delivery is between 4-6 months, commencing after the notification of selection. 

BeMed call for projects aimed at reducing plastic pollution in the Mediterranean islands | Deadline 10 July 2024

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Deadline:  10 July 2024
Budget:  Max €100.000 per per project
Countries: All countries bordering the Mediterranean sea
More information: Beyond Plastic Med website

In 2020, BeMed launched a call for projects aimed at reducing plastic pollution in the Mediterranean islands. Five projects and a capitalisation programme were supported, ending in 2022. To reinforce its impact, BeMed is launching a second edition of this call on 10 April 2024.

The following is a non-exhaustive overview of the rules. Please consult the rules in full before applying:

Types of stakeholders eligible:
all stakeholders whose legal status allows them to receive grants. Under this call for projects, each organisation may submit only one individual and/or one joint application.

Eligible geographical areas:
 The project must target a Mediterranean island (or group of islands) of any size, whether inhabited or not, in any of the countries around the Mediterranean. The following countries will be given priority: Egypt, Lebanon, Albania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey and Montenegro.

CapiMed:
The Capitalisation programme is back again this year ! To be eligible, projects must include participation in this programme (see section 3.3 of the regulations).

Type of eligible actions:
The call only concerns actions carried out as part of an ongoing project, which complement or extend a completed project, which reproduce actions/methodologies developed elsewhere whose effectiveness has been demonstrated, or actions which have a strong territorial base.

Priority topics: Reducing the use of plastics, reuse or re-employment systems, agriculture and fisheries, tourism, cruises and maritime transport.

Amount of funding:

– BeMed’s maximum support for each project will be €100,000.

– BeMed support may not exceed 70% of the total amount of the project

Duration of supported projects: 24 months maximum

Start of projects: projects will be starting from February 2025

 

For any questions about the call : ami@beyondplasticmed.org

Send your application to : ami@beyondplasticmed.org

The Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial (FFEM) supports this call for projects, find out more.

The MedFund Call for Mediterranean MPAs | Deadline 30 June 2024

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Deadline:  30 June 2024
Budget:  Max $ 55.000 per MPA, per year, over 5 years
Countries: Albania, Algeria, Lebanon, Montenegro, Morocco, and Tunisia
More information: MedFund website

In the framework of the joint project The MedFund / MedPAN, financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and entitled “Build back a blue and stronger Mediterranean”, the MedFund launches the call for interest addressed to the MPAs of the 6 eligible countries that have expressed their interest, namely : Lebanon, Montenegro, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Albania.

The Fund provides financial support by awarding grants to the management and co-management structures of Mediterranean MPAs in order to make a sustainable contribution to the recurrent management costs of these protected areas.

Visit the MedFund website for further details

Technical assistance to support communities of actors to achieve the EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters objectives | Deadline 24 May 2024

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Deadline:  24 May 2024
Budget/ Technical Assistance: Technical Assistance
Countries/ regions: EU countries/ Mission lighthouses basins (the Atlantic/Arctic coast, Baltic and North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Danube River basin
More information: website

 

Objective

The objective of the technical assistance is to support selected applicants in developing and strengthening their actions contributing to one or more of the targets of the Mission Ocean and Waters. By participating in this call for technical assistance, selected projects will gain access to technical assessments and feasibility studies.

The technical assistance shall match the needs, capacity, and interests of applicants, providing tailored expert support for applicants’ projects on key dimensions such as regulatory, technical, economic, operational, environmental, and commercial feasibility.

The feasibility studies will provide an assessment of the overall viability of projects, defining risks, opportunities, and probability of success and analysing whether the planned projects are legally, technically, financially, economically, operationally, environmentally, and commercially justifiable and feasible. The studies shall also provide recommendations on how to improve the feasibility of selected actions.

Through the technical assistance, selected beneficiaries will gain a clearer understanding of the project feasibility and/or requirements to scale up and further develop the project.

Target audience
Applicants must be from one of the three target communities: ports, fisheries, islands. 

Actions must be located within the Mission lighthouses basins (Mediterranean, Atlantic, Arctic, Danube, and North & Baltic Sea).