Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership 3rd Joint Transnational Call | Deadline 17 November 2025
Budget: €43,500,000
Eligible countries: 28 countries, represented by 38 participating funding organisations (for a full list – check the call page)
Deadline: Pre-proposal (17/11/2025) | Full proposal (provisional): 17/06/2026
Description
The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership is pleased to announce the launch of its third Joint Transnational Call, under the title “Digitalisation and Innovation for Resilient Marine Ecosystems, Businesses, and Communities to Strengthen the EU Blue Economy’s Competitiveness.”
This co-funded call of the EU Partnership pools financial resources through the participation of 38 funding organisations from 28 countries and the European Union,
This third co-funded call aims to support transnational research and innovation projects of 36 months duration, addressing one of the five priority areas below:
- Digital Twins of the Ocean (DTOs) at sub-basin scale
- Transitioning the blue economy sectors, and the development of the coexistence and the marine multi-use infrastructures
- Climate-Smart Planning and managing sea-uses at the regional level
- Blue Bioresources; sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, and new bio-based products
- Resilient Coastal Communities and Businesses
An information webinar took place on 6 October 2025 – watch the recording on YouTube or download the presentation
Looking for a partner or a project to join? Use the SBEP Partner Search Tool available here.

