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Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership: Regional Portfolio call for interest

WHAT CAN YOU APPLY FOR?

To be part of a Regional Portfolio of projects together with other research projects within one of the following themes:

Baltic Sea Regional Portfolio: Improving the Baltic Sea Resilience: Resilience to large-scale events, Infrastructure resilience, ecosystem resilience.

North Sea Regional Portfolio: Exploring nature-based solutions to address cumulative impacts on marine ecosystems while supporting sustainable fisheries and offshore sectors in the North Sea.

The call aims to connect ongoing projects to create and boost networking activities at the sea-basin scale, for a 2-year period from early 2027 to early 2029.

WHO CAN APPLY?

Projects that fall within the thematic scope of the chosen Regional Portfolio. Projects must be active for at least 6 months between early 2027 and early 2029, and be recipients of a regional/national/EU grant.

HOW MUCH CAN YOU APPLY FOR?

The portfolio projects will not receive funding. Some of the benefits of participating in the Regional Portfolios include:

  • Increased visibility at the regional and international level
  • Networking with regional and quadruple-helix stakeholders
  • Career boost, especially for early-career scientists
  • Identification of new cooperation opportunities
  • Identification of potential beneficiaries of the project outputs
  • Co-design of market-uptake plans
  • Meetings with EU Commission experts
  • Participation in Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership events
Current: 53 Days left. Apply before: 2026-12-09 15:00

The dates for the call for proposals are tentative and subject to change. The content will be further developed and refined until the call for proposals opens.

The European Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP) will establish five active networking Regional Portfolios, composed of projects funded by SBEP and/or by a range of national, regional or EU funding streams — one for each EU sea-basin; the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The current call is for expressions of interest for portfolios covering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.

With SBEP's support, the Regional Portfolios are expected to increase synergies and information sharing, reduce duplication, strengthen collaboration with key regional stakeholders, and respond to the challenges and opportunities identified at the regional level.

By reaching a critical mass of projects focusing on similar themes, the Regional Portfolio Action will contribute to leveraging the projects’ impact at the regional and European levels by e.g. providing efficient scientific support for strategic and political decision-making, whilst also addressing regional research gaps and avoiding duplication.

Webinar

Webinar for applicants on October 7, 1:00–2:30 p.m . (CEST).

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Updated:14 September 2026