The Horizon Europe partnership Sustainable Blue Economy (SBEP) opened the second joint transnational call.
The applicants can choose one of the four priority areas:
(1) Digital Twins of the Oceans (DTO) at regional sub basin scale
(2) Blue economy sectors, development of marine multi-use infrastructures
(3) Planning and managing sea-uses at the regional level
(4) Blue Bioresources
Proposals can target European regional seas such as Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Arctic, Barents Sea, Celtic Sea, etc. but they must be from a minimum of 2 different European Sea basins.
The second SBEP Co-funded call pools national and regional financial resources from 26 countries and the total estimated budget is about 40 Million Euros.
Estonian participants are financed by ETAG in the amount of 100,000 euros (standard project partner) or 300,000 euros (coordinator), the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture and the Ministry of Climate each fund 100,000 euros per project.
Deadlines:
- Pre-proposal submission deadline 10th of April 2024 at 15:00 CET
- Full proposal submission deadline 6th of November 2024 at 15:00 CET
A general information webinar will be organised on the 15 February (15:00-17:30) to answer your questions regarding the call. Registration:
To find a suitable partner or project consortium, applicants can use the SBEP partner search tool:
https://proposals.etag.ee/sustainable-blue/2024/partner-search
More information and call Documents on the partnership website:
Contact in ETAG:
Katrin Saar
Katrin.saar@etag.ee
5333 5625