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21 fixed deadlines, 62 rolling/open
March 2026
31.03.
11d left
Hatch Blue - AquaScale Program
· Hatch Blue / Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) — Ireland's Seafood Development Agency
· No cost and no equity taken. 66 companies accepted into BIM Aquatech Innovation Studio to date; alumni have raised €28M+ in total funding and created 173 jobs.
31.03.
11d left
Hatch Blue - BIM Aquatech Innovation Studio
· Hatch Blue & Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland's Seafood Development Agency
· No cost and no equity taken. Participants gain access to €28M+ network of previously funded companies. Travel expenses not covered.
31.03.
11d left
Hatch Blue AquaScale BIM Innovation Studio+
· Hatch Blue / Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)
· No cost and no equity taken. No direct financial investment provided; access to Hatch Blue investment network available post-program.
31.03.
11d left
EIT RawMaterials KAVA Call 13 — Upscaling Recycling Technologies
· EIT RawMaterials (European Institute of Innovation and Technology)
· EUR 500K-2.5M per project; 50% EIT co-funding; 50% co-financing from consortium required
April 2026
05.04.
16d left
BongoHive EU-Funded Circular Economy Incubator - Zambia
· European Union / BongoHive Innovations
· €2,500 to €25,000 non-equity grants for top 10 acceleration-phase participants; milestone-driven disbursement
06.04.
17d left
EIT Climate-KIC eCircular - Circular Economy Innovation
· EIT Climate-KIC
· Up to €50,000 per city for the current ESO call (India/Kenya). Previous Circular Economy Prize offered awards for startups/SMEs (amounts not specified publicly for current rounds).
14.04.
25d left
ChemistryNL PPP-I 2026 Call for Sustainable Chemistry and Circularity
· ChemistryNL / TKI Groene Chemie en Circulariteit
· Up to €500,000 per project (max €150,000 for SMEs); total available budget €7,697,825 (~€1.9M per theme)
15.04.
26d left
CirculaRise Accelerator (Yunus Environment Hub)
· Yunus Environment Hub
· Fully funded accelerator program (no equity taken, no cash grant specified)
15.04.
26d left
CirculaRise Accelerator - Yunus Environment Hub
· Yunus Environment Hub
· Fully funded program (no financial grant to participants, but all program costs covered by Yunus Environment Hub). Program support, coaching, and training are provided free of charge to selected participants.
16.04.
27d left
Danish Maritime Fund - Mobility and Transport - European Union
· Den Danske Maritime Fond (Danish Maritime Fund)
· Loans: up to 50% of project budget. Donations: partial funding for direct project costs (specific amounts not published). Internal hourly rates capped at 600 DKK/hour.
17.04.
28d left
OceanHub Africa Acceleration Program
· OceanHub Africa
· Interest-free loans of up to $30,000 USD via Blue Loop Fund (select Phase 2 participants only); additional in-kind support includes up to $75k AWS credits and up to $50k in legal/business advisory services.
21.04.
32d
LIFE Programme - Environment and Climate Action
· European Commission (CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency)
· EUR 5.432 billion total budget (2021-2027). Individual standard action project grants typically range from EUR 500,000 to several million. Strategic projects can receive significantly more — the EU recently invested over EUR 103 million in strategic LIFE projects alone. Co-financing rate typically 60% (up to 75% for nature/biodiversity priority habitat projects).
23.04.
34d
EU Innovation Fund - INNOVFUND-2025-NZT Net-Zero Technologies Call
· European Commission – Innovation Fund (managed by CINEA)
· Total call budget EUR 2.9 billion. Grants cover up to 60% of relevant costs. Pilot projects capped at EUR 40 million per project. Minimum capital expenditure: EUR 2.5M (SSP, Clean-Tech Manufacturing, Pilots), EUR 20M–100M (MSP), above EUR 100M (LSP). No explicit per-project maximum for non-pilot topics.
25.04.
36d
Katapult Africa Accelerator 2026
· Katapult Africa
· Capital support up to $500,000, combined with mentorship and network access
May 2026
07.05.
48d
[PDF] Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD) - Innovationsfonden
· Innovation Fund Denmark (Innovationsfonden)
· €50,000 minimum per partner; up to €650,000 per partner and €1,300,000 per project (when Danish coordinator). Quantum Pilot Lines have no per-partner/project caps.
13.05.
54d
Innobooster Programme - Denmark
· Innovation Fund Denmark (Innovationsfonden)
· 200,000 to 5,000,000 DKK per project (approx. EUR 26,800 to EUR 670,000 at ~0.134 EUR/DKK). Innovation Fund Denmark co-finances maximum 35% of the company's relevant project expenses.
15.05.
56d
ReFED Catalytic Grant Fund
· ReFED Catalytic Grant Fund
· Minimum $100,000 per grant over approximately a two-year period; fund capacity reported up to $20M total. Individual grant amounts not explicitly stated on the page.
June 2026
30.06.
102d
EBRD Resource Efficiency and Circularity Programme
· European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
· Grant amounts vary based on company size and resource efficiency results achieved. A partial repayment over two years is required; the residual constitutes the actual grant. Total EU-funded component estimated at EUR 10 million.
July 2026
10.07.
112d
Ocean Exchange Awards
· Ocean Exchange
· Three Neptune Awards of USD 100,000 each (non-dilutive); Collegiate Awards of USD 10,000 each for student innovators
September 2026
09.09.
173d
DevelopmentAid - DANIDA Grants Search Portal
· DANIDA – Danish International Development Agency (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark)
· Highly variable across calls: from EUR 10,000 (small local competitions) to EUR 100,000,000 (multi-donor mitigation facilities). Danish CSO small grants budget not specified. Research calls: up to DKK 250,000,000.
15.09.
179d
Ocean Exchange Collegiate Awards
· Ocean Exchange
· $10,000 USD non-dilutive prize per Collegiate Award winner. Multiple awards offered (in 2025: Ocean Exchange Collegiate Award + Guy Harvey Foundation Collegiate Award, each $10,000 USD).
Rolling / Open Deadlines
Rolling
New Plastics Economy Global Commitment - Ellen MacArthur Foundation
· Ellen MacArthur Foundation (with UN Environment Programme)
· 12-month enrollment window currently open (exact end date not specified)
periodic
OceanHub Africa / Coca-Cola Foundation: Bold Ideas in Plastic Circularity
· OceanHub Africa in partnership with The Coca-Cola Foundation
· 15 February 2026 at 23:59 SAST (closed)
Rolling
LIFE Programme Multi-Annual Work Programme 2025-2027 Overview
· European Commission – LIFE Programme
· 2025–2027 (rolling calls; specific call deadlines published on EU Funding & Tenders Portal)
Rolling
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
· Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
· 2026 awards already announced; 2027 cycle TBD
periodic
OceanHub Africa — Call for Bold Ideas in Plastic Circularity (Pan-African)
· OceanHub Africa & The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF)
· 2026 round: February 15, 2026 (CLOSED). 2027 round expected — monitor oceanhub.africa from Q4 2026.
periodic
AfDB — Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF) and AfriCircular Innovators
· African Development Bank (ACEF) + African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA), co-funded by Finland, Nordic Development Fund, Coca-Cola Foundation
· AfriCircular Innovators 2025/26: not yet announced; monitor ACEF website
Rolling
BSAP Fund (Baltic Sea Action Plan Fund) by Nefco
· Nefco / Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) — BSAP Fund
· Annual call — 2025 round closed (deadline: 18 April 2025). Next call expected early 2026 (not yet announced as of March 2026).
Rolling
Swiss Re Foundation
· Swiss Re Foundation
· Annual open calls for Entrepreneurs for Resilience, Shine, and Charity of the Year are announced at different times each year with specific deadlines.
periodic
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) - Oceans Stream
· Creative Destruction Lab (CDL-Atlantic)
· Annual, applications open rolling with cohort starting September. Apply via creativedestructionlab.com/application-triage/
periodic
GreenWave - Kelp Climate Fund Grants for Ocean Farmers
· GreenWave
· Annual, applied seasonally before each farming season (typically fall/autumn)
periodic
Swiss Re Foundation - GrantStation
· Annual, typically Q4 — Swiss Re Foundation Entrepreneurs for Resilience; 2026 cohort semifinalists already selected
periodic
Swiss Re Foundation - Terra Viva Grants
· Annual, typically Q4 — Swiss Re Foundation Entrepreneurs for Resilience; 2026 cohort semifinalists already selected
periodic
Circular Plastics NL 2026 Funding Round
· Annual, upcoming 2026 round expected
periodic
Philanthropy Asia Alliance
· Annual; 2025 deadline was 2025-07-27; 2026 cohort expected announced at Philanthropy Asia Summit (May 2026)
periodic
AB InBev 100+ Accelerator — Circular Economy Challenge
· AB InBev / 100+ Accelerator (co-sponsored by Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Unilever)
· Cohort 7 closed — Cohort 8 timeline unknown
Rolling
EIT RawMaterials - Circular Economy Investment Calls
· EIT RawMaterials (European Institute of Innovation and Technology)
· Currently closed. KAVA Call 13 expected to reopen with new dates from February 2026.
Rolling
Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) - WEF
· World Economic Forum initiative — not a direct funder. Facilitates access to $3.1B+ secured through NPAP networks
· Engagement is ongoing — contact country NPAP offices
Rolling
Global Seaweed Coalition: Homepage
· Global Seaweed Coalition (Lloyd's Register Foundation)
· January 20, 2024 (most recent call; new calls expected bi-annually)
periodic
The Incubation Network (SecondMuse & Circulate Capital)
· The Circulate Initiative and SecondMuse (with backing from Circulate Capital, U.S. State Department, Ocean Conservancy, and AEPW)
· Main three-year programme concluded March 2023. Country-specific accelerators ongoing; check incubationnetwork.com for current intake rounds
Rolling
Forside | Innovationsfonden
· Innovation Fund Denmark (Innovationsfonden)
· Multiple rolling deadlines throughout 2026: Innobooster Period 2 May 13, 2026; Innoexplorer Round 2 April 23, 2026; Chips JU May 7, 2026
Rolling
Unilever - Circular Packaging & Waste-Free World
· Unilever plc
· No open call — proactive partnership proposals required
Rolling
TNC SOAR - Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration
· The Nature Conservancy (TNC) & The Pew Charitable Trusts
· Not specified — Purchase Program currently not accepting applications; Resiliency Fund operates on rolling submissions
periodic
Funding for North Atlantic collaboration projects - Nora.fo
· Nordic Atlantic Cooperation (NORA)
· Periodic — two rounds per year: approximately March (announced mid-January) and October (announced mid-August)
periodic
StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator (VentureWell/Scripps)
· VentureWell / NOAA IOOS
· Periodic, Spring and Fall cohorts annually (Spring 2026 Stage 0 deadline: April 7, 2026)
periodic
Schmidt Marine Technology Partners
· Schmidt Marine Technology Partners (Schmidt Family Foundation)
· Portal closed for 2025. Reopening early 2026 — check schmidtmarine.secure-platform.com
periodic
GIZ - SWITCH to Circular Economy in Eastern and Southern Africa (SWITCH-2-CE)
· European Union and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); implemented by GIZ and Expertise France
· Programme runs April 2025 to July 2029; individual call deadlines vary (Call for Projects deadline was 16 March 2026)
Rolling
Rolling
DBU General Project Funding - Environmental Protection
· Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
· Rolling
Rolling
SWITCH to Circular Economy in Eastern and Southern Africa
· Expertise France (implemented on behalf of European Union & German State / GIZ)
· Rolling (program active April 2025 – July 2029; Matching Grant Facility calls expected throughout program lifecycle)
Rolling
[PDF] INITIATIVES & PROJECTS - Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco
· Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco)
· Rolling / annual calls per initiative (e.g., DIMFE annual call; Polar Initiative call launched June 2024; Pelagos Initiative call 2024). No single universal deadline.
Rolling
BlueInvest - Maritime Forum - European Union
· European Commission – Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
· Rolling / ongoing community platform; BlueInvest Day 2026: March 2026
Rolling
Rolling
OceanHub Africa Acceleration Program - Blue Economy Startups
· OceanHub Africa
· Rolling admissions — Cohort 7 Intake 2 open as of March 2026
Rolling
About DOEN
· Stichting DOEN (DOEN Foundation)
· Rolling applications accepted year-round, no fixed deadlines. Must submit at least 4 months before project start.
Rolling
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)
· Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)
· Rolling applications for main financing programmes; Nopef feasibility study fund has periodic deadlines (next: March 27, 2025)
Rolling
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)
· Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)
· Rolling applications for most programs. Nopef feasibility study has periodic deadlines (next: March 27). Baltic Sea Action Plan Fund has periodic call rounds.
Rolling
Circular Entrepreneurship - Stichting DOEN
· Stichting DOEN (DOEN Foundation)
· Rolling applications, at least 4 months before project start date
Rolling
Applications - Stichting DOEN
· Stichting DOEN (DOEN Foundation)
· Rolling applications, processed within approximately 4 months
Rolling
Environmental project factory - Nefco
· Nefco (Nordic Environment Finance Corporation)
· Rolling applications; Nopef next deadline March 27, 2026
Rolling
EU BlueInvest — European Commission Blue Economy Investment Platform
· European Commission / Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE)
· Rolling basis
Rolling
Rolling
Rolling
Rolling
Schmidt Marine Technology Partners (Schmidt Family Foundation)
· Schmidt Marine Technology Partners (a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation)
· Rolling basis
Rolling
Danish Climate Investment Fund (DCIF) - Impact Fund Denmark
· Rolling basis
Rolling
Rolling
Criteria - Stichting DOEN
· Stichting DOEN
· Rolling basis — applications accepted year-round, must be submitted at least 4 months before project start
Rolling
Schmidt Marine Technology Partners Grantmaking
· Schmidt Marine Technology Partners (a programme of the Schmidt Family Foundation)
· Rolling basis — proposals can be submitted via the online portal at any time.
Rolling
DOEN Foundation: Supporting Sustainable Projects in Netherlands
· DOEN Foundation (Stichting DOEN)
· Rolling basis, year-round applications accepted
Rolling
EU Innovation Fund - Overview
· European Commission – EU Innovation Fund
· Rolling calls 2020–2030; no single fixed deadline
Rolling
How Innovation Fund Denmark invests in new green climate solutions
· Innovation Fund Denmark (Innovationsfonden)
· Rolling calls with varying deadlines per programme
Rolling
Technology Development Fund
· Rannís - Icelandic Centre for Research
· Rolling for Fræ (Seed) and Patent grants; periodic calls (typically February and September) for Sproti, Vöxtur, Markaður, and Applied Research
Rolling
DBU Circular Economy Initiative (#DBUcirconomy)
· Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
· Rolling submissions
Rolling
EIFO Green Accelerator Programme - Danish SME Green Tech Export
· Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO)
· Rolling — 3 calls per year
Rolling
DOEN Foundation
· DOEN Foundation (Stichting DOEN)
· Rolling — applications accepted year-round, but must be submitted at least 4 months before project start
Rolling
Home - Stichting DOEN
· Stichting DOEN (DOEN Foundation)
· Rolling — applications accepted year-round, no fixed deadlines
Rolling
International collaborations - Innovationsfonden
· Innovation Fund Denmark (Innovationsfonden)
· Rolling — deadlines vary per individual call. Current calls: Eurostars 3 Call 10 (March 19, 2026), Chips JU Lab to Fab (May 7, 2026).
Rolling
NEFCO Nopef Financing for Feasibility Studies
· NEFCO / Nopef (Nordic Environment Finance Corporation)
· Rolling — multiple deadlines per year (most recent listed: 27 March)
Rolling
Circular Economy Accelerator (CEA) by Fetola
· Fetola (in partnership with Nedbank)
· Waiting list open (no fixed deadline for next cohort)
periodic
Amcor — Lift-Off Innovation Challenge
· Amcor plc / Amcor Ventures
· Winter 2025/26 cycle CLOSED (Dec 12, 2025). Next cycle expected late 2026.
periodic
Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF) - African Development Bank
· African Development Bank (AfDB) — Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF), co-funded by Finland and Nordic Development Fund
· periodic
periodic
Second Muse - Social Innovation Accelerator
· SecondMuse (with clients including USAID, World Bank, Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation)
· periodic