Upcoming Deadlines

Range 30 days 3 months 6 months 12 months
Source EU Federal (DE) Schleswig-Holstein Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lower Saxony Foundation Private US Foundation UK Nordic UN / Multilateral Corporate Impact Investor Philanthropic Network International
Relevance ≥70% ≥50% ≥30%
Topic Aquaculture Biodiversity Blue Economy Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Coastal Protection Coral Reefs Education Fisheries Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Research Seaweed & Algae Waste Management
Mechanism Accelerator Blended Finance Grant Investment Loan / Concessional Finance Prize Technical Assistance
Region Africa Arctic Baltic Sea Global India Mediterranean Nordic / Denmark North Sea Southeast Asia
Audience For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs For Researchers For Startups
Funder-type Corporate Family Office Foundation Government Impact Investor Multilateral Philanthropic Network Research Council
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7 fixed deadlines, 7 rolling/open

May 2026

29.05. 10d left
BlueActionBANOS - Community-Led Actions for Ocean Restoration · BlueActionBANOS · Community-Led Actions: EUR 200,000–2,000,000 (consortia), up to EUR 500,000 (individual entities). Transition Agendas: up to EUR 100,000 each.
Government Multilateral Grant Baltic Sea Nordic / Denmark North Sea Blue Economy Capacity Building Climate Coastal Protection Marine Conservation Pollution
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BlueActionBANOS - Baltic and North Sea Ocean Restoration · BlueActionBANOS · EUR 200,000 to EUR 2 million per action. Maximum EUR 500,000 to any single entity within a consortium.
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Baltic Sea North Sea Biodiversity Blue Economy Coastal Protection Marine Conservation Pollution
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Funding opportunities - BlueActionBANOS · BlueActionBANOS · Community-Led Actions: grants of EUR 200,000 to EUR 2,000,000 per consortium (max EUR 500,000 per entity). Transition Agendas: up to EUR 100,000 per award.
For NGOs Government Grant Baltic Sea North Sea Biodiversity Blue Economy Capacity Building Climate Coastal Protection Marine Conservation Pollution
29.05. 10d left
BlueActionBANOS Open Call for Community-Led Actions · BlueActionBANOS · Grants of EUR 200,000 to EUR 2,000,000 per consortium. Maximum EUR 500,000 per single entity within the consortium. 100% funding rate. Paid as lump sum with stages and deliverables defined in an Individual Integrated Project Plan.
For NGOs Government Grant Baltic Sea North Sea Biodiversity Blue Economy Climate Coastal Protection Marine Conservation Pollution Waste Management
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Community-Led Actions Open Call - BlueActionBANOS · BlueActionBANOS · Grants ranging from €200,000 to €2 million per project, with up to 24 months of programme support
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Government Grant Baltic Sea North Sea Blue Economy Coastal Protection Marine Conservation Pollution

June 2026

15.06. 27d left
Icelandic Research Fund (Rannis) · Rannis - The Icelandic Centre for Research · Annual budget determined by the Icelandic Finance Act; specific amounts per grant type not specified on main page.
For Researchers Government Grant Nordic / Denmark Fisheries Marine Conservation Research
17.06. 29d left
Innovation Fund Denmark - Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP) · Innovation Fund Denmark · EUR 50,000 to EUR 300,000 per Danish partner; if two or more Danish partners, maximum EUR 500,000 total. Funding rate 25-90% of total project costs.
Government Grant Nordic / Denmark Blue Economy Climate Fisheries Marine Conservation Research

Rolling / Open Deadlines

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Baltic Sea Action Plan Fund · Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) · Annual, typically February-April (2025 round deadline was 18 April 2025; 2026 round expected similar period)
Multilateral Grant Baltic Sea Nordic / Denmark Biodiversity Marine Conservation Pollution Waste Management
periodic
NORA Projects · Nordic Atlantic Cooperation (NORA) · Annual, typically early March (first round) and early October (second round). Next deadline: 4 October 2026 (Greenlandic time)
Multilateral Grant Arctic Nordic / Denmark Blue Economy Capacity Building Marine Conservation Research
periodic
Björn Carlson Baltic Sea Prize (BalticSea2020) · Björn Carlsons Östersjöstiftelse (BalticSea2020) · Annual; nomination period not specified on website
For Researchers Foundation Prize Baltic Sea Nordic / Denmark Biodiversity Marine Conservation
Rolling
Baltic Conservation Foundation - Funding · Baltic Conservation Foundation · Rolling basis
For NGOs Foundation Grant Loan / Concessional Finance Baltic Sea Nordic / Denmark Biodiversity Capacity Building Coastal Protection Fisheries Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas Pollution
Rolling
Danish EMFAF Fund - European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (Denmark) · Styrelsen for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri (Danish Agency for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries) · Rolling basis
Government Grant Nordic / Denmark Aquaculture Blue Economy Fisheries Marine Conservation Pollution Waste Management
Rolling
Baltic Sea Conservation Foundation (BaltCF) · Baltic Sea Conservation Foundation · Rolling basis
For NGOs Foundation Grant Baltic Sea Biodiversity Capacity Building Coastal Protection Fisheries Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas
periodic
Green Program for Transition of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Denmark) · Styrelsen for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri (Danish Agency for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries) · Unknown
Government Grant Nordic / Denmark Aquaculture Biodiversity Fisheries Marine Conservation Research