Upcoming Deadlines
Source
EU
Federal (DE)
Schleswig-Holstein
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Lower Saxony
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Private
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UK
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Mechanism
Accelerator
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Grant
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4 fixed deadlines, 10 rolling/open
September 2026
30.09.
194d
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Funding
· NOAA Office for Coastal Management (U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
· Varies by programme. The FY2025-FY2026 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement is open with funding contingent on appropriations. Individual NOFOs list specific award amounts.
30.09.
194d
GIZ Circular Economy Solutions Preventing Marine Litter in Ecosystems
· GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) / German Federal Ministry for the Environment
· €7.8 million total financial commitment; co-financed by the European Union (€2.5 million)
December 2026
31.12.
286d
UN SDGs - Strategic Sector Cooperation on Environment (Denmark)
· Danish Ministry of Environment and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency
· No external grants. Resources consist of Danish authority staff time, expert consultancies, travel, and workshop/seminar costs provided in-kind to partner governments.
Rolling / Open Deadlines
periodic
periodic
Norway Development Assistance Program Against Marine Litter - SDG Partnership
· Government of Norway (Norad — Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation)
· Call for proposals Stage 1 (concept notes) deadline: September 2025 (first phase of new programme); monitor norad.no for 2026 calls
Rolling
SIDA Sweden Environmental and Climate Programs
· Sida – Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
· Next large CSO grant call planned for 2027
periodic
Baltic Sea Neighbourhood Programme (BSNP) - Swedish Institute
· Swedish Institute (Svenska institutet)
· Programme currently closed; new consolidated programme launching March 2026
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)
periodic
KfW Development Bank Marine Litter Reduction Initiative
· KfW Development Bank (on behalf of the German Federal Government), channelled through Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF)
· Programme runs until 2028; individual sub-grant deadlines managed by Caribbean Biodiversity Fund
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
GIZ Circular Economy Expertise - Waste Solutions India
· Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
· Rolling - partnership enquiries possible at any time
periodic
NOAA IOOS Integrated Ocean Observing System Funding
· NOAA U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Program Office
· Varies by announcement. Check Grants.gov for current active NOFOs. No single blanket deadline.
periodic
Copernicus Grants and Public Procurements
· European Union (Copernicus Programme / Mercator Ocean International / EUMETSAT / ECMWF)
· Varies by tender. Current tenders: FRONT-END TOOLS WEB DEVELOPMENT closed 02/03/2026; BLUE MARKETS tender also recently closed. Upcoming tenders listed on the page.